Role of Strategic Leadership in Organizational Success: A Case Study of Steve Jobs in Apple Inc.

Strategic Leadership

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................3
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................7
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................8
Books and Journals:................................................................................................................8

INTRODUCTION
In any organisation, leadership plays an essential in order to direct, lead, influence and
motivate people so that they can work for the goals accomplishment of the business. Leaders
helps in communicating business vision, mission and goals of business to their team members so
that they can work strategically in the organisation. Steve Jobs has been chosen in task 1, who is
a great leader in Apple Company (Calabrò and et.al., 2018). It is an American technology
company which has global business operations and known as one of the highest revenue
generating companies in world. In this task, the role of business leader has been assessed, it will
also explore the practice of leadership influence and power. It will also identify the key features
and needs of leadership development for competitive edge. Also, it will cover the criteria for
calculating for analysing a business strategic effectiveness from the leadership point of view.
MAIN BODY
An organisation can be known as successful when they have effective leaders who plays
the role of motivating employees so that they can provide productive work to the company while
realising overall goals of business. Leaders play both formal and informal roles in their
leadership and uses different styles of leadership that are effective to promote business success.
Leadership is taken as an action to lead and influence people in the organisation towards
attaining goals. Steve Jobs has an attractive and distinctive personality of influencing employees
in multiple ways (Essa, 2018). He is able to share clear vision for the organisation, guides their
employees through the work process, motivates them by using several motivational techniques
and tools, together with builds morale. A leader is also accountable for ensuring that all the
workers and team members are highly motivated and committed towards the business success. It
includes maintaining and increasing morale by making sure that each team member
acknowledges the important role they play in the organisation and they are valued for their
efforts. In case of Apple, the leader also invests in their employees. Leaders also focused on their
employees’ learning and training. By providing learning and training session to their employees
they improve the opportunities for their growth and development so that their skills can be
developed to deliver a better performance for the organisation and improved prospect for them.
In order to improve the business performance, Steve Jobs highly focused on their members that
their performance is reviewed on timely basis and ensure that all the employees stay on track. As