The document summarizes Steve Jobs' leadership style through his career as the co-founder of Apple Computers and Pixar Animation Studios. It describes how Jobs was a transformational leader who focused on innovation and passion to motivate his employees. While Jobs drove innovation and success, he was also known to be demanding and difficult to work with at times. The document outlines Jobs' biography and major career accomplishments, and references sources for further information.

1. A study of The Leadership style of Steve Jobs A presentation by:- AnuradhaSajwan KunalAgrawal SanilRangari 11/17/2009 1

3. Worked with HP for summer internship after High School.

4. Dropped out of college after the very first semester.

5. 1976: Started apple computers with Steve Wozniak in 1976.

6. 1984: Introduced Revolutionary Macintosh the market.

7. 1985: was forced to resign by the board of directors of Apple computers.

8. 1986: Founded Next Computers

9. 1986: Co-founded Pixar Animation Studio.

10. 1997: Next computers was sold to Apple & Jobs became the CEO.

11. 2001: launched revolutionary ipod

12. 2007: Introduced 3G iphone, first of its kind in the market.11/17/2009 2

13. TRANSFORMATIONAL LEADERSHIP 11/17/2009 3

14. COMPONENTS OF JOB’SLEADERSHIP FOCUS PASSION INNOVATION INVOLVEMENT EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION 11/17/2009 4

15. JOB’S LEADERSHIP Like a transformational leader, he focuses on "transforming" others to help each other, to look out for each other, to be encouraging and harmonious, and to look out for the organization as a whole. At Apple, he is seen as a leader whose brilliance and idealistic vision of "providing computers as a tool to change the world," drew other talented people to him His Leadership creates valuable and positive change in the followers. In his leadership, he enhances the motivation, morale and performance of his follower group. Some people also categorize him as a charismatic leader. 11/17/2009 5

16. Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower - Steve jobs 11/17/2009 6

17. “FROM CRITICS DESK…” “his habit of making decisions and then suddenly changing his mind has been given as part of the reason he is difficult to work for”-brainmass “Jobs has got an aggressive and demanding personality”.-critics “He is one of Silicon Valley's leading egomaniacs”.–Fortune Magazine “Jobs would have made an excellent king of France with his compelling and larger-than-life persona”- JefRaskin, former collegue. “Some times he acts anti gates, & some times he requests Microsoft to develop software for their computers, that is weird”.-critics 11/17/2009 7

18. “You can't just ask customers what they want and then try to give that to them. By the time you get it built, they'll want something new” – Steve Jobs 11/17/2009 8

19. HONORS 1985: National Medal of Technology by President Ronald Reagan with Steve Wozniak(the first people to ever receive the honor) 1987: Jefferson Award for Public Service in the category (the Samuel S. Beard Award). 2007: Jobs was named the most powerful person in business by Fortune Magazine 2007: California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and First Lady Maria Shriver inducted Jobs into the California Hall of Fame 2009: Jobs was selected the most admired entrepreneur among teenagers on a survey by Junior Achievement 11/17/2009 9

20. REFERENCES: www.wikipedia.com www.brainmass.com www.thepracticeofleadership.net www.youtube.com www.scribd.com Organizational Behavior-Fred Luthans THANK YOU 11/17/2009 10