MGT 420 Module 6 Assignment: Contemporary Business Leaders……Warren Buffett

Many names have been recognized as notable business leaders. Steve Jobs, Bill Gates, and Colleen Barrett are all names identified for their unique approach to leading people. Please review the attached document to locate more business leaders. Select one leader and identify their leadership style.

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Discuss (1,250-1,500 words) what you learned about them as leaders and the leadership style used. Include the following in your assignment:

1. Describe the leader and why he/she was selected. What organizations are they affiliated with? In what industry are they ………..? How long were they in a leadership position?
2. Which of the leadership perspectives discussed in this topic does the selected leader demonstrate?
3. Identify a significant challenge the leader faced ………… Did the response align more with a managerial role or a leadership role?
4. What was the leader’s greatest achievement?
5. What power base does the leader use?
6. Compare the leadership style used by your selected leader against that of their Successor/predecessor. Was there a shift in the leadership style? Which leader do you think was more effective and why?
7. Talk about the attributes you hope to follow as a leader. How will these attributes be similar to or different than the leader studied?
8. You ……….. cite 2 sources in this assignment. Provide evidence to support the leadership style your selected leader showed. ……. based on an opinion.

Discuss (1,250-1,500 words) what you learned about them as leaders and the leadership style used. Include the following in your assignment:

1. Describe the leader and why he/she was selected. What organizations are they affiliated with? In what industry are they ………..? How long were they in a leadership position?
2. Which of the leadership perspectives discussed in this topic does the selected leader demonstrate?
3. Identify a significant challenge the leader faced ………… Did the response align more with a managerial role or a leadership role?
4. What was the leader’s greatest achievement?
5. What power base does the leader use?
6. Compare the leadership style used by your selected leader against that of their Successor/predecessor. Was there a shift in the leadership style? Which leader do you think was more effective and why?
7. Talk about the attributes you hope to follow as a leader. How will these attributes be similar to or different than the leader studied?
8. You ……….. cite 2 sources in this assignment. Provide evidence to support the leadership style your selected leader showed. ……. based on an opinion. MGT 420 Module 6 Assignment: Contemporary Business Leaders

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION 

Contemporary Business Leaders

Introduction

These are the leaders who have shaped business today.

Rupert Murdoch, media mogul

Rupert Murdoch is the founder of News Corporation and a well-known conservative. He owns Fox News, The Wall Street Journal, HarperCollins Publishers and other media companies. Murdoch was born in Melbourne, Australia on March 11th 1931. His father James Murdoch was a telegraph operator who became interested in publishing and changed his name from James Edward to Rupert Joseph Maurice Harman.

Murdoch received his first taste of journalism at age 15 when he started working as an assistant at The Perth Sun newspaper owned by his father’s company Amalgamated Press (later called News Limited). He later worked as an editor at The Daily Telegraph newspaper before starting up his own company with two colleagues called Australian Consolidated Press Limited (ACP), which later merged with Fairfax Media Group Incorporated

John Chambers, CEO of Cisco

John Chambers is the CEO of Cisco Systems, a technology company that makes networking equipment.

Chambers was born in San Francisco and grew up in Canada. He received his MBA from Stanford University, where he also served as an engineering student representative on behalf of the student body. After spending time working at McKinsey & Company, Chambers went on to become an executive vice president at Cisco before becoming its president and CEO in 2002; under his leadership, the company has grown into one of the largest manufacturers and service providers worldwide for networking products like routers and switches (and even Wi-Fi access points!).

Herbert A. Allen III, investment banker

Herbert A. Allen III is a former investment banker and the chairman of Allen & Company. He is also the founder of Allen & Company, an investment firm with offices in New York, London, Tokyo and Hong Kong.

Allen has been named one of the top 100 CEOs by Fortune Magazine for six consecutive years (1998-2002).

David M. Rubenstein, founder of Carlyle Group

David M. Rubenstein is a co-founder of Carlyle Group, an international private equity firm that invests in companies around the world. He also founded The Carlyle Group Foundation, which supports charitable organizations and education reform efforts across the United States and around the world.

Rubenstein graduated from Harvard Business School in 1971 with an MBA degree in management, having majored in finance and accounting while at Harvard College (his father was chairman of Carnegie Corporation). After graduation he worked briefly as a management consultant before returning to Washington D.C., where he became involved with government affairs as well as public policy issues surrounding energy policy and nuclear proliferation during Jimmy Carter’s administration (1977-1981).

Peter G. Peterson, chairman of Blackstone Group

Peter G. Peterson, chairman of Blackstone Group, is a former U.S. Secretary of Commerce and one of the most influential business leaders in America today. He has served as a director at Blackstone since 1985, when he became its vice president for corporate strategy and public affairs. In 1995, he became co-chairman alongside Stephen Schwarzman; they remain involved with the firm’s management team today (Peterson was named chairman in 2011).

Peterson also founded The Concord Coalition in 1997—a nonpartisan organization that works to reduce federal deficits by reducing spending on entitlement programs like Medicare and Social Security—and serves as its chairman emeritus today after stepping down from that position several years ago due to health reasons related to his age (he turned 78 last year). He also founded two other entities: The Peter G. Peterson Foundation; which focuses on creating economic growth through education reform efforts such as charter schools; as well as Global Financial Integrity (GFI), which aims at curbing illicit financial flows outbound from developing countries into richer ones such as China or Russia where these funds can be used for purposes other than improving lives locally within said country’s borders

John Mack, former CEO of Morgan Stanley

John Mack is an American business leader, who served as the chairman and CEO of Morgan Stanley from January 1, 2005 through December 31, 2007. As executive vice president at the firm in 1980 and then as chief operating officer (COO) from 1983 to 1990, he helped turn around a struggling investment bank into one of Wall Street’s most powerful firms.

Mack holds degrees from Fordham University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in history; Boston College Law School where he received his J.D.; Columbia Business School where he earned an MBA; and Stanford University where he earned an MBA with distinction in both economics and finance.

In 1976 Mack joined Morgan Stanley as an investment banker after graduating from Fordham University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in history and receiving his law degree from Boston College Law School three years later.[1] He spent 30 years there before leaving to serve as President Barack Obama’s director for community organization initiatives during his tenure as governor (2007–10).[2]

William H. Gates III, co-founder of Microsoft and co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Bill Gates is the co-founder of Microsoft and co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, along with his wife Melinda. The couple has pledged $1 billion each to improve global health, education, energy and agriculture.

He graduated from Harvard University with a degree in English literature and was awarded a scholarship that allowed him to study abroad in London during summers. He then earned a master’s degree at Harvard Business School before joining Microsoft Corp., where he worked on developing software for its computer systems division (MS DOS).

Takeaway:

Now that you know a bit more about what leadership is and how it impacts your business, here are some takeaways:

• Leadership is an important part of every company. It’s a way to make sure that the right things happen in your organization and improve the lives of others.

• Business leadership can be found everywhere—in community organizations, local governments, schools and universities—and in many different ways!

Conclusion

The world of business has changed greatly in the last few decades. With new technologies, trends, and platforms, many business leaders are finding themselves in positions they never could have imagined before. While these men and women are all very successful on their own terms, they’re also fortunate enough to have each other as fellow leaders within their fields. In today’s fast-paced world where your competitors can be anywhere at any time, having an ally at the top is priceless!