strategy+business issue 67 S UMMER 2012 The Steve Jobs Way Leaders can learn a lot from the late Apple CEO‚ but not all of it should be emulated. by JON KATZENb A CH reprint 12201 Leaders can learn a lot from the late Apple CEO‚ but not all of it should be emulated. by Jon Katzenbach S teve Jobs’s business feats were legendary long before he died in October 2011. Apple Inc.‚ considered a niche player for much of its history‚ is the most valuable company in the world
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Biography of Steve jobs Early life Steven Jobs was born February 24‚ 1955‚ in San Francisco‚ California‚ and was adopted by Paul and Clara Jobs. He grew up with one sister‚ Patty. Paul Jobs was a machinist and fixed cars as a hobby. Jobs remembers his father as being very skilled at working with his hands. As a child‚ Jobs preferred doing things by himself. He swam competitively‚ but was not interested in team sports or other group activities. He showed an early interest in electronics and gadgetry
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Steve Jobs was a distinguished industrial designer‚ American entrepreneur‚ inventor‚ and businessperson. He was born in San Francisco in the year 1960s. Due to his vast skills in managing businesses‚ he was the chief executive officer in Apple Inc.‚ a member of the board in Walt Disney Company and a CEO in the Pixar Company‚ before he died. Additionally‚ he also founded a company known as NeXT that specialized in computers for businesses markets and institutions of high education. Steve was a student
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Dominique McCraven Public Speaking 9:00am Professor Dr. Dupree Above other companies why do people chose apple products? Topic: Steve Jobs and Apple General Purpose: Explain the distinction of Apple products. Specific Purpose: To inform the general public of the reasons why consumers predominantly prefer to use Apple products rather than competing corporations’ products. Thesis Statement: The Apple Corporation exceeds competing companies in product sales because of the company’s
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referring to the one and only Steve Jobs‚ CEO of Apple Computers. He‚ Steve Jobs is one of the biggest icons in the world of technology in the world co-founder of one of the most important and exciting companies in the world. What catch my attention out the most about the leadership style of Steve Jobs‚ is that he is very charismatic. People often say there is some sort of "aura" about Steve Jobs which makes well respected and followed. Employees do enjoy working with Steve Jobs‚ as they feel really inspired
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Jobs’ Job The Excellence of Steve Jobs Steve Jobs displays arête in many ways‚ for one‚ being the most prolific icon in the tech industry‚ and two‚ for becoming so while fighting a terminal cancer. Steve Jobs was born on February 24th‚ 1955‚ in San Francisco‚ and was put into adoption. He went to high school in Cupertino‚ California‚ which is not the headquarters of Job’s billion-dollar corporation‚ Apple. While Jobs was in Cupertino‚ he attended after-school lectures at the Hewlett-Packard
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Impact of Steve Jobs with Apple The impact Steve Jobs had on Apple was immeasurable. He built the company from the ground up. Every product Apple has put out has been because of Steve Jobs. His knack for knowing what desires consumers want in a product is just one aspect of what Steve Jobs did to help Apple become one of the top consumer electronic companies in the world. Steve Jobs was a smart man and CEO. As the head of the Apple company‚ Jobs surrounded himself with smart men. This
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Jarek Hormigoso Period 2 Steve Job’s Speech Steve Job’s gives a speech about his life and the ways he lived his life into leading it into a successful one. Steve Jobs had an amazing legacy but had some decisions and conflicts he had to deal with in order to get where he went in his life. A mans legacy is an important one in that in can affect other people’s life even after they are dead. Steve Jobs suggest for people to live there legacy by following or doing what they love and it’ll soon
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Inventions of Steve Jobs Define Us Steve Jobs revolutionized our world through his inventions. Born in san francisco in 1955 ‚ jobs was the co founder and CEO of the apple inc. There are very few inventors in the world that give us devices that change the way we live. His attention to design‚ function and style won him millions of fans. He developed a passion for style and functional perfection‚ which became apple trademarks. There are not many households in the world that don’t have some form of
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illness. Respiratory arrest - the cessation of breathing True or false statements Jobs was given away for adoption Jobs co-founded Pepsi-Cola Pixar made the first animated cinema movie Disney published Pixar movies Jobs earned only 1$ a year as CEO in Apple Jobs menagement style was passive and undemanding Early life Born 1955 in San Francisco Adopted by Paul and Clara Jobs Moved at the age of 5 to Mountain View Graduated High School in 1972
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