M1A1: Leadership Profile of Elon Musk Joseph T. Hanovich Excelsior College BUS552: Leadership Instructor: M. Corona M1A1: Leadership Profile of Elon Musk Elon Musk is the visionary leader of multiple companies, including SpaceX and the Fortune 500 listed company Tesla. He was born in South Africa and later immigrated to Canada and then the United States as a teenager. His meteoric rise to power occurred during the height of the Dot-com bubble of the late 1990’s and early 2000’s, with his first two companies being internet based service providers. Utilizing the profits from his business ventures to continue to forge new markets, he truly established his reputation as an innovator with his subsequent companies, which saw him develop …show more content…
His rise to success is the result of his almost maniacal pursuit of his ambitions. Musk acknowledges the creation of revolutionary cars, advanced rocket systems, and space colonization will not happen working just 40 hours a week (Daum, 2015). Musk’s leadership style relies on the heavy use of referent power and the selling his vision to his employees (Hellriegel & Slocum, 2011). He displayed an example of his ability to inspire his team after the third failed launch of the Falcon 1 rocket in 2008. Musk addressed his company prior to holding a press conference, and during a short statement to his employees, his leadership galvanized and reinvigorated the entire SpaceX team, leading to the first successful launch of a SpaceX mission only seven weeks later (Feloni, 2014). His ability to influence his employees to buy into his vision of the future is instrumental in the ability of his companies to recruit, grow, and retain high performing and innovative employees despite his intense demands and high expectations (Hellriegel & Slocum, 2011). SpaceX and Tesla are both ranked as having the some of the highest levels of job satisfaction amongst technology companies, with Glassdoor.com ranking SpaceX at number 40 on their list of best employers despite the stressful work environment and tight deadlines, and ranking Elon Musk 8th on their Top CEO’s list, with a 98% approval rating based on …show more content…
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The United States Patent Office (“USPTO”) faces criticism from its users and legislators that the timeliness of the patent process and ultimate quality of issued patents are inadequate. In order to address this criticism Congress made several changes to the authorities of the USPTO in the last decade and considered more changes in 2009. Nevertheless, problems persist and some stakeholders argue that reorganizing the USPTO as a government corporation would best alleviate these problems by broadening its authorities even further and releasing it from external constraints.
To prove his theory, Carr mentioned Google’s founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page are set on turning their search engine into an artificial intelligence. In a 2004 Newsweek interview, Brin said, “Certainly if you had all the world’s information directly attached to your brain, or an artificial brain that was smarter than your brain, you’d be better off.” Carr finds this unsettling because it suggests that the human brain is just an outdated computer that needs a faster processor and bigger hard drive. To make his point Carr dedicated most of his article to examples of theories and...
Elon musk is considered visionary entrepreneur, because he is a risk taker and a billionaire entrepreneur. He is CEO of many companies and inspires people to follow their dreams and to maybe be as successful as him. His journey and all his success speaks for itself. His vision for Tesla Motor’s is to produce high efficiency low cost vehicles to reduce gas emission lowering pollution and to move toward a safer renewable world. His main goal is to transition into more sustainable energy and to be less reliant on fossil fuels. Elon is most notorious for his CEO position in Tesla Motors, but he is involved with much more than Tesla. He is involved with SpaceX, The Boring Company, and SolarCity. He is leveraging all aspects of innovation through so many different companies and organizations. Including vehicle production, rocket production, and Hyperloop production. Elon and his team introduce many innovative features to all these different aspects across all levels.
In a past MBA course, I studied the leadership qualities of Mark Zuckerberg. Out of these two leaders whom I admire, Zuckerberg is the individual I would prefer to work. Ekaterina Walter wrote an article in Inc. magazine where she identified five leadership attributes of Mark Zuckerberg that contributed to his success. They are passion, purpose, people, product, and partnerships. This transformational leadership skill is part of what makes him such an effective leader. Part of Mark Zuckerberg 's mission at Facebook enhanced openness and transparency, and he believes openness fosters connectivity. Zuckerberg utilizes a charismatic/transformational/authentic leadership approach. He is self-confident, optimistic, resilient, results-oriented, and an
According to the “trait theories of leadership” in the textbook, six traits have been identified as being consistently associated with leadership: 1) ambition and energy; 2) the desire to lead; 3) honesty and integrity; 4) self-confidence; ...
The following essay will discuss how the ideas in “Is Google Making Us Stupid?” by Nicholas Carr, is expressed in the futuristic novel Feed, by M.T Anderson.
Perhaps he has something extra that has propelled him above everybody else. Everything that he touches seems to turn to gold. Donald Trump’s leadership style has made him rich, powerful, famous and known throughout the world. This paper will examine some of these leadership styles. Leadership traits “Leadership research has not revealed a single trait that is possessed by all successful leaders, but a number of characteristics have been identified that are common to many of them”(Timpe, p.30, 1987).
The National Space Policy has undergone changes throughout its new creation on August 31, 2006, under both the Obama administration and the Bush administration. The act originally was established for overarching national policies that governed the conduct of U.S space activities. President Dwight Eisenhower said “More than by any other imaginative concept, the mind of man is aroused by the thought of exploring the mysteries of outer space. Through such exploration, man hopes to broaden his horizons, add to his knowledge, improve his way of living on Earth.” With that statement, is where our time in space begins.
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2. What were the critical marketing decisions that helped Tesla stand out among other companies and become the lead innovator in its
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As such, this essay will argue that space exploration is a necessity of our kind and that NASA should be progressively more financed. To begin with, space research has helped bring several developments to modern science, affecting the quality of our everyday lives. With issues like climate change, and population overgrowth, our species faces the risks of major extinction (4). Climate change has been a man-made problem in recent years that threatens our planet. It will take huge mitigations from current and future societies to even come close to reversing climate change.
The significance of Richard Branson’s leadership is illustrated in the success of his company. Branson’s leadership sets the to...
For everyone in the business world, Mark Zuckerberg is not a very oblivious name to them. He is a young successful businessman and that is undeniable. However, Mark is also a very successful leader in his own company as well as to the world. His impact from creating Facebook is more than just impressive. Mark created the social media website where people get connected virtually and lead the company incredibly successful. Mark’s leadership style can be seen with inspirational motivation, intellectual stimulation and idealized influence. With all those components above, Mark Zuckerberg is a great example of transformational leadership.