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The Similarities Of Jack Ma And Indra Nooyi

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Jack Ma and Indra Nooyi share very common similarities regarding their leadership stories which appear to be strong catalysts in shaping their leadership purpose. They both came from rather simple beginnings, Indra was raised by a strict conservative Brahmin family in Southern India and Jack was repeatedly rejected for his plans of starting an internet company in America. Not deterred by that experience Jack then returned to China with no money but a solid business idea. While it is clear in watching them that these are leaders who remain quite humble about their achievements, Jack especially is someone who happily admits he has made a lot of errors on his path to success, stating his plans to write the book ‘Alibaba’s 1001 mistakes, that …show more content…

Along with this they both have excellent cognitive and behavioural complexity spoken of by Quinn et al, this is demonstrated not only by their successes but having a strong view towards the future of not only their respective companies but also the sustainability of the world. Indra who states ‘I think we’re living in a world and worrying about the level of returns rather than the sustainability of the returns’ (Institute 2014) and also mentioning leaders who ‘run the company for only their duration and leave the next CEO to pick up the debris’ (Institute 2014). By putting the company ahead of her own ego this again draws a strong correlation to the humble nature of Jack Ma and his plan of sustainability for the people and small business owners of China. Jack appears to be someone who wishes to change China and ultimately the world for the better, made clear by him saying ‘I don’t feel proud of how much money I’ve made, I feel proud at how much I’ve been able to help small business’ (Business 2011), and to have people stop him in the street commenting they opened a small store on TaoBao and they’re doing well, it’s clear that doing what’s best for the people resonates with Jack strongly, further strengthened by him saying ‘When you have 1 billion, that’s not your money, that’s the societies trust’ (Business

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