Don’t Wait For Storms To Pass: Viewing Leena Nair's Leadership Through Her Quotes

Indian origin Leena Nair was recently named the Global Chief Executive Officer of French fashion label Chanel. Nair will be taking over from Alain Wertheimer, the owner of Chanel, who has now moved to the role of global executive chairman.

Nair was the first woman and youngest-ever Chief Human Resources Officer of Unilever- a company with which her association spans for 30 long years. It was Unilever, that broke the news of Nair's new appointment.

“Leena Nair, CHRO, has decided to leave the company in January 2022 to pursue a new career opportunity as Global Chief Executive Officer, Chanel Ltd,” Unilever said in a statement

Thanking Leena Nair for her outstanding contribution over the last three decades, Unilever CEO Alan Jope said that she has been a pioneer throughout her career at Unilever, but no more so than in her role as CHRO, where she has been a driving force on our equity, diversity, and inclusion agenda, on the transformation of our leadership development, and on our preparedness for the future of work.

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Leena Nair quotes that offer an insight into her leadership style:

Leadership can be anywhere- World Economic Forum podcast, Meet the Leaders.

Don’t wait for the storms to pass; learn to dance in the rain.

I have had moments of self-doubt and I continue to have moments of self-doubt. But the one thing that keeps me going through tough experiences is thinking about how I can make it easier for those who come after me.

Create learning loops. You will never get it right the first time. So ensure you create learning loops- build,  measure, learn, repeat.

Lift as you climb. Make it easier for those who come after you.