Leadership Style of Michael O'Leary

LEADERSHIP STYLES OF
MICHAEL O’LEARY
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Contents
Introduction....................................................................................................................................2
Michael O’Leary – Manager or a Leader...............................................................................2
Michael Personality and Characteristics...............................................................................4
Consequences...........................................................................................................................6
Whether Michael O’Leary Should Continue Or NOT?........................................................7
Issues Which Relates To Michael O’Leary Leadership Style............................................8
Conclusions..................................................................................................................................10
Bibliography.................................................................................................................................11

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Introduction
Nicola Clark writes this article where he has talked about Ryanair Airlines CEO Michael
O’Leary. Michael O’Leary is also financial advisor to Ryanair when he joined the budget airline
in 1988 as deputy chief executive. In Europe, he is one of famous accountant who has led the
airlines service for more than 20 years. The case is about Michael O’Leary who is Chief
Executive Officer and Irish businessperson.
Ryanair airlines in past has measures best quality services to passengers but with some
consequent financial years it has led to decline. Analysts contribute their thinking about other
airlines as Air France-KLM and British Airways have started to push more continuously with
niche markets (DAC, 2019).
The main analysis from this that Michael O’Leary starts with little choices but with finding ways
to increase ticket prices, which results in appealing to higher pay clients. With the proactive
approach with relations to public will help to offset the impacts of representative with stories
challenging more sophisticated way to communicate.
Michael O’Leary – Manager or a Leader
Michael O’Leary is the CEO of airlines ‘Ryanair’. He has completed his last 24 years in these
airlines. He is not a manager as well as leader. He is a leader of his own thoughts. Michael once
had strong position in the whole market and was awarded for its business styles and services.
As said, success is not permanent Ryanair had its first downfall in 1990. In the beginning of this
article Michael follows cattle- car approach and he takes this approach to the extreme (Clark,
2013).
As a CEO of Ryanair, the lack of manager or leader qualities are the reason arises from this
article which is written by Nicola Clark. The strategies and the management theories for
charging high prices to their own passengers, penalizes about 100 dollars to all people and
biggest losses to customers. Michael O’Leary cattle car approach states that we will charge
high to passengers in airlines and provide less services which includes removal of toilets in
airplane, eliminating the co-pilots, let passengers loads their own luggage, removal of seats
from airplane and they are charging for overweight passengers a ‘ fat tax’. Due to these
reasons, Michael O’Leary character realizes and there are lack of manager and leadership
qualities. From this article, we can easily say he is having lack of leadership skills and that
directly affects Ryanair airlines. Delegative style and proactive approach which makes public

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relations more weak and people are switching from these airlines to another (The Week
Publications Inc, 2019).
Assessing penalties from passengers and they are hawking everything from people which
includes snacks, smokeless cigarettes and lottery tickets. Michael losing its customers and
passengers are switching from Ryanair airlines to other airlines as they are providing services
with best and better quality. Michael legitimate leadership style proves wrong to the airlines,
and this was major reason for this big loss. Michael character was more kind of Dictator with
wrong implementations. The latest emerging trends have changed the scenario of business. A
good businessman is one who generates his positive ideas with consistency of the quality. The
aggressive style of leadership can harm hostile and creates unnecessary conflicts between
others (Anon., 2019).
Michael O’Leary surely gained the vote of growth and confidence from shareholders but his
style and trait shows aggressive leadership style. Oracle CEO Larry Ellison is incredibly ruthless
and aggressive executive, during the time for Peoplesoft Ellison he announces 5000 firings and
repetedly insults people (Nisen, 2019).
Source: ( (Anon., n.d.).
He has appointed inexperienced staff which will cost low to pilots and even in their training
period, they are not paid for their work. The top down and autocratic approach is being used
where people spot issues rather than finding the solutions to the problems (Deeb, 2019).