PMF-Concept 02

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.