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Summary

Jay Elliot was hired personally by Steve Jobs just in time to  accompany Steve on an historic visit to Xerox's Palo Alto Research  Center, the visit that changed the course of computing. As Senior  Vice President, Jay served as Steve's right-hand man and  trouble-shooter, overseeing all corporate operations and business  planning, as well as software development and HR. This book is  about how Steve managed and motivated his peopleand what  every manager can learn from Jobs about motivating people to do the  best work of their livesan experience described by many who  worked for him.   Steve Jobs used "Pirates! Not the Navy" as a rallying  crya metaphor to "Think Different". At Apple in the days of  developing the Macintosh, it became the de-facto mantra of the  Macintosh groupa four-word mission statement. It expresses  the heart of Apple and Steve. Those lessons form the backbone of  this book.  People are eager for practical examples from Apple and Steve  Jobs that show how his principles can be used in the everyday  worlds of business and managing people. "Managing With Steve Jobs"  will answer those requests. Overall, this book is a guide to  shifting a person's paradigm to become Steve Jobs-like, to assemble  and lead innovative teams.  For example, one of the most critical requirements is finding  the right talent. Steve had a unique way of interviewing that was  less an interview than a conversationdescribing where he  wanted to go and waiting to see if the other person would jump in  to suggest how he or she could make a contribution to that effort.  Also, he wasn't much interested in a person's resume as in what he  thought they would be able to bring to the team: will this person  be so committed to the vision that they will provide their own  motivation? Steve wanted people who would have allegiance to the  captain and to his/her shipmates, the ability to come up with  original, unique ways to approach a problem, and be self-guided  with a strong sense of direction.

Duration: about 7 hours (06:51:48)
Publishing date: 2020-07-20; Unabridged; Copyright Year: 2020. Copyright Statment: —

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