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What is Warren Buffett’s leadership style? How does Buffett lead by example<\/a>?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Warren Buffett’s wealth isn’t the only thing to look up to about him. According to Alice Schroeder in The Snowball<\/em>, he also has an impressive leadership style that makes people want to be like him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here’s what you can learn from Warren Buffett’s leadership style.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Accumulating Influence: Leading by Example<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Warren Buffett’s leadership style wouldn’t be possible without his wealth or reputation. Just as Buffett\u2019s wealth grew throughout his life, so did his reputation. And just like his wealth, his reputation was built through slow perseverance and integrity. Buffett\u2019s growing influence gave him a path to push for change through political activism and his role as a publisher, and (once people saw him as a titan of the Market) to advocate for equitable fiscal policies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By the \u201960s, Buffetts\u2019 net worth had risen so high that Susie suggested that he should shift his focus from making money and start giving back to the community. In particular, Susie was a civil rights proponent, while Buffett (like his father before him) was intent on preventing another World War. However, Schroeder argues that Buffett saw himself as an \u201cidea man,\u201d<\/strong> rather than an active philanthropist. Making money was his gift, and his intent was to do so, earning as much as he could in his life before giving it all away at the end.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(Shortform note: Susie Buffett\u2019s philanthropic activism is a trait she\u2019d pass on to her daughter, Susan Alice Buffett, founder of the Sherwood Foundation<\/a>, which funds social justice programs in Nebraska. Susan recalls going with her mother to take part in community service activities<\/a>, stating that the elder Susie Buffett was more than just a \u201ccheckbook philanthropist.\u201d In 2020, Susan Buffett carried on her mother\u2019s legacy by playing an active role in revitalizing North Omaha<\/a>, a historically underserved, low-income community.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nevertheless, Buffett and Susie both became active in politics and civil rights issues. While Susie worked heavily with the African American community, Buffett took personal steps against the antisemitism prevalent in Omaha\u2019s elite. Despite his father\u2019s staunch Republican leanings, Buffett became involved with the Democratic Party, actively supporting candidates in the 1972 election. Schroeder says Buffett\u2019s interest in politics waned, but the election taught him the power of the press, which he\u2019d employ through the newspaper he owned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One way he employed the power of the press was by commissioning The Omaha Sun<\/em> to do an investigation into Boys Town, a Catholic-run shelter for homeless boys in Omaha. Buffett did some of the investigating himself, looking into Boys Town’s tax returns, and discovered that the shelter was taking in millions of dollars in donations every year with no plan for what to do with the money. Schroeder says that to Buffett, this was an unforgivable failure of stewardship. The Omaha Sun <\/em>broke the story in 1972 and won the Pulitzer for investigative journalism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(Shortform note: The Omaha Sun<\/em>\u2019s article on Boys Town wouldn\u2019t be the last link between Buffett and Omaha\u2019s famous shelter for children. In 2018, one of Berkshire Hathaway\u2019s insurance companies, Applied Underwriters<\/a>, acquired 500 acres of land west of Omaha, 60% of which had previously been owned by Boys Town<\/a>. A sizable chunk of the Boys Town property was slated to become an office park for the Buffett-owned company, with the rest to be developed for retail and residential development.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Buffett and the Market<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Civil rights, politics, and the media weren\u2019t the only forums where Buffett had sway. Buffett\u2019s influence on the market grew such that by the end of the \u201980s, the SEC gave him permission not to disclose his trades for a year. Schroeder writes that the mere fact of Buffett investing in a company would push its value higher,<\/strong> with the common wisdom being that if Warren Buffett was buying a stock, that stock must be underpriced. On several occasions, companies used this to their advantage. The fact that Buffett never engaged in hostile takeovers made him attractive as a buyer, and public knowledge of his investments could halt a company\u2019s downward slide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(Shortform note: Other investors have referred to this influence as the Warren Buffett Effect<\/a>. Modern examples of this effect in action include TV host Jim Cramer\u2019s push to invest in banking stocks<\/a> in response to Buffett\u2019s increased shares in Bank of America. In 2020, United Airlines blamed the failure of a bond offering<\/a> on Berkshire Hathaway divesting its airline stocks, a case of the Buffett Effect working in the negative direction.