Chrysler is among the biggest American automobile companies. However, before the current success the company enjoys, it underwent enormous losses and was declared bankrupt during the 2008-2009 automotive industry crisis. With the appointment of Sergio Marchionne as its chairperson and CEO, the company became successful again. Marchionne 's unique leadership skills, type, and behavior that are not always popular are credited with the success of the enterprise. The paper discusses Marchionne 's leadership traits, behavior and styles and how they have contributed to the firm 's success.
Personality and Leadership Traits Sergio Marchionne is a visionary man full of drive, a trait necessary for leaders (Kumar, 2009). Upon taking the reins at Chrysler Group on 10 June 2009, Marchionne had a vision of Chrysler reclaiming its position among the top automobile manufacturing companies in the world. To achieve this goal, Marchionne borrowed $7.6 billion from both the Canadian and United States governments (“2011 All-star”, 2011, para.7). By mid-2010, Chrysler had launched sixteen new vehicles to be presented for the 2011 model period. He even managed to pay the loan to the two governments six years in advance. Moreover, because of Marchionne’s vision, as from mid-2010 to the end of 2011, Chrysler Company had about nineteen straight months of year-over-year sales increases (“2011 All-star”, 2011, para.9). There was a rise in demand for the Company’s Jeep motor vehicle among automotive
1. The observable artifacts associated with the Chrysler culture was that the CEO was located in a penthouse office of the building which Mr. Marchionne moved to the middle of the engineering department; he streamlined senior leadership, and to the remaining 15 members he gave them added responsibility feeling that the more decisions they had to make the faster they would work to meet the deadlines; he also gave them the opportunity to take full authority to take risks without worrying about bureaucrats barriers and they were allowed to make smart decisions and to be held accountable for them (Lueneburger, 2014).
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Some individuals elect to take a long less traveled road to success. Others elect to take the fastest most frequently traveled road to success. The majority of people electing the fastest most traveled road to success are individuals that are accustomed to taking the same road every day. Mr. Marchionne is not that type of individual, he is a tough no-nonsense type of guy. When he took over as Chief Executive Officer of Chrysler he was well aware of the earthquake he was going to cause to change the organizational culture. Mr. Marchionne is trying to improve the PE fit of his direct reports by relocating his office, conducting weekly meetings, and continual company security.
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