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TABLE OF CONTENTS.................................................................................................2 1.
About Bill Gates.........................................................................................................3 2.
The way Bill Gates leads the company.....................................................................4 3.
What I Learned From Bill Gates..............................................................................8 4.
My own plan..............................................................................................................9 1. About Bill Gates
William Henry "Bill" Gates III (born October 28, 1955) is an American businessman, Bill
& Melinda Gates Foundation philanthropist, author and chairman of Microsoft
Corporation, the software company he shares with Paul. Allen founded. One of the most
famous entrepreneurs of the personal computer revolution, he has consistently been
ranked among the richest people in the world starting in 1987.
Bill Gates is famous for his management skills and ability to encourage employees to
develop their creativity by listening and appreciating their contributions. Bill Gates
always upholds the spirit of learning from employees. In particular, he always considers
and thinks about ideas from employees to develop the company in a beneficial direction.
During his time at the prestigious Harvard University, he dropped out and worked with
Paul Allen to pursue his passion for computers. This is also the person who founded
Microsoft with Bill Gates. The company was so successful that within a few years, Gates
became a world-renowned businessman.
Despite his many admirers, many competitors have criticized his business tactics, which
they consider unfair or monopolistic competition, and his company has suffered a number
of lawsuits. lawsuit, litigation. Near the end of his career, Gates pursued a number of
philanthropic endeavors, donating and donating large sums of money to charities and
scientific research through the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, which was established year 2000.
Gates stepped down as CEO of Microsoft in January 2000, but he remains the company's
president and chief software architect. In June 2006, Gates announced that he would only
spend part of his time with Microsoft and more time with the Bill & Melinda Gates
Foundation. Bill gradually passed the position of chief architect to Ray Ozzie, and the
position of director of strategy and research to Craig Mundie. Gates' last full day at
Microsoft was June 27, 2008. He still holds the position of chairman of Microsoft but does not run the company. 2
2. The way Bill Gates leads the company
Bill gate is a typical leader of a mixture of many styles: dictatorship, democracy and
freedom, ...These styles are flexibly and skillfully applied by Bill Gates through the way he manages his employees.
● Autocratic Leadership
Bill Gates is obsessed with micromanagement. For example, in meetings with senior
Microsoft managers, he was described as very belligerent and had harsh words to
managers about their perceived flaw in business strategy… when, he interrupted the
presenter with harsh statements such as: "That's the dumbest thing I've ever heard!" Bill
Gates realized that he had to do it that way to be able to steer the direction of Microsoft
and its high-quality products. With such a management style, it is inevitable that
employees will think he is bossy and domineering.
And sometimes Bill Gates is dominated by emotions overshadowing his reason and
rational thoughts. For him, victory is very important, he will do any level to beat the
opponent. His domineering and aggressive nature will cause some undesirable things for
the company and also cause employees to have a negative view of him. However,
although he is a bit domineering, he still knows how to listen to employees' opinions and
the way he manages employees still brings success to Microsoft.
● Appreciate the opinions of employees and always look for talented people
Bill Gates is not only a good manager but also knows how to encourage the creative
minds of his employees by listening and appreciating their contributions to the company.
This is a valuable secret that I should follow. He is someone who appreciates the
importance of taking the time to learn from subordinates. He is willing to listen to their
ideas, always invest in thought, consider development directions beneficial to the company.
Any employee with a new idea can present it and get time for Bill Gates himself to
respond to suggestions. A good idea can be commented on by emailing hundreds of
Microsoft employees around the world and asking them to contribute. This helps all
employees at Microsoft enthusiastically contribute ideas and dedication to the company.
Enhancing creativity and listening to employees' opinions has helped Bill Gates learn
many new things to develop the big company it is today.
In addition, he always tries to recruit people who are among the 5% of the smartest
people on the planet in the company's field to join. This is a strategy proposed by Bill 3
Gates with the ambition of converging the best global brains to jointly build and develop
Microsoft into a technology giant as the original goal.
In recruitment and human resource management, Bill Gates always broadcasts a common
message of Microsoft: "Instead of just waiting, hunt down the best talent and provide
them with an attractive job. ". For his company, recruitment policy is always a top
priority. Their mission is to hire "smart" candidates, not just "talented" ones.
An important thing that Bill Gates appreciates about the quality of selecting talented
people to join the team is that employees must recognize mistakes and promptly correct
them to achieve higher work efficiency. This approach contributes to saving a lot of costs
for both the company and employees.
The interesting thing about working at Microsoft is that no matter how smart or talented
they are, they still constantly devote their talents and energies to the company's work.
Because the effort they put in is always recognized and rewarded in a worthy way so that
they can always feel secure in their dedication.
Employees must always strive to learn non-stop every day. Every 6 months, employees
will have to undergo a quality and performance assessment. The results of the evaluation
will directly affect the promotion path and the ability to increase the salary of each person in the most deserving way.
With Bill Gates' way of recruiting and managing employees, it has increased the
excitement of the work for employees, making them feel that their dedication and efforts
are worth it. He not only waited for talented people to find him, but he himself had to
look for them so as not to miss them. He is always actively learning from people and he
is always looking for people who can bring success to the company. If I don't take the
initiative, I will miss a lot of opportunities. Therefore, the way he looks for employees as
well as listens and learns from them has contributed to the success of the company. It's
worth it for myself and others to follow.
