American Leaders of 21st Century

The paper analyzes the leadership abilities and administration style of three American Businessmen of the 21st century, including Mark Zuckerberg, Marc Katz, and Amy Buckner. The leaders share similarities in their approach to innovation, customer-centricity, and employee engagement. However, they also have differences in their viewpoints on hiring employees, cultural values, and business objectives. The paper highlights the challenges faced by business leaders of the 21st century, including limited supply of expert staff and difficulties in adapting to changing circumstances.

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American Leaders of 21st Century

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The pioneers of twenty first century use and implement the administration that they identify,
refine, develop, implement and enhance for serving everyone more viably. In short, they are the
leaders who provoke, incite and rouse the activities and considerations of the devotees in
conjunction with acclimation of statement and vison of purpose. Taking Initiative is not possible
without an authoritative vision as well as a reason for creating and developing enthusiasm for the
achievement. The innovators are forced by the admirations for the individuals and not because of
longingness for being great irrespective of the way they are being criticized or appreciated.
Introduction
In the following paper, the leadership abilities and administration style of three American
Businessmen of 21st Century has been analyzed, differentiated and assessed. Besides, it will also
highlight the individual major meetings that were held with Amy Buckner, CEO of Answer Lab,
Marc Katz and Mark Zuckerberg to discover their perspectives over the aptitude of
administration that are needed for 21st Century.
Who are Business Leaders of 21st Century?
Mark Zuckerberg launched Facebook in the year 2004 which is an Online Site for Interpersonal
Communication. The Assessed Income of Facebook in the year 2014 was nearly 14 Billion
dollars with approx. 12690 workers (Kirkpatrick, D. 2012). In the year 1999, Marc Katz
developed a website called Custom Ink Tyson’s Corner which is a web based pioneer of attire
and handcrafts located in America (CustomInk, et al., 2017). Answer Lab by Amy Buckner is
situated in San Francisco which is a global leader to give access to a small portion of the driving
examination of world to the client. Its aggregated annual income is nearly 8 billion dollars with
nearly 36 workers.

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Similarities between viewpoint and initiatives by all leaders of 21st Century
In the discussion that involved a fruitful aptitude and learning of authority of 21st century which
is customized as per present business era, these leaders sum up that all the upcoming leaders of
business identify an innovative approach towards life and their leadership by conducting new
and unique things which involves setting up the motivation for development of an individual.
Amy Buckner, Marc Kurt and Zuckerberg identify and search out for the ways that may cause
individual improvement and benefits. Zuckerberg needs a style of administration which
highlights the social responsibility and engagement with partners. According to Zuckerberg,
Facebook was not meant to be operated as an organization (Parandker, S. R., 2014, April). It was
established as a social mission for making the world associated and more open.
Marc Katz, being the father of Custom Ink who makes transformational variations in the
organization is known to be a brand (Forbes Welcome. 2017). These three organizations have a
common style of authority which deals with the representatives. The Custom Ink culture offers
free snacks and lunch to their workers. This organization operated by Marc Katz is great to
administer which draws in the quality of staff. Administration of Facebook by Marc Zuckerberg
follows a culture and people first strategy. According to him, the CEO or any leader must hold
the top level staff by offering high value to the employees as well as monetary rewards which
pull in all the capable and smart experts’ ad specialists from all over the world. These
organizations share global objective and vision for offering the goods to people all over the
America. Answer Lab offer its customers knowledge that may guide the leaders globally for
researching their information. Apart from that, Zuckerberg builds a workforce of 21st century and
also asks for zero flexibility for the sentiments of individuals along with meeting all the goals of

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their organization. For instance, Marc Katz fought with the contenders for gathering his 70
million dollars monarchy with amazing customer loyalty that has been considered as an
additional practice in Facebook. Zuckerberg believes that the leaders of 21st century should all be
focused towards their clients, vary quickly to needs of clients and offer and practice a fantastic
loyalty for customers. Custom Ink offer its customers space for discussion and also persuade the
upcoming clients for buying T-Shirts (Howell, J. P. 2013). Additionally, all these organizations
possess culture who invites collaboration and group strengthening with only right candidates and
eliminating all the wrong choices (Howell, J. P. 2013). These American based business leaders
have trust in their energy as well as take conceptualization ideas from financial specialist and
clients for data on each and every side. They have a common precept which involve that leaders
of 21st century need not neglect to attain excellence.
Difference between viewpoint and initiatives by all leaders of 21st Century
Taking other side of the coin in consideration, these leaders share varying viewpoints in way the
business leaders will conduct their business in 21st Century.
Mark Zuckerberg from Facebook emphasized that all the leaders must enlist and hire the
candidates with right aptitudes and right mentality and IQ which is completely opposite to
Answer Lab and Custom Ink who get their employees in the light of capabilities (Lüsted, M. A.
2011). The main objective of Facebook is to break thing and move quick. Custom Ink logic
involves energy and enthusiasm for printing as well as breathing life in Ink. Rationality in
administration of Answer Lab hold a part of compelling confinements over its actions and
working so that they may concentrate on savings.

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As per the CEO of Custom Ink, assembling of convincing workforce is a process to select the
gifted capabilities in business. Answer Lab sustain the culture where individuals are gifted and
the experts are customer centered (Parandker, S. R., 2014, April).
Difficulties in administering the business in 21st century
In present time, the visionaries of business are facing multiple issues and difficulties like
Children from Pot War phase of America and limited supply of correct and expert staff.
Conclusion
Taking everything in to consideration, understanding abilities and difficulties needed for the
administration aptitude of 21st century business models were analyzed. CEO of Facebook,
Custom Ink and Answer Lab coincide that apart from longing for only cash, authority style of
individual first, developing enduring links, establishing people meetings, having courage in
taking initiatives, passion innovations an zero tolerance for emotions of individuals while
achieving the company objectives are also a part of normal aptitudes that must be possessed by
the business leaders of 21st century. Also, they have differences in few of their viewpoints. For
Instance According to Answer Lab and Marc Katz, the culture must contract with top experts of
the business while CEO of Facebook have trust that people needs to be employees after viewing
their mind state.

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