Who is your favorite leader

and
Why
My Favorite leader is Howard Schultz
Who is Howard Schultz
Born in Brooklyn on July 19, 1953.
Worked as appliance salesman for
Hammarplast, which sold European
coffeemakers in the US
Director of Retail Operations and
Marketing for the Starbucks Coffee
Company in 1982.
Purchased Starbucks in 1987 and
became Chairman and CEO.
In 2000, Schultz announced
resignation as Starbucks's CEO.
Returned as CEO in 2008 amidst
global downturn, managed to bring
back the companys profitability Who
is.
Starbucks
Established 1971.
Started with one store in Seattle.
Today has more than 22,000 stores
worldwide.
Starbucks and CEO Howard Schultz
are getting a lot of attention in
leadership, culture, and ethics
Starbucks awarded one of Worlds
Most Ethical Companies, 8th year in
a row
Ethosphere evaluates companies in
Reputation, Leadership & Innovation,
Ethics & Compliance Program,
Governance, Corporate Citizenship
and Responsibility, Culture of Ethics.
 Because He has many leadership qualities. Howard Know how to handle in any
situation. Schultz has created an employee-focused company. First and foremost,
employees are at the forefront of Schultzs priorities at Starbucks. The company
was one of the first to offer comprehensive health care, as well as offer stock
options and other benefits to part time employees working at least 20 hours a
week. His mission just not to earn profit. As a quotes of Howard is,

You cant expect your

employees to exceeds
the expectations of your
customer if you
dont exceeds the employee
expectations.
 Qualities

Right Person in the Employee

Right time. Satisfaction

Individualize Inspirational
Consideration Motivation

Idealized
Visionary Leader Influence
 Inspirational Communicator
He said Hiring people is an art, not a
science, and resume can not tell you
whether someone will fit into a company
culture.

When he rejoined as CEO in 2008, he had

10,000 of his managers go on a conference
for four days in New Orleans, wherein he
personally became the communicator-in-
chief. His goal was to challenge and inspire
his managers because he believes that
companies need people with intuitive
leadership skills. Being the inspirational
communicator he is, he was able to convey
his message and his managerial team came
back more energized as ever.
Idealized A role Model
Schultz admits failure and take accountability
Coming back as CEO in 2008 after resigning
Starbucks had lost his signature neighborhood feeling
Had to make drastic changes to get Starbucks back on track
Schultz understand his job is to inspire other.
Self-effacing quickly denied running for president instead of staying in the
spotlight

Employee Consideration
Schultz provides a supportive climate by providing 95,000 employees. High job
satisfaction ration because Opportunity to work with an enthusiastic team
Opportunity to work in a place where
employees have value
Full health insurance benefits
Stock awards
Free coffee
Tuition benefits
Shifting Schedules
Listens to his employees
Build Relationship
Customers and employees are pillars of a business
Baristas give personal touch to customers
Employees fix mistakes and replace orders
Employees have ideas to offer and it pays to listen to them
Frappuccino was invented by one of his employees

Respects cultures and encourages diversity.

Creating a culture of warmth and belonging,
where everyone is welcome.
Acting with courage, challenging the status quo
and finding new ways to grow our company
and each other.
Being present, connecting with transparency,
dignity and respect.
Delivering our very best in all we do, holding
ourselves accountable for results
We are performance driven, through the lens
of humanity.
 Howard Schultz is the top
rated CEO and he also put
him on the list of the
Worlds 50 Great Leaders.
His employees are happy to
be lead by him and good
leaders have good followers