Steve Jobs, the most successful CEO in the modern business world, had once fired an employee in the elevator and another for bringing a wrong brand of mineral water.
At the same time, he continued inspiring several thousand employees of a sinking giant and - in less than a decade - made it the world's most admired company.
Sounds contradictory?
Yes it is, on the surface though, but that's what: two different shades of Steve's character, made him immortal in the corporate world in terms of driving people to utilize their hidden potential for achieving stupendous success.
I'm sure that people in Apple must have loved Steve Jobs, and still do, for being such an inspirational leader. Nothing could be a better example of his true character than the incident, when he dropped his own idea that he found inferior to another suggested by a team member.
At the same time, they must have feared him deep down their soul, because he never believed in anything less than perfect.
I think a successful CEO is not only immensely loved by his employees for demonstrating the power of true character but feared as well for his dis-likings towards the performance that fall short of his huge expectations from them.
Just being kind to your employees wouldn't make you a successful business leader, but a combination of love and fear!
However, the composition of this amazing cocktail is unique for every situation and the leader must keep changing it according to the need of the hour, always putting love on the higher side.
At the same time, he continued inspiring several thousand employees of a sinking giant and - in less than a decade - made it the world's most admired company.
Sounds contradictory?
Yes it is, on the surface though, but that's what: two different shades of Steve's character, made him immortal in the corporate world in terms of driving people to utilize their hidden potential for achieving stupendous success.
I'm sure that people in Apple must have loved Steve Jobs, and still do, for being such an inspirational leader. Nothing could be a better example of his true character than the incident, when he dropped his own idea that he found inferior to another suggested by a team member.
At the same time, they must have feared him deep down their soul, because he never believed in anything less than perfect.
I think a successful CEO is not only immensely loved by his employees for demonstrating the power of true character but feared as well for his dis-likings towards the performance that fall short of his huge expectations from them.
Just being kind to your employees wouldn't make you a successful business leader, but a combination of love and fear!
However, the composition of this amazing cocktail is unique for every situation and the leader must keep changing it according to the need of the hour, always putting love on the higher side.
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