Steve Jobs: A Legacy of Leadership
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Running head: LEADERSHIPCharismatic leadership of Steve JobsName of the student:Name of the university:Author note:
1LEADERSHIPKnowing Steve Jobs Steven Paul Steve Jobs was an enigmatic personality, known for bringing radicaltransformation in the brand Apple. He served as the CEO of Apple, taking the brand to everycorner of the world. Along with this, he was also an American entrepreneur, inventor of magnateand a designer. Being a member of The Walt Disney Company’s Board of directors makes himpopular among the people from eight to eighty (Kriger & Zhovtobryukh, 2016). Apart from this,he was also served as the CEO of NeXT. This assignment peeks into Steve’s journey as a leader,concluding with the advice he left behind for the young and aspirant leaders. Steve’s journey as a leader Childhood of SteveAdoption gave Steve a better chance to forget his disturbed childhood. Steve was a schooldropout; however, he succeeded in getting the required higher education from the prestigiousReed College in 1972. This was a turning point in his life, when he decided to gainenlightenment on Zen Buddhism by travelling throughout India. During these years, there wereaccusations against him regarding the usage of LSD and marijuana. In response to this, he statedthat intake of LSD was one of the major things, which transformed his life (Heracleous &Klaering, 2014). 1976 was the moment when Jobs along with Wozniak and Ronald Wayne formed Applecomputers, now knows as Apple Inc. The major drive behind this formation was satisfying theneed for a computer, which the humans can regulate according to their needs and requirements.As a matter of specification, through the production of various products like mobile, laptops andother electronic goods, Steve intended to empower the common people with the speed of high
2LEADERSHIPtechnology. This intention made him People’s Leader, as he re-invented technology for bringingthe world into the fist of the people (Niebuhr, Voße & Brem, 2016). Leadership of SteveTo highlight Steve’s leadership, the concept of “rags to riches” can be applied. This isbecause; he strived to alter his personality through intense hard work, dedication anddetermination. In this perspective, he can be considered as a round character. The major drivebehind this alteration is strategic vision and clarity in the identified and the specified objectives.Herein lays the appropriateness of the name of the article, Business Insider- Lets Get One ThingStraight- Apple had no choice but to Oust Steve Jobs. “One thing straight” is the determinationtowards undertaking strategic vision towards the exposure of proper leadership skills by Steve(Barnes, 2015). “Ousting Steve” reflects the helpless of the Apple Board of Directors regardingthe termination of Steve. However, instead of being dejected and worried, Steve utilized theopportunity to see what lies next for him. This evaluation is a direct agent in terms of makingnoticeable advances towards leadership. With the intentions of Steve, transformational, strategic and facilitative leadership stylescan be correlated. Development of strategies before the initiation of the projects reflects Steve’sstrategic leadership. Prioritizing customer’s wellbeing is an example of facilitative leadership.Altering the current personality for fulfilling the needs, demands and requirements of thecustomers reflects the transformational leadership adhered by Steve. Herein lays theappropriateness of reviewing the undertaken steps and adopting cognitive learning forupgradation of the standard and quality of the current performance. This review and evaluationwas one of the main points of his leadership strategy (Kollenscher et al., 2016).
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