Journal of Occupational and Organisational Psychology

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Summary
The aim of this presentation is to discuss the leadership skills and abilities of Steve Jobs,
the founder of Apple Inc. who with his innovation pioneered the way to transform the
technology. Due to his capabilities, the business of any kind, art and science have established
connection with technology. It can be said that the leaders like Steve Jobs make the impossible
things possible. He was a visionary leaders and influenced the subordinates to think out of the
box. He possessed in depth knowledge about the subject and with the help of this he solve many
a problems in ecological path. He was a passionate leader and influenced his employees through
his communication style and risk taking mentality for the welfare of the company he had taken
many a critical steps which no other leaders of the history business had taken ever. The main
motto of his leadership style was not to settle and satisfied with one but keep on brainstorming
for the betterment of life. Starting from the communication, integrity, in depth knowledge and
risk taking mentality had led him to become one of the greatest leaders of time. To him, finding
the unique angle is a necessity to become successful in life. This presentation has used three
leadership theories to detail the capabilities of the global business leader like Steve Jobs and how
he was be an exemplary leader in the business operations.
Transcript
Steve Jobs is an exceptional leader who with his unique thinking style and problem solving
capabilities have led the success of his organizational named Apple Inc. he was such a leader
who focused on being more productive though healthy competition and focus on innovation.
Two major success factors of Steve Jobs are his vision and his capability to influence people
through actions. The vision of the leaders guide them to select the area they want to perform. In

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the case of Steve Jobs it is the innovation that guided him to prioritize ruthlessly. Visionary
leadership of Steve Jobs made him see the potential for how the world should exist and then take
steps to get there. Through the vision, the leaders has influenced the subordinates to see the big
picture and set goals to achieve success. This is associated with the behavioral theory of
leadership when the leadership mainly depends upon the risks taking capabilities of the leader
(Harrison 2018). Steve Jobs was had his vision to transform the understanding and utility of
technology in this world by the means of using his innovative capabilities. This is why all the
other competitors or the existing companies started to follow the innovation process of his
company Apple.
Another success factor that prove Steve Jobs to be a great business leader is his
influencing capability. According to the trait theory of leadership, the leaders who possess the
capabilities to influence people are made with certain qualities like intelligence, creativity, sense
of responsibly and other values like communication (Nawaz and Khan 2016). All of these traits
were present in Steve Jobs which convince the people working under him to contribute their own
skills for the achievement of the organizational goals.
The ways through which the effectiveness of the leader like Steve Jobs can be measured are the
response of his employee towards his characteristics and situational fit. Firstly, the
leadership characteristics of Steve Jobs were supported and followed by the subordinates blindly
because of his aim to create future for the wellbeing of the world (Zigarmi and Roberts 2017).
According to the employees of Apple Inc. he was the most passionate leader for his motivational
thought process ad unparalleled crave for learning from the situation. The success of satisfying
the employees of Apple reveals his capability as the leader. Secondly, the situational fit is a
critical aspect to measure the capability of the leaders. In this category also Steve Jobs has scored