Life Is A Group Sport w/ Michele R. Thatcher ’86, Chief Human Rights Officer at PepsiCo

What’s going to challenge you to do something different?💡 Michele shares on Influencing HR, ESG, and Health & Safety for good. Growth: you don’t see it until you're almost through it. Failure moments don’t feel good, but you learn a lot. Methods for honest answers: one-on-one conversations and get to know people first. Texas A&M prepares students to have careers, not simply the technical skills. We appreciate Michele giving us her time and we hope you enjoy the episode! Thanks and Gig 'em!  Michele’s advice: Understand expectations, don’t assume that just because you’ve seen the job done that you know how it’s supposed to be done. Life is a group sport; soft skills ultimately cause you to succeed or fail. Learning to laugh at yourself is an important skill set. I’d rather have five good conversations than 25 surface-level ones. Turns out, people want to get paid. Data is not as important as people. Good bull: Mike Thatcher ’82; Alex Baird ’17; Josh Thatcher ‘24