Denise Morrison

“I describe my career path as a zigzag, not a ladder.”

“I feel strongly about the need for diversity, and with good reason. I'm from a generation of women that found it exhilarating to shatter the glass ceiling. We viewed obstacles as opportunities and earned our seat at the leadership table.”

“Most corporations have human-resources processes that involve discussions with your manager, performance evaluations, calibrations for performance and potential succession planning.”

“People need to be in charge of their development plan. They need to seek out their sponsors and their mentors and be very strategic.”

“The path to diversity begins with supporting, mentoring, and sponsoring diverse women and men to become leaders and entrepreneurs.”

“I know there are no sure bets or overnight miracles.”

“It's okay to fail if you learn from it.”

“I think leadership is service and there is power in that giving: to help people, to inspire and motivate them to reach their fullest potential.”

“Through the Internet of things, 'connected kitchens' will alert consumers if they're running low on broth and when their salad dressing needs to be replenished.”

“I don't know if it's unique to women or not, but I do know that women think that they join a company, and the company will take care of them, as opposed to taking charge.”

“You need to be strategic about how you define your leadership journey and where that takes you.”

“I've always believed consumers have a right to know what's in their food.”

“There is power in helping people get excited about what they do and inspiring and motivating them to unleash their full potential.”

“My parents had job jars because my father would say, 'Kids today have too much time, too much money and no responsibility. You're going to have no time, no money and a lot of responsibility.'”

“There are going to be priorities and multiple dimensions of your life, and how you integrate that is how you find happiness.”

“We tend to treat eating and diets as one size fits all. But the human body is very personalized.”

“We need to be in front of consumer trends and translate those trends into insights and foresights.”

“The thing that I learned early on is you really need to set goals in your life, both short-term and long-term, just like you do in business. Having that long-term goal will enable you to have a plan on how to achieve it.”

“I learned marketing at my dinner table.”

“For me, living a balanced life means nurturing the academic, physical, and spiritual aspects of my life so I can maintain a sense of well-being and self-esteem.”