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Ballmer on Ballmer: His Exit From Microsoft

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Monica Langley provides a detailed account of the events leading to Microsoft CEO Ballmer's decision to step down in 2013. After listening to tough questions from Board member Thompson and other members through loudspeakers on a call with directors on a January morning in Seattle, Ballmer realized that he would have to step down for a transformation to take place at Microsoft. Around this time Ballmer met with Alan Mulally of Ford on Mercer Island to understand how Mulally had made the transformation at Ford Motor during a crisis. Ballmer realized by this time the difference between his style of internal competition and the teamwork and speed that Mulally had cultivated at Ford.

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