Influence of a Leader in the Business World

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Influence of a leader in the business world
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1Influence of a leader in the business world
Introduction
Leadership plays an integral role in business as the whole business is organized by the
leaders. Many great leaders of leading business set example before the world with their
excellence. Hence, the purpose of the study is to understand the importance of leaders and their
leadership for a business. The study in order to give a clear understanding of the importance of
leaders will discuss one of the great leaders, Larry Page, the founder of Google (Business Insider
2018). Over the years Page has been setting himself as a successful leader before the world. His
effectiveness, intelligence and excellence have been topics of discussion and are analyzed so that
his leadership qualities can be understood as well as followed by aspiring leaders (Business
Insider 2018). Thus, the paper will discuss about the essential six leadership qualities of Larry
Page. The analysis will be done in a detailed manner based on the leadership theories. While
discussing, the study will be referring certain incidents which reports excellence of Page as a
leader. The paper concludes by summing up of the entire study.
Discussion
Larry Page’s leadership qualities have been discussed widely over the years since his
direction elevated Google Inc as the leading company across the entire world. From decision
making to employee motivation Page’s leadership qualities made him as the ideal example for
other leaders (Business Insider 2018). Apart from that many crisis situations have been
effectively managed by Page while maintain the position and brand image the company as the
leading organization.

2Influence of a leader in the business world
1. Important decision (s) the leader has made
Being the founder of Google Inc, Page was to take several decisions for the interest of the
company and its customers. One such decision was dissolving the position of project managers
in the company. After taking follow ups for several times, Page realized that the project
managers working in the company did not have adequate knowledge of technology in order to
supervise the engineers of the company (Business Insider 2018). Even he realized that the project
managers were not working effectively causing obstacles in offering best service to the
customers of users of the search engine Google. Thus, in order to address the issue, Page took an
instant decision of dissolving the position of project managers from the company. Instead he
appointed a person as Vice President to be reported by the mangers (The Economic Times 2018).
The Vice President whom he appointed had to report to Page directly. Page had taken the
decision so that the engineers can work under the supervision of Page effectively.
2. Dealing with managers and employees
Over the years, for its excellence Google has achieved the position of a leading company
and the best place to work. In regard to that Larry Page’s contribution in leading the employess
and making the company as the most desirable place to work cannot be ignored. In order to
manage the employees so that they will able to give their best efforts in work Page gives all the
amenities and perks to his employees (Robinson, VanderPal and Nhat Hoang 2017). For
example, the Google offices across the world have more than basic facilities for employees. The
employees are offered with foods that are cooked by best chefs. An employee can get food of his
or her choice and more than the quality food containing healthy ingredients are offered to the
employees in order to assure better health of the employees (Business Insider 2018). The other
perks include spa center, clinique, gym and premise of occasional celebrations. All these perks