Robin Li: A Gentleman Leader
There is no doubt that Baidu is the biggest Chinese search engin in the world. Compared with 1999, when Baidu had just been found, it was a only small company with 7 seven people, nowdays, Baidu occupied nearly 80 percents of the market share of search engin in China. Most people would like to own the success of Baidu to the initiator, Robin Li.
Before Robin Li founded Baidu, he was just a network engineer, but now, he has already become an excellent leader. As a leader, Robin has many good qualities. He is knowlegable, cautious, patient, full of passion and keeping appropriate development speed of Baidu. There is nearly no rapid change or ups and downs in the development of Baidu. The development is stable and sustained.
What gives others biggest impression in Robin Li's leadership is his gentleman-style leardership.In ancient China, " gentleman " is used to discribe somebody's moral perspective. The "gentleman-style leadership " refered here means that the Robin Li's leadership is base on the fact that human's nature is good, and he is trying to develop the company and create value for society consciously and actively in a gentleman's demeanor, which makes the atmosphere in Baidu free, harmonious and actively.
Robin Li has tried his best to prevent being so serious in the company. For example, if Robin Li was in office, his door is generally open, unless there is an important conversation. This is to let the staff know that they can enter the office any time. In Baidu, only people on or above the position of vice president have independent offices. All doors, unless there is special circumstances, are never closed. This is not mandatory, but there is no rigorous hierarchical system between upper and lower in Baidu, and the staff can always exchange ideas.
What's more, Robin Li has created equal relationship in Baidu. In Baidu, co-workers always call each other by their Chinese name or English name, and never by the...
