essay is to analyze a leader by using leadership trait approach. The leader chosen for this purpose is Steve Jobs who is the co-founder‚ Chairman and CEO of Apple Inc. The leader will be analyzed to identify some of his traits that contribute to his effective leadership. Firstly‚ I will describe the background of Steve Jobs and stage of his leadership development. Next‚ a leadership trait theory is selected and briefly reviewed. Then‚ Steve Jobs’ leadership traits are identified and examined based
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from the companies. Are you thinking of Bill Gates or Tom Cook? Well I’m talking about Steve Jobs. Although Steve Jobs did drop out of college he did very well in life and created a company that became number one on the Exxonmobil charts with the title of The Most Valuable Company in the USA (“Steve Jobs”). Steve Jobs was born on February 24th 1955. He was born in San Francisco and he was also adopted by the Jobs family. His biological parents are Joanne Carole Schieble‚ and Abdulfattah Jandali. He
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Meg Whitman‚ CEO of the internet auction site eBay‚ displays several traits of both charismatic and transformational leadership. Whitman moved from a tightly structured‚ traditional button-down corporate environment at Hasbro ’s Playskool division into the T-shirt and jeans atmosphere of an internet start-up company without missing a beat. In doing so‚ she illustrated that sometimes it is more important to have a vision and the willingness to commit to that vision than to have targeted knowledge
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Even though Steve Jobs never graduated college‚ he is considered one of the most charismatic orators of our generation. As Chief Executive Officer of Apple Computer Inc.‚ he has taken the company to new heights through his powerful and entertaining speeches. In one of his more serious speeches‚ addressed to the Stanford University‚ he delivered what I think is the most inspiring speech to this day. His main point was to “...have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already
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During his talk at Stanford’s 2015 graduation Ceremony‚ Steve Jobs gives the students very helpful advice about being confident and staying positive throughout life. Because he is talking to college graduates who are about to enter the real world‚ it is good that he told them about his own experiences‚ because they can hear about a successful person’s struggles. During his speech‚ he talks about how he had to sell bottles to be able to afford dinner‚ had to walk 7 miles to get a good meal once a
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Chronological Biography of Steve Jobs 1955 - Steven Paul “Steve” Jobs was born. -he was adopted at birth by Paul Reinhold Jobs (1922–1993) and Clara Jobs (1924–1986) 1960 - Jobs family moved from San Francisco to Mountain View‚ California 1972 -Graduated from high school at Homestead High School in Cupertino‚ California -Jobs enrolled at Reed College in Portland‚ Oregon - dropped out of college after six months -Given a job as a technician at Atari‚ Inc. in Los Gatos‚ California mid-1974 -Travelled
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Steve Jobs: Let’s talk innovation Name School and class Business Communications Management Monday‚ Wednesday‚ Friday 11:00am-11:50am December 9‚ 2011 Abstract Steve Jobs was a great figure in our society. He was never afraid of taking a chance which brought us the mass marketing of the mouse in the personal computer‚ to his investment in his short lived company NeXT or the world famous Pixar. He was always looking to rethink what was out on the
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Steve Jobs was born February 24‚ 1955‚ to two University of Wisconsin graduate students Joanne Simpson and Abdulfattah "John" Jandali. Steven would later be adopted by Clara and Paul Jobs he was named after his adopted father‚ Steven Paul Jobs. His mother worked as an accountant and his father was a Coast Guard veteran and a self-taught machinist. The family lived in Mountain View within California’s Silicon Valley. While in high school‚ Jobs spent his free time at Hewlett-Packard. It was there
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revolutionary men that has had an impact on electronic devices is Steve Jobs. Brashares states that Steven Paul Jobs was born on February 24‚ 1955. He was adopted as a small baby by Paul and Clara Jobs of Mountain View‚ California. Jobs grew in a ranch-style house with his parents and younger sister‚ Patricia (Brashares). It takes one man to make a considerable difference in the world‚ for one may not know the talent that stands within. Steve Jobs has made the Apple Company a success through his innovative
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influential people during this time was Steve Jobs. Not only was Jobs an integral part of the rise in personal computing‚ but he was an excellent motivator for those working under him and those inspiring to be like him. Jobs had a brilliant and creative mind which he used to promote his ideas and show them to the world in a way that they wouldn’t be able to ignore.To introduce the Apple Macintosh personal computer Jobs and his team created an ad campaign launched
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