Posts Tagged ‘Steve Jobs’
Executives and Productivity
A challenge for executives with large teams is how to be ‘effectively productive’, to not feel overwhelmed, and interact with and give attention to what is necessary. And, it’s not just ‘how to be productive’ but also what to be productive about?! I wanted to share Robert Pozen’s article, “Extreme Productivity,” with you. For me,…
Read MoreHBR: Leadership Traits: What Do You Think?
We all know Steve Jobs was a hugely successful visionary and innovator. But what exactly made him so? Of course, leadership is not like a recipe, you don’t add a bit of this and a bit of that, nor are we all the same. It is in fact that difference that makes leadership special. I…
Read MoreWhat would Steve Do?
In writing Provoke, I drew on Apple and Steve Jobs repeatedly to illustrate the importance of disruption leading to innovation and excellence. Apple is the gold standard for what a company could do if it allowed itself the permission to actively disrupt the status quo. Under the late Jobs, Apple disrupted the music industry with…
Read MoreWhen Should a CEO Leave?
We all love success stories. Someone starts in the mail room and makes it to the top. Visionaries come in to turn around companies. People like Steve Jobs innovate, leave, innovate elsewhere and return to innovate even more. But those are the rarities. More often we’re faced with some hard questions. How long should a…
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