Leadership: Overview of Bill Gates' Leadership Style and Challenges Faced

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Leadership
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Table of Contents
Introduction......................................................................................................................................2
Overview of the leader’s background..............................................................................................2
Explanation of the leadership style..................................................................................................3
Two challenges Bill Gates has faced...............................................................................................4
Suggestions for improvement..........................................................................................................5
Conclusion.......................................................................................................................................5
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Introduction
Leadership is the process through which a business representative can guide, direct and
influence the behaviour along with the work of other people to accomplish specific goals in a
particular situation. It is also the ability of the managers to encourage the subordinates in
working with diverse situation with proper zeal. It can be also said that it is the potential for
influencing the behaviour of other people. It further denotes that there are few qualities, which
must be present in the maturity, intelligence and personality of a leader. The present essay will
select Bill Gates as the leadership persona and provide an overview of the leader’ background. It
will further explain the leadership style of the leader having described two of the leadership
challenges they have faced (Banks et al. 2016). The essay will also provide suggestions to
improve the leadership of the leader. Lastly, the essay will conclude with giving an outline of
what I have learned about leadership from studying about this leader. This leader will be
selected, as he is the topmost billionaire in the world and there is no question on the knowledge
of Bill Gates. He is the CEO of one of the biggest technology brand in the world and there is no
doubt on his leadership skills. He operates with a transformational leadership and inspires others
to work. However, he has faced questions on his style of communication and reputation which is
results-driven. It is also said that he avoids conflicts instead of facing them. This essay will
throw more light on this leader’s leadership style.
Overview of the leader’s background
Bill Gates both an entrepreneur who partnered with Paul Allen for building and founding
the greatest software business of the world, Microsoft through various technological innovation,
aggressive business strategy and tactics. In the entire process, Bill Gates has become one of the
richest men in the whole world. In the year 2014, Gates has announced that he stepped down as
the chairman of Microsoft for focusing on charitable work in his foundation. Later in his life,
after leaving Microsoft, Bill Gates pursued a range of philanthropic endeavours such as donating
a large amount of money to different charitable organizations and the scientific research
programs through Bill & Mahindra Gates Foundation. This is found to be the largest private
charity of the world.