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Why new Microsoft CEO Nadella wants to be the ‘anti-Ballmer’

09
May
2014

Early approval ratings from Glassdoor.com show that new Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella is already much more popular than his predecessor Steve Ballmer and now Forbes is out with a new report explaining why: In terms of management style, Nadella has been the “anti-Ballmer” so far and it’s winning him fans. What does it mean to be “the anti-Ballmer?” Well, by Ballmer’s own admission he was “big, bald and loud” and often gave off the impression of being a bull in a $330 billion china shop. By contrast, Forbes says that Nadella is building a reputation as someone who is calm, quiet and deliberate. “Table-pounding bravado is out; good-natured curiosity is in,” Forbes writes. “The floorboards of old business models are

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