Steve Jobs’ recent death has brought up a huge amount of discussion. His innovation for great products and financial success at Apple has deemed him a genius – giving him a Godlike status. It is without question that from 1997 onward, Jobs saved Apple from failure and has revolutionised the computing industry while making a lot of money in the process.
However, he did this with a very unorthodox management style. In fact he flew in the face of the management technique of other Silicon Valley companies.
While Google and Microsoft promote openness and strive to make their employees happy, Apple is incredibly secretive and most employees lived in fear of Jobs: but it worked. So how did Steve Jobs achieve such success while ignoring all traditional notions of business management? Read the rest of "Management the Steve Jobs way – learning from Steve Jobs’ management style"
Posted by Craig Charley in Human Resources, Management & Leadership, News on October 17th, 2011| 3 Comments »
In the current economic climate businesses are having to rethink and redefine the role of leadership. Leadership is commonly defined in terms of individual traits rather than institutional ones and as a role reserved for those who were born to lead.
However Leading leadership guru Warren G. Bennis thinks:
“The most dangerous leadership myth is leaders are born–that there is a genetic factor to leadership. This myth asserts people simply either have certain charismatic qualities or not. That’s nonsense; in fact, the opposite is true. Leaders are made rather than born.” Read the rest of "Leadership Skills – Are Great Leaders Born or Made?"
Posted by Heather Buckley in Management & Leadership, New Free Resources, Personal Development on September 24th, 2009| No Comments »
“I just wanted to to thank you for the course (Leadership Skills Training) held yesterday. They have all come back from the day enthusing about both the course and the trainer. They certainly seem to have gained a lot from the day and are confident, motivated and excited about putting the skills they have learned into practice.” Derinne Pargiter – DPAS - Leadership Training course in Brighton, Sussex.
WHAT MAKES A GREAT LEADER?
1. Good Judgement
The ability to evaluate facts to com up with possible courses of action in order to make sound decisions. Sound judgement allows leaders to make suitable decisions in the direction and training employees.
Posted by Heather Buckley in Management & Leadership, New Free Resources, Personal Development on September 24th, 2009| No Comments »
To help businesses to fund training, Train to Gain are offering training grants of up to £1,000 for companies that employ between 5 and 249 staff.
The scheme has been running for nearly a year, and there is still some funding available; however organisations are advised to act quickly if they are interested in taking advantage.
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Posted by Alistair Wylie in News, Offers, Train to Gain Funding on August 6th, 2009| 2 Comments »
THIS FUNDING STREAM IS NO LONGER AVAILABLE – DETAILS OF THE NEW LEADERSHIP & MANAGEMENT TRAINING GRANTS SCHEME FOR 2011
To help businesses in the South East, Train to Gain are offering flexible training grants of up to £1,000 for organisations who employ between 5 and 249 staff.
Train to Gain funding can be used on any of Silicon Beach Training’s courses
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Posted by Andy Trainer in News, Offers, Train to Gain Funding on February 12th, 2009| 2 Comments »
