Steve Jobs on how to hire, manage, and lead people

I recently stumbled upon a video of Steve Jobs and his team talking about how to hire, manage and lead people. Steve Jobs says the greatest people do not need to be managed they can be self managed.  Once they know how to do something they can find other ways to do the job and get it done. Steve then goes on to talking about hiring people.  He explains that he wanted to hire brilliant people that knew technology but weren't necessarily professionals in the field. Steve and his team wanted to hire people that got excited about the Mac computer, they wanted the interviewees eyes to light up when they saw the computers. One of the most interesting things Steve mentions in this video is when he hired a professional manager for Apple. He said it didn't work at all. Steve says they knew how to manage but they didn't know how to do anything. He says he wanted a manager that they could actually learn something from. Steve says great managers are hard working employees that don't necessarily want to be a manger but decided they have to be because no one else will be able to do as good of a job as them. This was a very interesting video to watch and I encourage all to take a look. 



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  1. Mark BonicaFebruary 26, 2017 at 4:54 PM

    The Isaacson biography of Jobs is excellent, though a bit long. I highly recommend it if you enjoyed this. He does a very good job of showing Jobs for better and worse. I don't think I could have worked for him.

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