India, Nov. 6 -- Airbnb co-founder and CEO Brian Chesky has revealed that almost his entire executive team eventually left after he changed his leadership style. The shift towards a more hands-on approach came after he realised that the conventional management advice he had followed was not working for him.

Speaking to Guy Raz on the podcast How I Built This, Chesky reflected on his early years as a CEO and admitted that while he had the instincts to build a company, leading one was a different challenge.

"I think I was pretty much naturally a great founder, and I was naturally a terrible CEO," he said.

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