Steve Jobs Assignment by M
STEVE JOBS The impact that his leadership has had on the development of Apple
By Marcela Ostap 11010351
After reading the article ' 'The real Leadership lessons of Steve Jobs ' ' by Walter Issacson I have made a conclusion that Steve Jobs was using transformational leadership .
Transformational leaders exhibit strong set of internal values-effective at motivating followers to act in a way that support the greater good rather than their own self-interests.(Kuhnert, 1994)
The strong evidene that he was using this theory because oof his ' 'manipulative ' ' behaviour he is considered by some of his employees as autocratic. His behaviour in meetings for instance is described as being rude,authoritative and obnoxious and his rules were: Focus, simplify, take responsibility end to end,when behind leapfrog,put products before profits, dont be a slave to focus groups,bend reality,impute,push for perfection,Tolerate only ' 'A ' ' players,engage face to face,know both big picture and the details, combine the humanities with the sciences,stay hungry stay foolish. (Isaacson,2012)
Meaning a leader has a capacity to do something through talent and skill. Talent is natural ability and skill proficiency gained through training and experience. I know people whose natural leadership ability was close to zero but through training,experience and most of all,persistence,they became great leaders.
Leadership empowers,meaning a leader adjusts the state of the surrounding and people.A leader carefully observes those states and discerns significance looking for how to adapt the setting most effectively.
Leadership empower,meaning a leader inspires confidence and slef-esteem.And that inspiration comes in many flavors.Some leaders inspire by bold talk, others by soft talk,and others by their example.There are many ways to empower rather than a single
By Marcela Ostap 11010351
After reading the article ' 'The real Leadership lessons of Steve Jobs ' ' by Walter Issacson I have made a conclusion that Steve Jobs was using transformational leadership .
Transformational leaders exhibit strong set of internal values-effective at motivating followers to act in a way that support the greater good rather than their own self-interests.(Kuhnert, 1994)
The strong evidene that he was using this theory because oof his ' 'manipulative ' ' behaviour he is considered by some of his employees as autocratic. His behaviour in meetings for instance is described as being rude,authoritative and obnoxious and his rules were: Focus, simplify, take responsibility end to end,when behind leapfrog,put products before profits, dont be a slave to focus groups,bend reality,impute,push for perfection,Tolerate only ' 'A ' ' players,engage face to face,know both big picture and the details, combine the humanities with the sciences,stay hungry stay foolish. (Isaacson,2012)
Meaning a leader has a capacity to do something through talent and skill. Talent is natural ability and skill proficiency gained through training and experience. I know people whose natural leadership ability was close to zero but through training,experience and most of all,persistence,they became great leaders.
Leadership empowers,meaning a leader adjusts the state of the surrounding and people.A leader carefully observes those states and discerns significance looking for how to adapt the setting most effectively.
Leadership empower,meaning a leader inspires confidence and slef-esteem.And that inspiration comes in many flavors.Some leaders inspire by bold talk, others by soft talk,and others by their example.There are many ways to empower rather than a single
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