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What drives Steve Jobs?
Technically Incorrect —
... Of course, now that Jobs has been declared healthy, the worldly and the wise have felt free to write of his supposedly old-fashioned, dictatorial management style, even, in the same Harvard Business Publishing article, his utterly disrespectful attitude to parking. ...
Harvard Business Review blogger: Steve Jobs fails as a manager
Preston Gralla's blog —
Steve Jobs is frequently held out as the model of a tech industry CEO, but a Harvard Business Review blogger says that his style of management represents just about everything that a CEO shouldn't do. In his blog , William C. Taylor, a best-selling business author, adjunct lecturer at Babson College, and former associate editor of Harvard Business Review, first gives Jobs his due, and says this: There's no doubt that the Apple CEO will go down as one of the most creative, visionary, and high-impact leaders of his generation --- or any generation. How many corporate executives ...
‘Harvard Business’: Steve Jobs represents both the best and worst of the ‘face of business’
Macsimum News —
... In his blog at Harvard Business, Bill Taylor—a writer, speaker and entrepreneur—says that Apple CEO Steve Jobs is a visionary but also, in some ways, represents “the face of business at its worst.” ...
Harvard Business Fails Steve Jobs As A Leader
Silicon Alley Insider —
As a visionary, Steve Jobs gets an A, but as a manager he fails, writes Prof. William C. Taylor on his Harvard Business blog.
We're disinclined to believe it matters what kind of "manager" Jobs is so long as Apple continues to revolutionaize the industry and all.
But the prof. has a contrary take and we like those, so here's the bullet-point version of his argument:
Jobs' approach to leadership is "unappetizing and downright retro."
Jobs follows the "Great Man Theory of Leadership — a CEO-centric model of executive ...
Harvard Business writer: Steve Jobs’ management style not worth emulating
MacDailyNews —
... change," Taylor writes. "Leaders who want to both change the game and stay in the game for the long haul have come to appreciate the power of 'humbition' over blind ambition. What's humbition? It's a term I first heard from Jane Harper, a nearly 30-year veteran of IBM. It is, she explains, the subtle blend of humility and ambition that drives the most successful leaders — an antidote to the know-it-all hubris that affects so many executives and entrepreneurs." Full load of horseshit here . MacDailyNews Take: Excuse our French, but WTF gives a rat's ass what Jane Whatshername ...
Harvard Business writer” Steve Jobs management style not worh emulating
MacDailyNews —
... change," Taylor writes. "Leaders who want to both change the game and stay in the game for the long haul have come to appreciate the power of 'humbition' over blind ambition. What's humbition? It's a term I first heard from Jane Harper, a nearly 30-year veteran of IBM. It is, she explains, the subtle blend of humility and ambition that drives the most successful leaders — an antidote to the know-it-all hubris that affects so many executives and entrepreneurs." Full load of horseshit here . MacDailyNews Take: Excuse our French, but WTF gives a rat's ass what Jane Whatshername ...
Harvard Business: Don't emulate Steve Jobs
The Microsoft Blog —
People may all be in awe of Apple's products - the Macintosh, the iPod, the iPhone - but they shouldn't be in awe of its CEO, says Bill Taylor of Harvard Business School. In a blog post , Taylor says we should trust the art, not the artist. Steve Jobs, recently back on the job after receiving a liver transplant, may have a company that produces great products, but internally he is "shrouding his company in secrecy; treating his employees to tyrannical outbursts; and refusing basic accommodations that would make beautifully designed products more customer-friendly," Taylor says. ...
Fast Company Co-Founder Has it Right: Steve’s Not a Role Model
Cult of Mac —
... five or, with the assistance of cybernetics, 50 years, the best thing the board of directors could do is look for someone who is nothing like Steve. You’ll never top him in a million years if you play his game, but you might do something awesome on your own terms if you figure out what makes you great.
Note to Silicon Alley Insider: Bill Taylor’s giving Steve wannabes an F — not Steve himself. There’s plenty to admire about him, little to imitate.
Practically Radical blog via Silicon Alley Insider
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Harvard Business Review Says Steve Jobs Is a Horrible Manager [Steve Jobs]
Gizmodo —
... So to all those execs that are looking to Steve Jobs to emulate? Cut it out. Emulate his good points, like the ability to get products out the door, but not his lousy points. [Harvard Business via ...
Are Steve Jobs' management skills a risk to Apple or the industry?
Between the Lines —
... We all know that Apple CEO Steve Jobs is a revered figure in the consumer electronics industry for pushing the envelope and getting filthy rich doing it. But does the magic of Apple product success hide a poor business manager? Can one bad apple spoil the bunch? In a post on his “Practically Radical” blog on Harvard Business Publishing’s website, entrepreneur and author Bill Taylor lays down why Steve Jobs’ legacy is not unlike criticism of Apple products: much hype, less substance. Initially praising Jobs for the products Apple designs and the “near-religious devotion” ...
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