June 20, 2013
Steve Jobs
Read the latest advice, feature articles and news on Steve Jobs, especially for the business leader.
Embedding the innovation culture: The importance of teamwork
Innovation needs to be part of your business’ culture, not just at senior management level but at all levels if you are to stay ahead of the competition.
What’s your approach to innovation?
Deciding a suitable innovation approach is one of the most important challenges facing any leadership team.
Is design-led thinking the secret weapon in today’s Australian workplace?
Breaking down barriers between designers and non-designers is key to meeting end user requirements.
The leader CEOs most look up to… it’s not who you think: Three leadership lessons
Three leadership lessons from the British wartime Prime Minister.
Great leaders don't need experience
Is searching for a leader with a long, impressive resume a waste of time? Is experience a predictor of mediocre performance?
You can't have it all
Platitudes about the importance of work-life balance never fully capture the complexity of employees’ situations.
Global CEO Seth Merrin’s leadership rule: No arseholes
Liquidnet enables traders to do mammoth deals for their clients anonymously, away from the world’s stock markets. It's CEO talks about his penchant for 'ridiculously large problems'.
What the best leaders are doing today to get ahead
Here's what leaders need to understand to get business confidence to match consumer confidence in the next few months.
Three lessons from Apple, the most valuable public company of all time
A focus on user experience, minimalism and an obsession with detail have all helped Apple become the most valuable company ever.
A peek inside the Apple recruiting process
An Apple recruitment video reminds us that it takes small teams of exacting minds to develop the company’s groundbreaking products.
How to silence your inner critic
In surveys, people frequently rank their fear of public speaking above their fear of death. Whether or not it's warranted, it's manageable.
Where to from here? Warren Buffett’s cancer challenge
Three lessons from history on how leaders handle a personal crisis such as serious illness
Do teams still work or is it time to rethink?
With more and work being performed in groups, it’s time to reflect on the pros and cons of this form of achieving goals.
You’re not Steve: three reasons to laugh and two to cry
Apple founder Steve Jobs changed our lives. We debunk the trend to idealise Jobs as a leader (using his 656-page biography as a manual) and we divulge two of his cleverest business strategies.
Successful retailers let their results do the talking
While retailers such as Gerry Harvey, Solly Lew, Paul Zahra and Bernie Brookes have publicly criticised the government and the Reserve Bank, you’ll hear no such complaints from arguably the world’s best retailer, Ron Johnson, of J.C. Penney.
Multi-millionaire Jan Cameron turns her back on retirement
Today Jan Cameron took the reins at the discount retail chain she owns, Retail Adventures. Is she suffering relevance deprivation syndrome, or injecting much-needed owner-operator “juice”?
BHP chief named among world’s best leaders
BHP Billiton chief Marius Kloppers has been named in a US magazine’s list of the world’s 30 best CEOs.
Apple to splash cash on dividends and buybacks
The share price of Apple reached $US600 overnight after news of the dividend payment and the instigation of a share buyback program.
How to unleash your team's creativity
The late Apple CEO Steve Jobs and car manufacturer Toyota offer lessons in creative thinking.
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