● Employee treatment policy
One of Bill Gates' leadership styles is to value employee compensation. The company's
treatment of employees is very important because if there is good treatment, employees
can focus on their work, contribute more to the company as well as maintain their loyalty
to the company. He offers employees stock incentives, career growth, and wellness
programs to keep them motivated. He understands the value of investing in a core
workforce. The fact also shows that he has enriched employees more than other CEOs. 4
Thanks to the right reward strategy, Bill Gates reassured employees to focus on their
work and helped maintain loyalty to the company.
Bill Gates always makes employees feel like the workplace is their home. He wants his
employees to really feel comfortable when working in the company environment to
improve work efficiency. Most of Microsoft's staff are people who have been with Bill
Gates since the early days of building the company. They have a strong belief and loyalty
to the leader. It is the great treatment policies that Bill Gates set out that helps employees
to devote all their ability to bring huge profits to the company.
Bill Gates always appreciates maintaining teamwork in the company, each person, each
department always works towards a common goal. At Microsoft, salary isn't the greatest
thing. He once said that his employees are excited to work when they believe they are the
people who are changing the world day by day.
The company also has many on-site cafes. Employees can also transfer meetings to cafes
to exchange and discuss work without being blocked. Senior leaders also eat at cafes like
this. There is no separate dining room for special guests or high-ranking employees
because Gates thinks that will adversely affect the company's ethics.
Employees in the company can start work at different time frames each day. This does not
reduce the amount of working time, but on the contrary, each person spends more than 10
hours a day at work even though the company does not maintain a time checking tool.
Employees are evaluated based on the amount of work they have completed, not the
number of hours they have worked at the company. This management style makes
employees more comfortable than waking up early to go to work, they will feel tired if
they do not get enough sleep and have no work spirit, leading to reduced work
productivity. Although he does not strictly manage the working time of employees, Bill
Gates only evaluates the quality of work. So he believes that even if he does not control
the working time, employees will try to complete the work in the best way.
In addition, the company often organizes meetings and activities to build collective spirit,
create a common voice throughout the company and connect members together. It is this
great thing that makes each employee feel more loved for the environment they are
working in, constantly striving and loving their work more.
Bill Gates is a visionary
From the very beginning of the software company, he had always wanted and set a goal
to turn his small company into a world-famous giant. The core of Microsoft's success is
Bill Gates' vision and strategic vision of the decisive role of information and 5
communication technology, computers and the Internet in the entire socio-economic life.
the future of mankind. Thanks to his deep understanding of technology and his unique
data aggregation method, he has demonstrated an exceptional ability to identify future
trends and steer Microsoft's strategy.
Bill Gates unites the company into small groups
Microsoft is not a single, large company but a collection of small and independent
companies that specialize in different tasks. Internally, the company is often divided into
units and small projects to maintain a business environment. Microsoft maintains the
independence and dynamism of small companies while leveraging the financial
resources, marketing systems, and strategic direction of a large company. This helps
increase competitiveness within the company itself, while fully exploiting the strengths of small companies. Learn from failure
Bill Gates is not a perfect person, nor is he immune to bitter failures. In the failed
investment, which cost a lot of money and time for the Omega database and operating
system cooperation with IBM, he emphasized that without this failure there would be no
Microsoft, Windows would not have progressed. to become the super product it is today.
So for him: "Failure is only temporary, not the end".
And even at the farewell of Microsoft, he still did not forget to admit that: "Not realizing
the power of the Internet" was one of his biggest mistakes. However, he always learns
from his failures. One of his famous quotes is “Success is a bad teacher. It makes smart people think they can't fail."
Bill Gates also encourages his employees, he sends the message that consider mistakes
carefully and accept it when necessary. Especially if the employee can learn from that
mistake to make the company better.
In the company there is an unwritten rule that bad news must be spread and announced
quickly for everyone to learn from. After each project is completed, Microsoft holds a
project review meeting to discuss everything that has been done and what can be done better.
Accepting failure and learning from failure is something that is precious and should be
learned. Whether the investment fails or when leaving Microsoft, Bill Gates still
confidently admits his own failures and learns from his failures to develop himself more
and more perfect. This is what I admire about him. 6
3. What I Learned From Bill Gates
Through the way Bill Gates leads employees and makes Microsoft successful, I have
learned many things to be able to know how to harness the talents of employees and keep
them working hard, making the company grow. increasingly strong. And also learned what a leader should be.
Always put yourself in the position of employees to be able to understand employees,
make them feel comfortable and always try to contribute to the company.
In addition to personal ideas, listening to the opinions and ideas of other employees is
part of the success of the business. Always respect the opinions of employees, consider
employees the most important factor and should care about employees' lives.
Must have a broad vision, always work hard and learn, seize opportunities and business
opportunities. Always having a hard working attitude will be an example and motivation for employees to follow.
Create an open working environment in the organization by linking small groups to
stimulate employees' creativity, innovation, and full potential. Build a comfortable
working environment for employees so that they can comfortably promote their working capacity. 7 4. My own plan 8