Joey Wat '00 | Kellogg School of Management

Joey Wat shares why mastering the power of teamwork at Kellogg is the most valuable skill she has leveraged throughout her career, including running the largest ... StartofMainContent People JoeyWat’00 AstheCEOofFortune500companyYumChina,JoeyWatshareshowherexperienceatKelloggpreparedherwiththehardandsoftskillstoleadwithempathyanddetermination. AskJoeyWataboutthesecrettoleadingChina’slargestrestaurantcompanyandheranswerisdeceptivelysimple:teamwork. ShecreditshertimeatKelloggtodevelopingboththehardskillsandthesoftskillsthathavemadeitpossibletosuccessfullysteerYumChinathroughtheunknownthatCOVID-19broughtwithit,butfirmlybelievesthatteamworkbelongsinbothofthosecategories. “Whenwehaveveryhighego,it'slikeyouputawallbetweenyourselfandeveryoneelseintheworld,andthatisnotagoodstartingpointtosolvetheproblem.Wereducetheego.Welistenandweinviteeverybodytosolvetheproblem,”Joeysaid.“Thereasonwhy[teamwork]isahardskillisbecauseit’snotonlythedisciplineoflistening,butit’sthedisciplineofreducingourownego.”AndthatissomethingJoeyconsidersacriticalelementtogrowinghercompany. Today,YumChinahasmorethan11,000restaurantsinChina,butwhat’strulyimpressiveisthespeedofgrowththecompanyhasseenoverthecourseofthepandemic.Whilestoresaleshavebeenchallengedduringthattime,JoeyattributesacombinationofYumChina’sbrand,strength,operations,businessmodelandcreativitytoacceleratingthegrowthofnewstores. AboutJoey Title CEO,YumChina JoeyonLinkedIn KelloggLeaders:JoeyWat’00,CEOofYumChina JoeyWatshareswhymasteringthepowerofteamworkatKelloggisthemostvaluableskillshehasleveragedthroughouthercareer,includingrunningthelargestrestaurantcompanyinChina. playvideo Readytojoinus?Takethenextstep. ApplyNow