The real purpose of the author was to champion "more humane" leadership, and projecting Sathya as the evil, cold, ruthless leader seems to have their way to do that. The title is link bait more than anything else.
“...the first thing I want to do and focus on is ruthlessly remove any obstacles that allow us to innovate.” --Satya Nadella, CEO, Microsoft
Wow... I tracked down the video, and he actually did say that.