Author(s)

Deepti Prakash, Meenakshi Bisla^*, Shweta Gupta Rastogi

University School of Management Studies, Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, New Delhi, India.

The paper endeavours to analyze authentic dimensions of Leadership with Satya Nadella’s leadership and his aggressive strategy leading to an increase in Microsoft’s profitability. A total of 7 interviews of Nadella from 2014 to 2020 were coded in NVivo to prepare Word query, TreeMap and cluster analysis. Also, besides tweets associated with #Satya Nadella were captured using NCapture and exported to NVivo to obtain the sentiments by performing sentiment analysis. The Twitter analysis of Nadella’s personality is majorly positive and neutral which reflects his success and influence across the globe. The traits of Nadella are linked with authentic leadership style. The study discusses the latent dimensions for becoming a successful authentic leader that is highly recommended for leaders to boost their leadership skills and increase organization’s profitability in this competitive world.

Satya Nadella, Profitability, Authentic Leadership, Strategy, Vision, #SatyaNadella

Prakash, D. , Bisla, M. and Rastogi, S. (2021) Understanding Authentic Leadership Style: The Satya Nadella Microsoft Approach. Open Journal of Leadership, 10, 95-109. doi: 10.4236/ojl.2021.102007.