would you take it? CEO of Apple and Pixar animations‚ Steve jobs‚ in his commencement speech to the Stanford graduating class of ’05‚ "You’ve got to find what you love"‚ Jobs adopts a hopeful tone in order to inspire and persuade the graduates to do what they love‚ and live their lives to the fullest. He speaks‚ using his own credibility‚ and stories of his past to touch on the emotions‚ to inspire‚ and to further educate the newfound graduates. Jobs begins his speech by proving that even the most underprivileged
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Steve Jobs Early Life Steve Jobs was born on February 24‚ 1955‚ in the city of San Francisco. His biological parents‚ Joanne Carole Schieble and Abdulfattah Jandali—a Syrian Muslim graduate student who became a political science professor. Job’s biological sister‚ the novelist Mona Simpson . Job was adopted by Paul and Clara Jobs of Mountain View‚ Santa Clara County‚ later to be known as Silicon Valley‚ California . They named him Steven Paul. Paul and Clara later adopted a daughter‚ who they
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Situational Leadership Situational leadership has very little in common with the other models mentioned herein. This model revolves around the leader changing leadership behaviors to meet the needs in relationship to the follower (Kouzes‚ 2003‚ p. 111). The difference between situational leadership and charismatic‚ servant‚ and transformational leadership is the lack of an organizational vision and the empowerment of the followers. Situational leadership uses followers based on their readiness
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Leadership can be defined as the ability to lead a group of people successfully in an organization. Hall‚ et al (2008) have mentioned that an effective leader has to be visionary‚ motivating and responsible in order to successfully run a business organization. In business the two key leadership styles‚ which are widely used in today’s corporate world are autocratic leadership and democratic leadership (Johnson‚ n.d.). Autocratic leadership may be explained as “a leadership style where the manager
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I think that Bill Clinton‚ Nelson Mandela and Bruce Lee were all similar in a way. The things they did were very different like being a us president or being an African civil rights supporter. They hardships that they faced are very similar. With Bill Clinton he was almost drafted to the army but refused to go. Some people go to jail for refusing‚ but he still refused and joined a group to rebel against drafting people against their will. Nelson Mandela had to speak up against the government after
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Compare and contrast any two theories of leadership In the following essay I will look at leadership‚ its definition and compare and contrast two theories behind it. I will firstly see if there is a distinction between leadership and management as suggested by John Kotter(1990) who goes on further to stress that organisations require both a leader and a manager but the function can be provided by a single individual. I will then look at some definitions of leadership such as that by Bryman(1999)
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Tips for a Successful Leadership Application Apply When You’re Ready Most students who are successful in the leadership scholarship application process are those who are beyond the "idea" stage and have begun planning or implementing their ideas. Planning may include activities such as making contact with involved persons‚ scheduling and organizing meetings‚ recruiting volunteers or participants‚ writing a mission statement‚ or getting elected to office. The scholarship committee members need to
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Bill Drayton is the chairman and founder of Ashoka‚ a global citizen sector organisation that fosters social entrepreneurial activities by empowering people to provide solutions for their communities’ most pressing problems (Ashoka‚ 2011). Drayton has received sundry awards from prestigious institutions‚ for his efforts in addressing social problems (Ashoka‚ 2011). He has also been considered by the US News & World Report one of the best leaders in America‚ the selection committee of America’s
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Steve Jobs’ stories create a persona for himself. He makes himself out to be an individual who carries on even in the tenebrous of times and who has overcome numerous snags when things didn’t look great. He is trying to tell the audience that failure can at times be great; these are paramount bits of his persona to create. He is known as a very successful man. Creating this persona permits him to unite with audience considerably more. Even though he is a famous person‚ he tried to make himself appear
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morning. When I entered my English class we were assigned a task to analyze a speech‚ not my favorite writing exercise. A paper titled‚ Stanford University Commencing Speech 2005 by Steve Jobs was placed on each desk. The name rang a bell‚ I knew of his connections with Apple and squabbles with supposed rival Bill Gates but nothing else. Ignorance always led me to think that millionaires like him either had very rich parents‚ attended one of the best colleges or were some enhanced being. My prospects
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