The Leadership style of Steve Jobs

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Sneha Sreedharan Ankit Mohanty Pratiksha Chindaliya Ashish Tapadia Neetu Sinha Varun Patodia Madhuri Sawant
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Do you want to spend the rest of your life selling sugared water or do you want the chance to change the world? -- Steve Jobs, when luring Pepsis John Sculley to join apple

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BIOGRAPHY
o Born on February 24, 1955 and adopted by Paul & Clara Jobs. o Worked with HP for summer internship after High School. o Dropped out of college after the very first semester. o 1976: Started apple computers with Steve Wozniak in 1976. o 1984: Introduced Revolutionary Macintosh the market. o 1985: was forced to resign by the board of directors of Apple computers. o 1986: Founded Next Computers o 1986: Co-founded Pixar Animation Studio. o 1997: Next computers was sold to Apple & Jobs became the CEO. o 2001: launched revolutionary ipod o 2007: Introduced 3G iphone, first of its kind in the market.
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COMPONENTS OF JOBS LEADERSHIP

FOCUS PASSION INNOVATION INVOLVEMENT EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION

You can't just ask customers what they want and then try to give that to them. By the time you get it built, they'll want something new Steve Jobs

HONORS
1985: National Medal of Technology by President Ronald Reagan with Steve Wozniak(the first people to ever receive the honor) 1987: Jefferson Award for Public Service in the category (the Samuel S. Beard Award). 2007: Jobs was named the most powerful person in business by Fortune Magazine 2007: California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and First Lady Maria Shriver inducted Jobs into the California Hall of Fame 2009: Jobs was selected the most admired entrepreneur among teenagers on a survey by Junior Achievement
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JOBS LEADERSHIP
Like a transformational leader, he focuses on "transforming" others to help each other, to look out for each other, to be encouraging and harmonious, and to look out for the organization as a whole. At Apple, he is seen as a leader whose brilliance and idealistic vision of "providing computers as a tool to change the world," drew other talented people to him
His Leadership creates valuable and positive change in the followers. In his leadership, he enhances the motivation, morale and performance of his follower group. Some people also categorize him as a charismatic leader.

Lesson # 1: Simplify
Simple can be harder than Complex Requires a lot of hard work

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Lesson # 2: The power of No

Killed many products Focus on Cell Phone market

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Lesson # 3: Money is over valued

Being the richest man in the cemetery doesnt matter to me going to bed saying we have done something wonderfulthats what matters to me

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Lesson # 4: Its not what you say; its how you say it
Perception becomes reality Dont move products. Instead, enrich lives.

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Lesson # 5: Sell dreams, not products

You can't just ask customers what they want and then try to give that to them. By the time you get it built, they'll want something new

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Lesson #6: Recognise good Ideas

Apple did not create the mouse, but recognised it and integrated it.

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Lesson #7: Eat your own lunch

before someone else does. Letting go of the familiar and embracing the unknown is a real test of leadership.

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Lesson #8: Strive for perfection

Be a yardstick of quality. Some people arent used to an environment where excellence is expected.

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Lesson #9: Small teams

The Original Macintosh team had 100 members. Because Jobs belief was that he could only remember 100 names.

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Lesson # 10: Follow your heart

If today were the last day of my life, would I want to do what I am about to do today? And whenever the answer has been No for too many days in a row, I know I need to change something.

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Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower - Steve jobs

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