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the 2000s, Buffett started cashing in on his influence to speak out on fiscal topics and influence public policy. He argued against repealing the estate tax because of his disdain for inherited wealth<\/a>, and he pushed for campaign finance reform because he was against money buying power. Schroeder says he fought against the practice of using stock options as a form of compensation, which let CEOs\u2019 pay soar beyond their publicly listed earnings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the latter instance, accounting rules changed so that CEO salaries were accurately reported, revealing the staggering disparity in pay between executives and workers. Buffett\u2019s actions made him a hero to many, except those among the elite who saw him as a traitor to his class. Buffett didn\u2019t care. As devoted as he was to the pursuit of wealth, Schroeder says that his integrity was even more important.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stock Options as CEO Compensation<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

In Lawrence A. Cunningham\u2019s introduction to The Essays of Warren Buffett<\/em><\/a>, he explains that Buffett\u2019s view on stock options is more nuanced than Schroeder suggests. Buffett says that awarding CEO stock options was originally done with the best intentions\u2014that of aligning management\u2019s interests with those of a company\u2019s shareholders. However, Buffett argues that in practice stock options allow CEOs to earn money simply by holding onto them, instead of by making the best use of a company\u2019s capital.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Today, many corporations still award stock options as a way to boost CEO compensation, despite the fact that there\u2019s no correlation between CEO pay and a company\u2019s prosperity<\/a>. A 2021 study by Harvard Business Review<\/em> showed that stock options are only effective in situations where CEOs might otherwise misuse company resources for personal gain<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Buffett In Crisis: The Strength of Integrity<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

More than any other financial giant, Buffett was characterized by his simple honesty. While his integrity wasn\u2019t a shield against every <\/em>storm in life, it often provided a guiding star for himself and those around him. Buffett\u2019s integrity enabled him to salvage the Salomon Brothers investment firm and let him speak out as a voice of reason during the 2008 financial crisis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 1991, Buffett\u2019s integrity went on the line when Salomon Brothers (which Buffett had rescued in 1986) was caught violating regulations on bidding for government bonds. When it came out that Salomon\u2019s CEO hadn\u2019t reported the misdealings to the Federal Reserve or <\/em>to the company\u2019s board, the government threatened to cut off Salomon completely, effectively killing the business. Salomon\u2019s management resigned as nearly $150 billion in short-term debt came due. Schroeder recounts that as the most respected investor, Buffett found himself thrust into the role of temporary chairman of the board.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By taking charge of a firm mired in scandal, Buffett risked his hard-won reputation.<\/strong> However, he feared that if Salomon defaulted on its debts, a global financial crisis would ensue. Schroeder says that Buffett begged the government to allow the firm to keep trading in bonds. In return, Buffett instituted a policy of absolute transparency toward the regulators investigating Salomon\u2019s wrongdoing, waiving attorney\/client privilege for the company. When Buffett testified to Congress, he took a hardline stance in favor of total honesty and corporate accountability, which prevented Salomon\u2019s total collapse and painted Buffett as a hero in the eyes of many.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(Shortform note: By completely opening Salomon\u2019s doors to regulators, Buffett instituted a policy of transparency that was unheard of at the time and is still rare today. However, unfiltered honesty has modern proponents in the business world. In Principles: Life and Work<\/em><\/a>, Bridgewater founder Ray Dalio<\/a> espouses his company\u2019s policy of extreme transparency<\/a>. In Radical Candor<\/em><\/a>, Kim Scott says that organizational cultures based on openness rely on building trust<\/a> between management and workers while challenging each other with honest criticism.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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