Thursday 3 October 2013
Is Mark Zuckberg and effective leader or not?
Mark Zuckberg is
definitely an
effective leader; he dealt situations uniquely when something goes
wrong. He uses the unique ways to deal things. First of all, “Getting to No”, by knowing when to let go or when to say no is, it’s crucial and important part of strategic leadership. Secondly, “Learn to say Sorry”; he works hard on correcting his mistakes and learning from them. Thirdly, “If at first you don’t succeed, start over”, he is a very passion young man, he believes that there is no such thing as failure if he really want to pursue his dream and he believes false start are simply invaluable learning experiences toward the next iteration of an idea or development of a product. I personally think that his best moment as a leader is when he leads all his employees, working together, bringing up the company, achieving the goal and mission, share the success with his fellow employees and change the world together, this will be the best moment for him as a leader.
The Culture Within the Facebook Company
Facebook Company has been one of the leaders in the
creation and implementation of strong corporate culture fostering three types
of culture like Play culture, Aggressive culture and Process culture. Culture
is a critical and important element for Facebook Company which helped them to
build a humongous successful company. Most people know that the Facebook Company
hierarchy is flat. The culture at Facebook Company focused on less hierarchy
but more of collaboration and creativity . The organizational culture
of Facebook Company created by Mark Zuckberg is relaxed, open and instructed by
trying to attract the best talent in the industry by creating a fun atmosphere
and environment where employees may have the opportunity to work on the projects
with a sense of openness. The Organizational Structure under Mark Zuckerberg Leadership
(CLICK on this Link for the Facebook's Organizational Structure)
In this Facebook’s organizational structure,
Mark Zuckerberg is at the top of the
chain of command as he is the CEO, who holds the most power and authority. The
primary roles of the CEO (Chief Executive Officer) are to be the head and lead
the team and formulate organizational objectives. Mark Zuckberg holds the most responsibility
becaused he is at the top of the hierarchy. Facebook’s organizational structure
is an example of a narrow span of control, where there are fewer subordinates
accountable to a manager. Taking a look at the organizational chart presented,
it can be observed that Facebook Company has a flat organizational structure with
fewer levels where each manager will have a narrow span of control. The process of removing levels from an
organizational hierarchy can help in certain way to improve the business by
reducing costs, improve speed of communication, reduce a firm’s costs and lead
to more flexible working practices.
Mark Zuckerberg Leadership Style
How
he lead his team?
Mark Zuckberg is
more of a
democratic
leader, he focuses more of sensitivity to the people and group
relationship in the organization and subordinates are highly encouraged to share their
individual ideas
and make more suggestions. This leadership style is well suited to the Facebook Company environment especially when it comes to a company which filled with different high level of expertise such as Product Marketing Communications Manager, Software Engineer, Vendor Manager, Data Engineer, etc. The reason Mark Zuckberg leading the team as a democratic leader is because this leadership style promotes a better job satisfaction and it gives higher productivity because in tech startups, it’s strongly based on creativity and innovative. He lead his team by always focusing on the mission of “Making the world more open and connected by giving people the power to share whatever they want and be connected to whoever they want, no matter where they are.” He leads his team with his three pillars strategies. First, is to build the best and most ubiquitous mobile product. Secondly, is to build a platform where every new app that is created can be social and enable people to share. Thirdly, is to build strong monetization and economic engine that will build Facebook into one of the world’s most valuable companies. From above all, there are also 5 key elements of success which helped Mark Zuckerberg to create such a staggeringly successful business, the 5P’s:
more of a
democratic
leader, he focuses more of sensitivity to the people and group
relationship in the organization and subordinates are highly encouraged to share their
individual ideas
and make more suggestions. This leadership style is well suited to the Facebook Company environment especially when it comes to a company which filled with different high level of expertise such as Product Marketing Communications Manager, Software Engineer, Vendor Manager, Data Engineer, etc. The reason Mark Zuckberg leading the team as a democratic leader is because this leadership style promotes a better job satisfaction and it gives higher productivity because in tech startups, it’s strongly based on creativity and innovative. He lead his team by always focusing on the mission of “Making the world more open and connected by giving people the power to share whatever they want and be connected to whoever they want, no matter where they are.” He leads his team with his three pillars strategies. First, is to build the best and most ubiquitous mobile product. Secondly, is to build a platform where every new app that is created can be social and enable people to share. Thirdly, is to build strong monetization and economic engine that will build Facebook into one of the world’s most valuable companies. From above all, there are also 5 key elements of success which helped Mark Zuckerberg to create such a staggeringly successful business, the 5P’s:
PASSION — Always be fully committed and keep the energy fully
charged all the times by chasing something you believe in.
PURPOSE — Find the purpose and have a meaningful movement to
create a great product.
PEOPLE — Build a strong and powerful team which is able to achieve
the visions and goals.
PRODUCT — Do not just create normal product, but create innovative
products which changes everything.
PARTNERSHIPS — Build strong and powerful partnerships with people
who filled with great imagination.
How he recruits his team?
How he recruits his team?
One of the methods which are used by Facebook Company
to recruit employees is by using the “Crazy Social Media Recruiting” technique.
Social media recruiting was actually a new and also a daring act. This method
is also used by most of the recruiters, 90% of them, in the hiring process to
find great candidates. Besides that, a new feature for recruitment by Facebook
Company had just come out recently, which is called “Graph Search”. The arrival
of this new feature had caused the application like “BranchOut” declined in
popularity. Mark Zuckerberg himself suggested that this new feature, Graph
Search, makes Facebook the perfect place to search or recruit for talent.
How
he
motivates
his
team?
he
motivates
his
team?
First of all, the environment working in Facebook Company. Facebook Company is the #1 Best Place For Work for 2013. Facebook Company motivates the employees by offering them different sort of benefits
which can help employees balance their work with their personal lives. A few
examples like , free food and transportation, paid vacation days, $4,000 for
new parents, dry cleaning, day care reimbursement, photo processing and more. Moreover,
if employees need unwind on the job, facilities are provided for them, where they
can play video or table-top games and more. Giving motivation to the employees
is important to make them satisfied their job and so they will give the best. Job
satisfaction is the main factor in intrinsic motivation and productivity will
be the direct result of it. Facebook employees are satisfied with their jobs as
a result to do their jobs well.
How
he communicates with his team?
Mark Zuckberg and his relationships with his
colleagues are close, employees see Zuckberg practically every day, and he is
busy but he is always accessible. There are weekly management meeting where
co-workers present different ideas and questions to Zuckberg. Mark Zucbkerg
doesn’t position himself far above from his employees. Its importance to
encouraging interaction to promote a more productive and creative work flow,
especially in tech startups which are strongly based on creativity and
constantly reinventing to keep things relevant and innovated. Leadership Of Choice - Mark Zuckerberg
Who is Mark Zuckerberg ???
Mark Zuckerberg was born on May 14, 1984. He is
an internet entrepreneur and also an American computer programmer. He is one of
the most famous and best known of one of the co-founder of the most popular
social website-Facebook. He is the chairman and chief executive officer (CEO)
of Facebook ,Inc. He is the youngest richest billionaire and in 2013 and his
personal wealth was estimated to be US$17 billion.
The Making of Mark Zuckerberg
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