Bill Gates is one of the co-founders of Microsoft Corporations and he is known to be a great leader. His greatest saying is “A leader is only successful if the people they are leading are successful”, and that is how he ran Microsoft. Many thought of him to be rude, challenging, and rigorous, but they understood and respected his leadership skills. Stephen R. Covey author of a popular book titled “The 7 habits of Highly Efficient People”, explains sevens things that people must do in order to be a great leader. All over the United States Bill Gates is known to be successful and have great ethical leadership skills. According to Covey 7 habihts theory, does Bill Gates have or practice the 7 habits of High Efficient People?
The First Three Habits is about moving from dependence to independence:
Be Proactive
Covey explains that you are the reason your life is the way it is. He goes on to explain that everything that is happening in your life is because you made the choice for it to happen. Things do not just happen; they are given a decision to happen. He tells his readers to take initiative of their life and also take the responsibility. Covey says that in order for you to be proactive you must fix your Circle on Influence. In your circle you must only have proactive people and not reactive. The difference in people will determine your decision on situations. Proactive people will speak proactive language and they work on things that they can change. Reactive people have a Circle of Concern they tend to worry about things they cannot change or is out of their control to change. Bill Gates believed that in order for someone to have good leadership skills that, a person has to take accountability for his own actions and influence on...
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... social/emotional, and spiritual. This will keep your mind refresh so you can sharpen the other six habits. Gates believed that taking two “retreats” every year is necessary to recharge ones’ own batteries, and to refresh the focus and perspective of things.
Theses seven habits of highly efficient people describe Bill Gates leadership style and how he incorporates them into his leadership styles. Although Gates stepped down from CEO of Microsoft, the new CEO Satya Nedella was lead by Bill Gates and has understood that Gates leadership skills has made him into what he is today. Bill Gates is an ethical leader because he expects the best from every one of his employees and he challenges them to their full capacity. Since he believes that a leader is only as good as the people he is leading he made millionaires out of the majority of the top management of Microsoft.
As a whole, Warren Bennis defined the values and achievement plan for becoming the most successful leader one can be. He highlighted the link between self knowledge and business. A leader is not just “doing a job” or “running a company,” but it’s finding one’s personal vision. Bennis tries to do as much as he possibly he can to shatter this myth. Today, more people are starting to learn what leadership exactly means and what is expected of a leader. It might be evident that in the future competition will be harder
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To evaluate my own personal leadership type, I used the Seven Habits Profile to evaluate different
My conclusion is that he is a very effective leader. If I were to become a successful CEO, I would follow his example.
...f the world. If a person has a strong desire to accomplish a goal of becoming and effective leader, they would put as much time and dedication into their work just as Jeffrey Bezos does.
Warren Buffett, the CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, which owns many different companies, is one of the most successful business leaders of our time. According to Howard (2014), he is the second richest American, coming in at a net worth of over $70 billion. Besides his personal net worth, Berkshire Hathaway is the fifth-most valuable public company in the United States at $350 billion (Howard, 2014). While he is clearly a very wise investor, Warren Buffett is also a successful leader. As stated by Spindler (2010), leadership is a crucial part of any successful business, and good leadership is what Mr. Buffett portrays. The analysis given in this paper will show Warren Buffett’s values and leadership qualities, his leadership style, as well as looking into his influence he has on his followers.
It's interesting to read about the great leaders discussed in this book and that they are very different from what most people think. Many great leaders are quiet, shy, reserved, and modest. I had never heard of any of the good to great CEO's that Jim Collins talks about in this book. It's too bad they weren't more well known which might have influenced other CEO's to follow some of their methods and ideas to transform more companies to great.
“For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?” (Matthew 16:26) This verse asks the question how can someone profit or take advantage of the world if they damage or lose their character along the way, what is worth more than one’s soul? This question can help one in determining their ethics by balancing what is right, meaningful, and most important to them. Knowing and understanding one’s ethical values is important on the path towards achieving one’s goals.
The selection of contemporary leader book was challenging at first, however after considering the attributes and qualities of different leadership styles Steve Jobs: Ten lessons in leadership written by Michael Essany was the best choice. This book discussed what can be learned as a leader and the lessons are relevant to my own leadership style. There is a direct relationship of the lessons and Steve Jobs’ leadership style identified including wait for nothing, fail big or don’t bother failing, limit your confidence to your field, there’s no substitute for passion, consider your legacy before you have one, and there’s always ‘one more thing’ (Essany, 2012). The lessons illustrated that Steve Jobs was progressive in his thinking and relentless to develop technological advancements that consumers could not live without. Therefore, Steve Jobs leadership style was influential and other entrepreneurs need to utilize these lessons in pursuit of similar success.
Just because leaders are able to get their employees to follow them and their company to produce a profit, means they should be considered admirable. I feel that ethics plays a large role in how an individual should be viewed. It is clear to me that Bill Gates philanthropic style is more admirable than Bernard Ebbers’ do what it takes to get rich style. Bill Gates actually left Microsoft because he felt he could do more with his wealth by giving it to charity. Bill and his wife have opened up different foundations to support education, health, and low-income
The practices of a leader can have wide spread implications. They can impact individual stakeholders and the organization as a whole. Clark (2013) states that “you must be the role model you want others to grow into” (para. 9). A strong leader leads by example, is ethical, and earns the trust and respect of their followers. They are also conscientious of the impact they have on the world around them. They practice impeccable communication and learn to inspire others with a positive vision for the future. Clark (2014) describes leadership as the methods of influencing others to accomplish objectives in a collective manner in the direction of the organization's vision.
Have you ever had a leader that inspired you to develop your own leadership traits? “A leader is someone who demonstrates what’s possible” (Mark Yarnell, 2015). There are numerous leadership styles. Each of the numerous leadership styles can be beneficial if utilized in an appropriate means. I have chosen three leaders and their unique leadership styles to discuss in this paper. The unique styles that will be discussed are situational leadership, transformational leadership, and laissez-faire leadership. I will also discuss each leader’s approaches, their fundamental leadership principles, and how each leader used their style within their profession.
Leadership has been described as a “complex process having multiple dimensions” (Northouse, 2013). Over the past 60 years, scholars and practitioners have introduced a vast amount of leadership models and theories to explain this complex field and examine its many perspectives. Numerous leadership theories and models have attempted to define what makes a leader effective. From the early 1900s, the trait paradigm dominated leadership literature, focusing on inherited traits of leaders and suggesting that “leaders are born, not made”. However, during the 1950s, the trait approach lost enthusiasm as focus shifted to the behavior of leaders. Similar to the trait theory, the behavioral paradigm was based on general effective leadership behaviors
The purpose of writing this essay is to give an idea how these two respected CEOs of multinational companies has changed the world. Technology is booming nowadays, even the minor things that we can do manually are done using technology. Steve Jobs, the co-founder of Apple computer and Bill Gates, the co-founder of Microsoft, has changed the world. These two leaders are best known for their innovations which has taken our world to the next level. Steve and Bill has got something in common. Surprisingly, both of these CEO had never graduated from college, but they are known to be the world most successful leaders and they both work in the same kind of company (Lashinsky, 2013). Nevertheless, their leadership styles differs (Peralta,2011). The way they treat the employees at the workplace is in contrast.
The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People is a book written by Stephen Covey. In the book he writes about seven habits that highly effective people have. The seven habits of highly effective people are: be proactive, begin with the end in mind, put first things first, think win-win, seek first to understand then to be understood, synergize, and sharpen the saw.