LDR/300: Leadership Style Analysis of Satya Nadella, Microsoft CEO

This report examines the leadership style of Satya Nadella, the CEO of Microsoft, focusing on his application of the Five-Factor Model of personality (openness, neuroticism, conscientiousness, extraversion, and agreeableness). The analysis explores how Nadella's traits contribute to his leadership effectiveness, particularly in addressing challenges like the Windows 10 update issues and server problems. The report highlights his emphasis on innovation, emotional stability, goal-oriented approach, social skills, and interpersonal skills. The report also details Nadella's problem-solving approach, emphasizing the importance of user-centric design and the significance of teamwork and decisive decision-making. The report concludes with insights into Nadella's leadership philosophy, emphasizing the importance of thorough testing and user feedback before implementing new technologies.

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Leadership Style Interview For a Company Newsletter
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Headline Leader Satya Narayana Nadella who is the
CEO of the Microsoft Company
Opening Microsoft Company is a technology
company which deals in software, hardware,
cloud computing, network services, etc. The
headquartered of the company in Redmond,
Washington. The company serves the best
services of the software and has Microsoft
Windows which is the most operating system
(Joshi and Achuthan, 2018). The company was
founded by Bill Gates and Paul Allen in the
year 1975. Microsoft serves its services
worldwide. The mission of the company is to
serve the best product and services so that the
customers can do great things. Microsoft
Company is very popular because of the
Windows as it is very compatible software
program in the market.
Satya Narayana Nadella is the CEO of
the Microsoft Company which was born in the
19 August 1967. He was a very famous person
before becoming the CEO of the Microsoft
Company as he was the Executive vice
president of the Microsoft Cloud Group. He
not only operates the function of the company
effectively but also runs the computing
platform of the company (Kurbanova, et al.,
2018). He is the Indian American business
executive and the engineer which led the major

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projects and develop the largest cloud
infrastructures. He was the good
entrepreneurial and the leader who knows its
way to reach the goals. He has worked for the
22 years in Microsoft and gives his best
services.
Content Five-factor personality models include the five
traits which are openness, neuroticism,
conscientiousness, extraversion, and
agreeableness.
Openness: Satya Narayana Nadella is
very creative and has a high imagination and
insight. He always tries to find out the new
things and developed the largest cloud
infrastructures. He always focused on the new
challenges and tackles them in a positive way
(Zhang, 2012). He always thinks about the new
ideas and concept and brings innovation in
cloud computing and the software.
Neuroticism: This personality is
defined by some other traits such as sadness,
emotional instability, moodiness, etc. Satya
Narayana has low neuroticism as he is
emotionally stable. He has to go through with
many stress of the work in the company
Microsoft but he knows how to deal with them
(Schreiber, 2016). He stays calm in every
situation and does not worry much about the
stress. He is emotionally stable and never feels
depressed or sad. He is very relaxed in hard

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situations and knows how to compete with
that.
Conscientiousness: He is always the
goal-oriented person who has a high level of
thinking and observation. He always focuses
on the right things and completes the work on
time. He is more aware of the action and the
behavior of the people. Satya Narayana
Nadella enjoys the fixed schedule and takes
care of the things of the organization (Olsson
and Bosch, 2014).
Extraversion: This personality reflects
the emotional expressiveness by sociability,
excitability, assertiveness, etc. He has the high
extraversion as he enjoys meeting the new
people, make good conversation with them,
attend the meetings, and has a wide social
circle of friends as he belongs to many people.
It is easy for a Satya Narayana to make new
friends (Tashchiyan, et al., 2015).
Agreeableness: There are certain
attributed that are there in Satya Narayana such
as kindness, trust, affection, etc. He has high
Agreeableness as he cares about the other
people and feels concern and empathy for
them. He always helps others who needed and
also contribute happiness in other life. He has
one low attribute as he never takes an interest
in other people.
Satya Narayana Nadella has faced
many problems in the company Microsoft but

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he has taken it as the challenge and tries to
solve it. One of the problems which he was
facing was the update the reboots without the
warning. The problem was seen in the software
of the Windows 10 operating system as it only
performs its function with the help of the
internet. All the things are installed and
downloaded when there is the updating at
random times. It was terminating and
interrupting the process of the working when
reboot takes place without the warning (Liu,
2012). People also lose their data while
working with the process. So it was annoying
and inconvenient for the users which create the
biggest problem for the company. Sometimes
the issues also arise regarding the server
problem which disrupts the functions of the
users across all the connected platform.
Satya Narayana Nadella solved this
problem setting the request to reboot. He made
some correction in the windows that instead of
directly rebooting, the operating system first
asks for a reboot by clicking on the advanced
options which notify to schedule restart. Issues
related to server platform are also solved by the
Satya Narayana Nadella by determining the
appropriate server. The scale of operations has
to be determined by every infrastructure
company and then they have to choose the
right server (Ahmad, et al., 2017). He has
solved these problems in the company so

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people also considered him as a good leader.
Wrap-Up
Conclusion
After going through with such
problems, Satya Narayana Nadella has learned
that before applying any technological things
directly to the users, they have to first make
sure it that it is working with the effectiveness
or not (Gurumurthy et al., 2016). If any
software or server platform is creating any
disruption and interruption while working then
it is necessary to remove them at the urgency
so that it will not create more problems for the
other users. He has also learned that teamwork
is very essential at any situation as gives the
courage to fight with any challenges. He has
also learned that the decision taken by the
person should be decisive as if any decision
taken on the urgency then it creates the
problem for the company in the future.
Decisions should not be made quickly and
before implementing any things it should be
used and surveyed properly so that the users do
not feel that they are felling any kind of the
disruptions in the software or the operating
system. He has also learned that any situation
he should remain calm so that he will not lose
his temper and try to solve the situations
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