Q 1:

The big 5 personality factors are Emotional stability, Agreeableness, Extraversion, Conscientiousness and Openness. Let’s Analyze the Larry Ellison in details on each of these.

Emotional Stability reflects the calmness, poise and stability in their interpersonal dealings. Larry does not score very high on Emotional stability. He does not hide his irritation at others.

He is not resilient as he does not accommodate others of different view. Though, he is surely a confident person. He does have high degree of confidence in himself. He believes he can be success without others help though it may not be entirely true. No one person regardless of how smart he or she is can be success all alone. There should be lot of contribution from other people at all levels. He does not seem to realize or recognize this. He may have a lot of arrogance.

He definitely is an effective leader. Starting a small company and turning into one of best companies on the planet takes great personality. He has knack for success and he has demonstrated it.

All that reflects He is quite Emotionally Stable person.

No man is perfect. He has some weakness as well.

Agreeableness is the capability of getting along others. This is Larry’s biggest weakness.

Really intelligent and capable people are often hard to get along with others as they have their own independent ideas and opinions about everything. They feel they are right always. Others may think of him rude.

On Extraversion factor he scores high, as he sure is energetic person. He competes in professional boating racing. He has courageous and bold personality. He did not give up the race even after being caught in hurricane and eventually won race. Hats off to his persistence and determination. He is an inspiration to many people.

In my opinion, he scores average on conscientiousness. He lacks self-discipline at least in area of public relations and did not act responsibly when he gave speech in front of varied audience. He could have done better if he had imposed some discipline and decided that he would not stoop down to blame others as it hardly ever wins over others. By telling others their faults, we can expect others to change for good. It just earns bad reputation even though it may be true. If he can improve this weakness, he is one of the most charismatic leaders of our times.

He scores really high on openness. He is imaginative and original. He is not dull or follower of beaten path. He is self- made person. He is all out to expend his empire and does not like the hurdles of any type. In today’s competitive environment where competition does not stop at local or national level but is all the way to global, a CEO can’t afford to be lax or slow. This is one of his key Strengths.

Larry ‘s personality is not likened by everybody. He is outspoken and does not hide what is on his mind.

He may be too aggressive for competitors that expect him to be sober personality or easy on them. And because they can’t beat him in the management and leadership potential, they look for other ways to belittle him. He is just a successful businessman who likes to speak out what he thinks and does not bend his words so he is liked by others.

Q2:

Larry Ellison score very high on in Self-Motivation. He runs the oracle without much input from others.

As successful as oracle has been in its core products like database market that clearly indicate he is highly motivated individual. Oracle has had very stable market even against Industry giants like Microsoft which has improved its database products and tools and market share but has failed to make serious impact on Oracle growth. Oracle has growing steadily in last 20 years.

He ranks poor in social skills. He is more of lone achiever not a great team player. He likes to get rid of people who do not share his views. His adamant behavior reflects “my high way or Highway” approach, which is definitely negative approach in business. He is a fierce competitor and maybe his competitive nature takes over unconsciously while dealing with others and he is always comparing himself to others.

He is not so self- aware as he does not seem bothered about hurting other people’s dignity. He does not seem to have a lot of respect for other people as he demonstrated in 2008 meeting where he attacked all who came to attend this meeting.

He may not have intentionally done this, but it surely indicates he does not possess a really high self-awareness as some would expect from a high level executive of big corporation. It is not only about himself but he represents a corporation so he should be more careful in his communication involving people outside his corporation and directed towards others. It can only earn him a negative image among his partners.

Larry is an original thinker, full of ideas and capable of achieving what he wants. He is aggressive. He does not care what others think of but speaks out his mind. His achievements match his personality. Though he can be more sober and use a softer attitude towards others that will only enhance his great achievements and embellish his personality. We have a lot to learn from his personality.