Leadership Style and Challenges Faced by Tim Cook at Apple

Tim Cook

Leadership
Table of Contents
Introduction................................................................................................................................1
Background................................................................................................................................1
Tim Cook leadership style and leadership theory......................................................................2
Challenges faced by Tim Cook..................................................................................................3
Suggestions to improve leadership.............................................................................................4
Lessons learned from Tim Cook................................................................................................4
Conclusion..................................................................................................................................4
References..................................................................................................................................5
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Leadership
Introduction
Leader is the one who guides and motivates its subordinates to accomplish the set goals and
objectives (Antonakis and Day, 2017). In this essay, the discussion will be made on “Tim
Cook” who is considered as the CEO of Apple. Tim Cook is selected for the task as he is one
of the famous leaders and also there are various leadership lessons that are given by him that
inspires other individuals.
Tim Cook embodies democratic leadership style of management that boost consensus
building and also involves the employees in decision making process. The essay will also
discuss the challenges that are faced by him such as the first challenge was to make “Apple”
the most valuable company and the second challenge faced by him was to compete with the
competitors on social media platform.
Background
Timothy Donald Cook is known as an American business executive and he is also an
industrial engineer. He was born on 1st November 1960 in Alabama, United States. Tim Cook
completed his Master of business administration from Duke University Fuqua School of
business in 1988 (Biography, 2018).
Initially, Tim Cook was hired by IBM on the position of “Corporation North American
fulfilment director” and there he controlled manufacturing and distribution functions for
IBM’s personal computer company in North and Latin America. Tim Cook started working
for Apple in 1998. In 2018, he was known as the man behind the company with the world
biggest market capitalization of more than $930 Billion. Tim Cook is also considered as an
influential player in the field of technology, design and also entertainment (Biography, 2018).
Tim Cook is a born leader with extra ordinary skills that makes him different from others. He
considers the approach related with freedom of thought and action and he is committed
towards his goals. Tim Cook always assumes the responsibility to be a protector for those he
loves but on the other hand, he demands respect and attention. He is always concerned about
his status and also emphasizes on striving growth. It is analysed that Tim Cook base salary is
approximately $3 Million and $12 Million as bonus (Business today, 2019).
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