Leadership Lessons of Steve Jobs

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1. Gary Weidenaar says

   April 3, 2012 at 10:02 am

   Tim –

    

   Some great food for thought!  We can learn a lot from successful folks – and Jobs was undoubtedly an important business person. 

    

   People often read these things and think – if I do that, I’ll be successful.  My opinion? Possibly.  But to me it’s like saying don’t use parallel fifths – a study of Bach’s chorales showed he didn’t – so (at least in my undergrad theory) it was a “rule” for the rest of us mortals to live by or risk red pen.  But not using parallel fifths won’t write you a Bach fugue, any more than focusing, imputing, or any of the other bullets will make you successful.

    

   Also from that article:

   Was all his stormy and abusive behavior necessary? Probably not. There were other ways he could have motivated his team. “Steve’s contributions could have been made without so many stories about him terrorizing folks,” Apple’s cofounder, Wozniak, said. “I like being more patient and not having so many conflicts. I think a company can be a good family.”

   As for me – these bullets will be used as reminders and/or possible guidelines – filtered into my style/ ignored /adopted.

    

   Thanks again for pointing me to this article!

    

   Gary

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