Apple co-founder Steve Jobs was a tremendous factor in Apple's culture. His presence in the company was ideal to ensure Apple culture was always tied to its native roots. For…
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Different types of leadership styles exist in work environments. There are advantages and disadvantages within each leadership style. The culture and goals of an organization determine which leadership style fits the firm best. Some companies offer several leadership styles within the organization. Organizations need strong leadership and strong management for optimal effectiveness. According to Robbins, we need leaders today to challenge the status quo, create visions of the future, and inspire organizational members to want to achieve the visions (Robbins, pp. 368). According to the Houston Chronicle, there are essentially five different types of leadership styles,…
Steve Jobs is a business expert and a technological artist. I believe he changed our world by making old technology new again, simplifying and innovating his products so that we the people could have it easier. Apple products spread everywhere and that’s how Steve Jobs was able to make a lot of money. He started all technology devices at number one and is still keeping the trend and ranking number one today even in…
“We have an environment where excellence is really expected. What’s really great is to be open when [the work] is not great. My best contribution is not settling for anything but really good stuff, in all the details. That’s my job — to make sure everything is great.” (Moisescot, 2012). Steve Jobs who was a very passionate businessman revolutionized the technological industry. Not only did he change the way music was being heard but the way music was purchased via ITunes. Steve Jobs was a man that defied all odds regardless of what the competitors and media were saying; he simplified everything for everyone because he felt that computers should be user friendly and not just for the super smart user. He revolutionized everything which made him famous; from computers to phones to music to books. Steve Jobs: the man, the myth, the legend.…
To be a leader one must possess a unique style and trait of leadership. Leadership and management are not the same but they both complement each other. A leader has a vision, a drive and a commitment to achieve that vision, and the skills to make it happen. A leader is a person or persons who can inspire and motivate and can carefully plan a well thought out process and execute it with positive outcomes with every team member involved.…
In order for a church to carry out its mission it needs effective leader/leadership. But what is leader/leadership? In spite all that has been said about leadership there is no universally accepted definition of a leader/leadership. Perhaps the next best definition of Christian leader is taken from The Making of a Leader by Bobby Clinton: “a person with God-given capacity and God-given responsibility who influences a group of followers toward God’s purposes for the group.”(p.127). In my own words this is someone who follows the example of Christ and does so in a way that influences others.…
* How respected the leader is: Steve Jobs acted as an inspiration to many in the digital world, one which grabbed my interest was from competitor Bill Gates who stated “Of all the leaders in the industry that I've worked with, he showed more inspiration and he saved the company.“ Jobs is well known for being high on innovation and initially changing the technological world from large desktops to retina display thin and portable devices which we know today at the lowest possible cost, which has initially lead to Apple’s net worth to escalate to $567bn as of 2013.…
Hillary Clinton has been one of the leaders that I have admired throughout the years of her political affiliation and career. Hillary Clinton has been labeled as a transformational leader. The characteristics that she displays is that, she inspires a shared vision, not afraid to challenge a process, and the ability to enable others to take action. The practices and values that she shows, puts her in the position of being a very effective and inspirational leader.…
Before I start, think about a world with out iPhones. Because without Steve Jobs we wouldn’t have them. Steve Jobs was the inventor of Apple Inc. as many people already know. He had many accomplishments in his lifetime. I will be telling you them in the next few paragraphs. Steve also faced many troubles in his childhood including school and his biological parents and his adoption parents. But he became very successful facing all of his problem and fears.…
The purpose of this memorandum is to discuss and reflect upon my experiences as a leader with leadership to date.…
Steve Jobs was able to invent the Apple brand technology, including the iPhone and iPod. We all have heroes but who we call heroes may change as time goes…
Steve Jobs was like the Thomas Edison, Alexander Graham Bell and the Albert Einstein of our time. He not only innovated personal computing, but personal media and communication, iTunes which became one of the most popular music and video retailers and Pixar which was one of his side projects had become one of the greatest animation digital movie creators and software. But all that is a just part of the list of his legacy, because in the end he still left behind Apple which is world’s most valuable company, which is valued at $350 Billion Dollars.…
* Steve Jobs was a leader who has a very high self-confidence which enables him to beef up the enthusiasm of his employees in terms of their mind and job involvement to achieve more by doing seemingly impossible tasks, and also convince their customers to buy Apple products.…
Steven Jobs is a successful strategic leader and the co-founder of Apple Inc. Jobs spent six months at Reed College in Portland, OR before dropping out and spending 18 months dropping in on creative classes. In 1974 he took a job as a technician at Atari Inc., then left to travel to India in search of spiritual enlightenment. The “Apple Computer Company” was then formed in 1976. He made great impacts on leading Apple Inc. to become one of the most successful companies in the world.…