Last week the CEO of Meta (previously Facebook), Mark Zuckerberg, laid off 13% of their employees, which was . He released a video to his employees, which was leaked to the media. You can view the video here: Video: Mark Zuckerberg addresses employees after massive Meta layoffs (cnbc.com)

Select 10 themes from this semester and decide if you agree or disagree with Zuckerberg's leadership and coaching style. Be sure to include 2 points for each theme.

Some themes you may want to consider:

• Zuckerberg's vulnerability
• Was the video message appropriate?
• Zuckerberg's accountability
• Zuckerberg's body language
• Word choice and its impact

Here's the transcript from the video excerpt:

I know there must be just a range of different emotions.I want to say up front that I take full responsibility for this decision.

I'm the founder and CEO, I'm responsible for the health of our company, for our direction, and for deciding how we execute that, including things like this, and this was ultimately my call.

And it was one of the hardest calls that I've had to make in the 18 years of running the company. And a lot of why it's hard is, obviously, it has a big impact on your lives, but also for our mission. We're losing people who... you've really put your heart and soul into this place.

Each of you is talented and passionate, and each of you has played a role in making Meta the success that it is. No matter what team you may have worked on, each of you played a role in contributing to the products that billions of people use to connect every day.

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1 Vulnerability Agree Zuckerbergs acknowledgment of a range of emotions and admitting that the decision was one of the hardest in 18 years displays vu... View the full answer