Who Are Leaders, and What Is Leadership?
13-1 Define leader and leadership.
Brian Chesky and Joe Gebbia, design school graduates in Silicon Valley, had a crazy idea after Gebbia’s roommates suddenly moved out in 2008 and he needed people to fill the empty rooms. The crazy idea? A home-sharing platform now known as Air Bed and Breakfast (Airbnb). By 2017, the company had revenues over $2.6 billion (yes, billion!) and profits of $93 million.2 Through the able leadership of Chesky, the company’s CEO, the company is a success. In 2017, he was named one of Fortune’s World’s Greatest Leaders.3
Let’s begin by clarifying who leaders are and what leadership is. Our definition of a leader is someone who can influence others and who has managerial authority. ...
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