Satya Nadella

CEO of Microsoft
Why he is a leader ?
• Nadella brought remarkable transformation to Microsoft which
missed almost every significant computing trend in 2000s and was
spiraling towards obsolescence.
• Change of mission - “A computer on every desk” to “Empower every
person and every organisation on the planet to achieve more.”
• Drastic cultural change - ‘learning not to look at the past’.
• New products and services – change from fixed mindset to growth
mindset.
Achievements
• Microsoft’s share price has tripled today. Restored the position of
world’s richest publically listed company.
• Key role in the launch of world’s largest cloud-based entity Azure.
• Launched Surface Book Microsoft’s first ever laptop.
• Microsoft open-sources Visual Studio Core ( first time in their history).
Personality
• O - High – Took the risk to partner with rivals, let go of the company’s
long time wrong goal in phone segment
• C - High – the transformation of Microsoft was well organized
• E - Low – Keeps to himself, finds solace in books (from his roommate’s
comments)
• A - High – Gets everyone’s opinion before giving out his opinion
• N - Medium – In one of the interviews he became emotional on
answering questions related to his parents
Behavior –Relationship Manager
• He believes human beings are wired to have empathy which will not
only create harmony at work but also make products that will
resonate.
• He was the executive sponsor for the company’s community group for
disabled staffer even before becoming a CEO.
• Culture shift : transformer know-it-all bent to learn-it-all curiosity.
Series of trouble
• Converted negative performance system into collaborative culture.
(Annual Microsoft Hackathon )
• Windows 8 operating system was a failure.
(completely revamped and came up with windows 10 version )
• Partner positive thinking - accepted windows phone failure and
decided not to compete against Android and iOS.
(getting windows owned apps on Android and iOS systems)
• Linux distributions (rival) listed in windows store.
(enable access for developers)
His career
• Joined Microsoft in 1992 as an Engineer
• 2000 - First executive post – Vice President of Microsoft bCentral
• 2001- 2011 : VP of various functions
• 2014 – CEO

Succession Planning
• Talent talks – program for talent hiring and succession planning.
• Each leader and their directs identifies not just someone who will
take over the role but also ensures to see if the identified individual is
interested in being the successor.