Carlos Ghosn Leadership Analysis
Nominated as “Asia Business Leader of the Year” by CNBC in 2001 and “Man of the Year” by Forbes in 2003, Carlos Ghosn is one of the most successful Arab origin leaders who was able to impact the extreme conservative culture and economy of Japan through rising its second largest car manufacturer, Nissan from the dead. He merged it with one of the largest French car manufacturer, Renault and reversed Nissan from a net loss of $6.46 billion to a net profit of $4 billion, creating a threatening competition in the auto market industry (Profile: Carlos Ghosn, n.d.). His historical achievements promoted him in 2011 as the first man in the world to be the Chairman and CEO of two Fortune 500 companies. Carlos Ghosn’s multicultural background from Brasil,
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They clarify that all human beings are fragile and despite their high qualifications or importance in the company, they would always need the communication, interaction, and understanding and support (e.g. effort acknowledged) from their leaders to feel valued and part of the organization. Carlos Ghosn use of empathy with Nissan’s employees has shown to be effective as it allowed to break all cultural boundaries, highly increased the profits, and opened many doors for Nissan to reach a big part of the world that it did not access in the past. His following statements in one of his interviews perfectly define what empathy mean to him; “cultural differences should be used as a catalyst for chance, not as crutch that inhibits chance. You can learn a lot from somebody who is not like you.” Regarding the importance of his employees, he mentioned that “your employees are the company’s most valuable assets. Make sure you are focused on them. Bring in them motivation and sense of ownership, then you can do your miracle” (Carlos Ghosn,
They clarify that all human beings are fragile and despite their high qualifications or importance in the company, they would always need the communication, interaction, and understanding and support (e.g. effort acknowledged) from their leaders to feel valued and part of the organization. Carlos Ghosn use of empathy with Nissan’s employees has shown to be effective as it allowed to break all cultural boundaries, highly increased the profits, and opened many doors for Nissan to reach a big part of the world that it did not access in the past. His following statements in one of his interviews perfectly define what empathy mean to him; “cultural differences should be used as a catalyst for chance, not as crutch that inhibits chance. You can learn a lot from somebody who is not like you.” Regarding the importance of his employees, he mentioned that “your employees are the company’s most valuable assets. Make sure you are focused on them. Bring in them motivation and sense of ownership, then you can do your miracle” (Carlos Ghosn,