Satya Nadella at Microsoft: Instilling a Growth Mindset
Subject
Organisational Behaviour, Organisational Behaviour
Authors / Editors
Ibarra H
Biographies
Publication Year
2016
Abstract
When Satya Nadella took over as CEO of Microsoft in 2014, he inherited a firm fading toward irrelevance, plagued by internal fights and inertia. Earlier that year his wife, Anu, had given him a best-selling book by Stanford psychologist Carol Dweck entitled Mindset: The New Psychology of Success, suspecting it might give Nadella some ideas for Microsoft. He adapted the idea to encourage employees to shift from Microsoft’s historical “know-it-all” culture to embrace a “learn-it-all” curiosity. The case study provides background on Nadella’s challenges and context, as well as how he and his leadership team executed their culture change effort.
Topic List
Change management, Corporate culture, Leadership, Performance
Industry
Computer software
LBS Case Number
CS-18-008
Location
United States
Publication Notes
Available on ECCH
No
