Executive Summary Leadership is not a position but rather a process which involves the leader‚ the followers and the situation. Great leaders lead with the best interests of their employees in mind. A leader must lead according to the needs of the organization. The leader must not only be successful as a leader‚ but also bring success to the organization and its employees. This paper seeks to compare and contrast the leadership styles of two successful entrepreneurs. The paper consists of
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market without Steve Jobs? Steve Jobs (1955-2011)‚ one of the most influential geniuses on the globe‚ has profoundly changed the modern world. The majority of people on the street have nothing to do but play with their iSeries Apple products. This proves that Jobs’ strong leadership and innovation chiefly contributes to the success of Apple Inc. However‚ Apple is now facing difficulties and threats owing to the keen competition against other brands. This situation worsens when Steve Jobs died recently
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Steve Jobs was born on February 24‚ 1955‚ in San Francisco California and died October 5 2011in Palo Alto‚ California. Unnamed at birth‚ Steve was put up for adoption by his biological parents‚ Joanne Schieble and Abdulfattah Jandali. After Schieble’s parents objected to her relationship with the Syrian born Jandali the couple found themselves with no other options but adoption. Adopted by Clara and Paul Jobs‚ Steve was given the formal name of‚ Steven Paul Jobs. He spent the majority of his childhood
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The effects of Steve Jobs and his absence from Apple‚ Inc. Marketing Research The innovator of the decade co-founder of Apple‚ Steve Jobs has been the face of success and advances that have changed not only technology but also the entire world forever. Unfortunately‚ the recent death of beloved co-founder left Apple with the question‚ will it be able to keep up its domination over the technology world even after his untimely death? With nearly
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Devon Bartholf 3 October 2013 ELON—The co-founder of Apple‚ Steve Wozniak described the original goal behind his inventions in simple terms yesterday afternoon‚ emphasizing the importance of creativity and innovation in a technical environment. Wozniak gave the address at Elon University’s Fall Convocation‚ opening up with one of his key points. “I was basically making the world less ugly and making the computer usable by people‚” said Wozniak. “We knew we had the product that would change
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Hiner January 19‚ 2011‚ 2:55 PM PST Takeaway: The legacies of both Steve Jobs and Bill Gates are solidified in the technology pantheon‚ but which one ultimately made the bigger contribution. Vote here. The technology world got the unfortunate news on Monday that Steve Jobs was taking another medical leave from Apple in order to focus on his recurring health issues related to pancreatic cancer and his 2009 liver transplant. Since Jobs has been one of the most enthusiastic evangelists for the role of
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In the 2005 essay " you’ve got to find what you love" Steve jobs CEO of Apple Computer and Pixar Animation Studios gives a speech to the graduating class at Stanford university encouraging them to be risky‚ strive for what you want in life and just trust in their "Gut Instinct" even if it means to be different. In the first story jobs urges the students to trust in themselves and take chances in things that might not seem to be. Jobs himself took a chance when he "dropped out of college"
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Ted Talk “how to live before you die” by Steve Jobs‚ the founder of the Apple technology company. In his Ted Talk‚ Jobs gives an inspirational speech to Stanford University graduates of 2005; during his speech‚ jobs explained that doing “what you love” will bring you true satisfaction and happiness. Because if you love something so much‚ you have the passion and desire to do your best work and are willing to success no matter what life throws at you. Jobs elaborates more on the concept by tell us
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Adopted by Paul and Clara Jobs to live in Santa Clara‚ California * Graduated high school in 1972 * Enrolled in Reed College in Oregon * Dropped out after one semester * Returned to California in 1974 and was hired as a technician for Atari * Jobs met Steve Wozniak shortly after they both left school while working for Hewlett-Packard * Wozniak was an incredibly talented engineer‚ especially in electronic gadgets * While developing a “blue box” device‚ Jobs convinced Wozniak to
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Which of the different types of leadership profiles presented in the literature best describes Steve Jobs? Leadership is the process that a manager follows in order to inspire‚ motivate and direct subordinates towards the achievement of the company ’s goals (Jones‚ George‚ Hill‚ 2000). Transformational leaders have a strong vision to reshape the future by creating new realities. They have four main characteristics; they are charismatic‚ they use inspirational motivation (they come with a vision
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