I’m always amazed at so called leaders that install hurdles to invention for success rather than assist in facing the problem of the need. In many cases they are the chief failure of the endeavor. You can’t force people to be brilliant. The leader can only create an atmosphere suseptable to their efforts.
If the leader demands the methodology, then the extent of the success is limited only to the leader’s provisions, not to the limits of the inventor. It is rare when you can find a subordinate that will give you that above and beyond for the continued accomplishment of the base company. And you don’t badger him/her into attainment, you allow the free flow of the accomplishments and thus create both your own and his/her own future prosperity. A good leader should always create their own competition, not stymie it. And this is done through the thought that people don’t work for me, they work with me. And the only thing I can really do for them is take the pressure of overall reponsibility away and allow free enterprise. A horse runs best when the reins are stretched. Give them the reason, the training, the atmosphere, the horse power, the reward possibilities, and get out of their way.
wy69
[I’m always amazed at so called leaders that install hurdles to invention for success rather than assist in facing the problem of the need. In many cases they are the chief failure of the endeavor. You can’t force people to be brilliant. The leader can only create an atmosphere suseptable to their efforts.
If the leader demands the methodology, then the extent of the success is limited only to the leader’s provisions, not to the limits of the inventor. It is rare when you can find a subordinate that will give you that above and beyond for the continued accomplishment of the base company. And you don’t badger him/her into attainment, you allow the free flow of the accomplishments and thus create both your own and his/her own future prosperity. A good leader should always create their own competition, not stymie it. And this is done through the thought that people don’t work for me, they work with me. And the only thing I can really do for them is take the pressure of overall reponsibility away and allow free enterprise. A horse runs best when the reins are stretched. Give them the reason, the training, the atmosphere, the horse power, the reward possibilities, and get out of their way.
wy69]
Steve Jobs was a visionary. He presided over four revolutions - (1) the creation of the first mass market personal computer, (2) the creation of the first mass market PC with a graphical user interface, (3) the routinization of computerized animation (during his tenure at Pixar) at a level never before achieved and (4) the creation of the first portable devices with touch driven graphical user interfaces that were as intuitive as its rivals were clunky. And through it all, he was known as a very difficult boss, abrupt and moody, prone to belittling his minions and terrorizing them with threats of firing, many of which involved actual separations from the companies he ran.
I am not a fan of Apple devices and have never bought or owned one. But the man was truly sui generis - one of a kind - in the way he made his vision a reality where others failed. And his relentless scumbaggery was, unfortunately, as integral to the success of his efforts as his exquisite personal taste, which flensed away everything that should not be part of the final product, while keeping a close eye on cost.