Bill Gates Presentation

Bill Gates

THE ULTIMATE CEO

Who is Bill Gates?

Born October 28, 1955 Dropped out of Harvard in 1975 Founded Microsoft with friend Paul Allen later on in 1975 with their

vision of “a computer on every desktop and in every home” Married to Melinda Gates As of March 2014 Gates is the richest person in the world Since retiring he has become quite the philanthropist through the Bill

and Melinda Gates Foundation

Accomplishments

Pioneered home computing He commercialized the windows operating system Windows 95 – This operating system changed home computing forever, with

features such as multi-tasking and plug and play peripherals (webcams, game controllers, musical devices)

Became the richest man in the world – Gates was only 39 when he became the richest person in the world holding the honour until 2007 but reclaiming it as of March 2014 (Forbes)

Philanthropy – Since retiring Gates has spent his time on the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation giving away over 28 billion dollar to various causes such as world hunger, AIDS treatment in Africa, and the clean drinking water crisis that faces a lot of the world

Top 10 qualities of a manager according to Bill Gates

1) Choose a field thoughtfully.

“Make it one you enjoy. It's hard to be productive without genuine enthusiasm. “


2) Hire carefully and be willing to fire.

“You need a strong team, because a mediocre team gives mediocre results, no matter how well managed it is.”


3) Create a productive environment

“When I was building Microsoft, I set out to create an environment where software developers could thrive. I wanted a company where engineers liked to work. I wanted to create a culture that encouraged them to work together, share ideas and remain highly motivated.”


4) Define success.

“Make it clear to your employees what constitutes success and how they should measure their achievements.”


5) You have to like people and be good at communicating.

“This is hard to fake. If you don't genuinely enjoy interacting with people, it'll be hard to manage them well.”


6) Develop your people to do their jobs better than you can.

“Transfer your skills to them. This is an exciting goal but it can be threatening to a manager who worries that he's training his replacement.”


7) Build morale.

“Make it clear there's plenty of good will to go around and that it's not just you as some hotshot manager who's going to impress others if things go well.”


8) Take on projects yourself.

“You need to do more than communicate. The last thing people want is a boss who just doles out stuff. From time to time prove you can be hands-on by taking on one of the less attractive tasks and using it as an example of how your employees should meet challenges.”


9) Don't make the same decision twice.

“Spend the time and thought to make a solid decision the first time so that you don't revisit the issue unnecessarily. If you're too willing to reopen issues, it interferes not only with your execution but also with your motivation to make a decision in the first place.”


10) Let people know whom to please.

“Maybe it's you, maybe it's your boss and maybe it's somebody who works for you. You're in trouble--and risking--paralysis in your organization, when employees start saying to themselves: ``Am I supposed to be making this person happy or this other person happy? They seem to have different priorities.''”

What made Bill Gate the Ultimate CEO

Without him computing would not be where it is today. Hard work – Gates was known for putting in 12+ hour days in Microsofts

beginning Seeing value in others – He didn’t do it all on his own, he and Jake Allen

founded the company and Gates had several key employees that carried a lot of the load

He was a natural leader – Gates was also known for standing up in what he believed in, he had a vision for Microsoft from the start and worked very hard to get it to where it is today

References

http://www.worklifecoach.com/bill_gates.pdf http://

www.techradar.com/us/news/computing/in-focus-bill-gates-five-greatest-achievements-409392

http://www.mensxp.com/work-life/corporate-skills/5828-leadership-lessons-from-bill-gates.html

http://ca.adforum.com/creative-work/ad/player/34475321 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ELX0BSxpG2Y&ab_channel=Rich!

http://www.worklifecoach.com/bill_gates.pdf

http://www.worklifecoach.com/bill_gates.pdf

http://www.techradar.com/us/news/computing/in-focus-bill-gates-five-greatest-achievements-409392






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