“When you give everyone a voice and give people power, the system usually ends up in an excellent place; so, what we view our role as is giving people who power” (Mark Zuckerberg Biography, 2015). Can people name the leader behind Social Media is? A leader is a person who leads by doing the right things, setting direction, building trust and implementing commitment, inspiring vision by commanding a group, organization or country (MindTools, 2016). In today’s world leadership has different significance because of the different leadership skills that exist. Mark Zuckerberg’s accomplishment affiliate with discovering leadership theory, developing his greatest achievement, facing and overcoming many obstacles, applying …show more content…
Mark Zuckerberg’s quit Harvard because he had bigger ambitions to follow. In 2004; Mark Zuckerberg created Facebook which is a social networking site that connects and shares with family and friends (What is Facebook, 2016). According to Po-Ching, & Pei-Ying, “Online social networks encourages the members to offer personal information such as real names, birthdays and educational background to look for and show friendships among them” (2016, p.3301). Recently, statistics have proven that Facebook is the largest social network with 1.71 billion Members worldwide (Po-Ching, & Pei-Ying, 2016, 3301). Facebook is another way people communicate because it allows them to share pictures or videos, send or post messages, video chatting, and making international calls. Facebook shares many cultures by pressing and sharing button to other users and promotes group’s that shares the same interest. Also, Facebook has a purpose for the business world because it posted news, advertise brands and products and promotes business success. To explore Mark Zuckerberg’s greatest achievement all people need is to create an account and be connected to the internet to be connected all over the world with a touch of a …show more content…
Emotional intelligence is defined, “is the ability to understand and deal well with emotions at work” ((Schermerhorn, 2011, p.234). The Instagram concept of leadership was emotional intelligence because it caught the attention of leaders and were able to capture people live within a picture. This lead Mark Zuckerberg to two things, the first thing, was bought Instagram for $1 Billion in cash and stock (Nielson, 2014). The second thing was that he adopted the transformational leadership theory portrayed as “inspirational leadership that gets people to do more in achieving high performance” (Schermerhorn, 2011, p. 233). The qualities that a transformational leader like Mark Zuckerberg’s possesses is visualization, personality, symbolism, empowerment, logical motivate and truthful. The Harvard student is a visionary, who initially invented Facemash, Harvard Connection and changing Instagram concept into marketing stratagem. Mark Zuckerberg, has cultivated charisma; by touching people’s life and gaining their trust as they are sharing their personal information in his software. Also, “his leadership style is encouraging, aggressive, and demands constant innovation and growth” (Mark Zuckerberg Leadership Style, 2016, n.d). He is the hero of a social network by his leadership style which has allowed his subordinates opportunities and