Management style at Microsoft

Satya Nadella is the CEO at Microsoft Inc. Despite the company being a giant in the market even before he took over, his management style has enabled the company to experience significant growth and make huge profits during his short time in charge (Fox, 2019). His management style takes the positive leadership approach that relies on empathy and places emphasis on importance of having a growth mindset to reinforce action and achieve the set objectives.

            The positive leadership approach is an ideal management style as it builds strong relationships with employees and aligns their interests with those of the organization (Gibbs, 2019). The management style is also responsible for establishing a desirable workplace culture where employees are motivated and trust that the processes they have to follow will help to meet the company objectives.

            Nadella’s management style further promotes the growth mindset philosophy which focuses on the potential for growth rather hindrances to development. Instead of investing in ways to overcome challenges that hold employees back, his leadership approach tries to discover how to help employees thrive and gain more skills that will ensure that objectives are met (Kassa, 2018). His leadership style is based on the belief that learning can occur in any scenario and therefore teaches employee to teach every experience as a learning moment.

            An argument can be made that the success experienced at Microsoft is as a result of the company image, innovative employees and constant demand for Microsoft products. While the reputation does play a significant role in determining success for the company, the input from the management is crucial to success. The CEO makes the major decisions and then relies on the top management to communicate the same to the rest of the employees. Motivation and good leadership is therefore crucial and the approach taken greatly determines whether an organization will be able to meet its set objectives.

 

 

 

References

Fox M, (2019) “Examining the leadership style of Microsoft CEO, Satya Nadella” Berret-            Koehler Publishers, retrieved from, https://ideas.bkconnection.com/examining-the- leadership-style-of-microsoft-ceo-satya-nadella

Gibbs A, (2019) “Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella on the 3 qualities that make a great leader”          CNBC, retrieved from, https://www.cnbc.com/2019/02/26/mwc-microsoft-satya-nadella-   on-leadership-qualities.html

Kassa M, (2018) “Uncovering a leadership style: Satya Nadella” retrieved from,             https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/uncovering-leadership-style-satya-nadella-mekonnen-      kassa