1. In simple words, the action of
leading a group of people or an
organization is known as
leadership
LEADERSHIP

2. BILL GATES
LEADERSHIP

4. What comes to your mind?
 The Richest Person
 Chairman of Microsoft

5. EARLY LIFE
 Born on October 28,1955
in Washington, America
 EDUCATION- In1967,Bill
Gates had a normal
schooling at the Lakeside
private school.
 In 1973,he entered
Harvard University but
dropped out in 1975 for the
sake of building up the
Software empire.

6. LEADERS
HIP
QUALITIES
LEADERSHIP QUALITIES OF BILL GATES

7. AGILITY & ABILITY(FAST
LEARNER)
Developed the
first software at
the age of 13.

8. FOUNDING &
PARTNERSHIP
 Founded
MICROSOFT on
April 4,1975
 MICROSOFT
became a business
partner with
IBM(International
Business Machine)
FOUNDED MICROSOFT IBM PARTNERSHIP

9. RISK BEARER
 Gates signed an agreement to write software
in BASIC and other languages for IBM PC

10. VISION-MAKER
 He had a VISION-Gates learned to treat
software as a business

11. MASTER MIND
 Before IBM PC was launched , Microsoft
acquired the 86-OS from Seattle computers

12. LONG-TERM
APPROACH
 Gates was quick to understand the new
market conditions and the impact of the
Internet on Microsoft

13. GREAT
CONVINCER
 Gates explained his perspective at the Internet
World Conference. He convinced , ‘The
Internet phenomenon is unbelievable . it’s the
most fascinating thing to happen in the world’

14. INTELLIGENT &
AGGRESSIVE
 Microsoft joined the Explorer browser with its
Windows operating system . This was an
aggressive move by Gates to counter the
business benefit of becoming a market leader

15. INNOVATOR
 Microsoft adapted to the existing products and
developed new products mainly on the internet
. It brings into effective action in productivity
software as well as authoring tools

16. ACCEPTED
CRITICISM
 Microsoft was found guilty of anti-competitive
practices and ‘predatory monopoly’ in 2000

17. PHILANTHROPIST
 Bill Gates and Melinda Gates have opened a
foundation to promote the welfare of needy
people

18. BILL GATES’TRAITS &
POWERS
 INTELLIGENT
 SKILLFULL AND COMPETENT
 DETERMINANT
 HIGH IN INTEGRITY
POWERS
 LEGITIMATE
 REWARD
 COERCIVE
 EXPERT
 REFERENT

19. WHAT MAKES BILL GATES A
GREAT LEADER?
 Bill Gates leadership style is a
mixture of:-
 1)AUTOCRATIC
 2)TASK-ORIENTED
 3)DELEGATED
 4)TRANSACTIONAL /
TRANSFORMATIONAL

20. SKILLS
Strategic Planning Skill
Communication Skill
Teamwork Skill
Motivation Skill

21.  WORK TOWARDS YOUR PASSION
 HAVE A GREAT VISION
 HAVE A STRONG TEAM
 TAKE A LONG TERM APPROACH-
 FAILURES ARE LEARNING
LESSONS-
 HELP OTHERS
GATE’S SECRET TO
SUCCESS

22. CONCLUSION

23. THANK
YOU
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