Meg Whitman at eBay Inc.

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Company Overview

Founded in 1995 by Pierre Omidyar

Designed to be an efficient marketplace

In 1997, eBay is the largest and most popular personto-person trading community in the Internet

In 1998, the size of the collectibles market was US$103
billion, US personal property auction market US$80
billion, and US classified ad market was US$17 billion.

Company Culture

 a better form of

Advancing women in
technology

commerce
 supported by

technology

Hacking for good

 open to everyone
 creating more

Transforming design

opportunity for all

Supporting communities
Enlisting military
veterans

About Meg Whitman

1974 Graduated from Princeton University, B.A in economics

1977 Harvard Business School, MBA

1979 Procter & Gamble, Brand Manager

1981 Bain&Co, consultant to Senior Vice President

1989 Walt Disney Co., Vice President of Strategic Planning

1991 Stride Rite Corporation

1995 Florists Transworld Delivery (FTD), President & CEO

1997 Hasbro Inc. Preschool Division, General Manager

1998 Joined eBay

Key Activities Timeline during Whitmans Tenure

Women & the Labyrinth of Leadership

Womens Leadership Style: Characterized by innovating, trust and empowering

followers is ideally suited to todays business challenges
Womens challenges:
 Demands of balance between family and professional life Fortunately, Whitmans
husband works in the same city
 Resistance to womens leadership -- No different treatment from eBay Management
when they choose Whitman

Megs Leadership Style In eBay

Meet individually with all staff members to understand subordinates

responsibilities and priorities

Listen to employees thoughts: She listens and lets her employees voice their

opinions in meetings and involve them in important decisions making within the
company

Empowered eBays internal culture

Lesson Learned

Extensive leadership experiences and process of learning from numerous companies help

Whitman to become a successful and know how leader.

Collaboration with others is better way to get things done, compared to controlling others

to do the job.

Supportive and participative leader is preferred by most subordinate as role model

Leadership skills can be developed through process of learning and understanding culture,

people, and the surrounding environment

THANK YOU

Appendix : Testimonial Video