CONCEPT 2
Leadership
1. Develop effective leadership skills
2. Foster team development
3. Champion team achievements
A Quick Case Study 02
The legacy of Steve Jobs – a model of imperfect leadership
Steve Jobs – past CEO and business mastermind behind Apple, NeXT and Pixar. Tough and visionary leader.
Let’s investigate their story further…
The story behind Steve Jobs
Founding Apple
With Steve Wozniak in his family’s
garage in 1976
Leaving Apple
Unceremoniously ousted from Apple
in 1985, formed Pixar and neXt
Saving Apple
Returned as CEO when Apple bought his company neXt in
1996
The story behind Steve Jobs
Visionary Leader
Perfectionist Tyrant
The story behind Steve Jobs
Five lessons of leadership
The Risk Lesson
The Succession Lesson
The Mission Lesson
The Team Lesson
The Perseverance Lesson
How do Great Retailers do What They Do?
Personal leadership style needs to adapt to the needs of business culture and context
• Know personal preferred leadership style
• Work to develop behavioural versatility to enhance leadership repertoire
• Hold the vision for the organisation
• Vary leadership style to meet needs of business
• Innovate and inspire
Develop effective leadership skills
Adopt and appropriate leadership
style
Demonstrate great
leadership
Continue to evolve as a
leader
Foster team development
High performing teams
Communicate and consult with teams
Support and plan for team development
Prepare and share team objectives
Champion team achievements
Facilitate team contributions
Delegate to drive performance
Actively support teams
ACTIVITY – Steve Jobs
Workshop Activity
1. The most important skills for modern day business
leaders are passion, innovation, drive and the ability to
hire the talent to bring their dream to life – discuss.
2. Self-reflection is the key to great leadership. How do
your leadership skills stack up?
3. Leadership can occur anywhere in an organisation. It is
not a position, it’s a mindset – discuss.
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