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Friday, May 25, 2012

Tim Cook and the Changes at Apple

Posted by Jeff Campbell in "Apple News" @ 06:00 AM

http://arstechnica.com/apple/2012/0...etter-or-worse/

"Since taking over for former Apple CEO Steve Jobs last August, newly minted CEO Tim Cook has slowly made a number of changes to how things are done at the company. Whereas Jobs was mercurial, Cook is apparently genteel. Whereas Jobs downplayed labor issues in China, Cook has personally visited factory floors and met with Chinese officials."

The Fortune story is pretty interesting if you enjoy reading about how Apple works, and who doesn't right? The difference between Cook and Jobs? I think this quote from an employee says it all: "Cook clearly is a demanding boss, but he's not scary. He's well-respected, but not worshiped."

Tags: apple, ceo, cook, culture

Tim Cook and the Changes at Apple

Posted by Jeff Campbell in "Apple News" @ 06:00 AM

http://arstechnica.com/apple/2012/0...etter-or-worse/

"Since taking over for former Apple CEO Steve Jobs last August, newly minted CEO Tim Cook has slowly made a number of changes to how things are done at the company. Whereas Jobs was mercurial, Cook is apparently genteel. Whereas Jobs downplayed labor issues in China, Cook has personally visited factory floors and met with Chinese officials."

The Fortune story is pretty interesting if you enjoy reading about how Apple works, and who doesn't right? The difference between Cook and Jobs? I think this quote from an employee says it all: "Cook clearly is a demanding boss, but he's not scary. He's well-respected, but not worshiped."

Tags: apple, ceo, cook, culture

Monday, May 30, 2011

RIM CEO Job On The Line as RIM Falls Behind Apple

Posted by Jeff Campbell in "The Competition" @ 11:18 AM

http://www.appleinsider.com/article...of_co_ceos.html

"With Apple's iPhone now significantly outperforming Research in Motion's BlackBerry line and the company struggling to respond, some investors have called for a change in leadership at the Canadian smartphone maker."

No big shock I suppose, as it happens in other industries too. Company not performing and they look at the top for someone's head to roll. Makes me wonder what might happen over at Microsoft if things keep going the way they are.

Tags: job, ceo, rim

Wednesday, December 8, 2010

Steve Jobs CEO of the Decade According to MarketWatch

Posted by Jeff Campbell in "Apple News" @ 11:10 AM

http://www.loopinsight.com/2010/12/...KqJb+(The+Loop)

"Apple CEO Steve Jobs on Tuesday was named MarketWatch's CEO of the Decade for bringing Apple out of the technology doldrums and sparking a strong of hits that have made it one of the most successful companies in the world."

You can read the MarketWatch story here, but basically they felt that Steve Jobs performance merited this award, and I can't say I disagree. All you have to do is track the stock price over the last decade and see how Apple has performed with him at the helm (from the chart they use it has gained over 4,000 %).


Friday, December 3, 2010

Everyone Loves Steve, Or At Least His Employees Do

Posted by Jeff Campbell in "Apple News" @ 10:25 AM

http://www.9to5mac.com/39962/who-lo...t=Google+Reader

"When it comes to staff recruitment, loyalty and retention, it seems pretty clear Apple has the advantage - others may approve of their CEOs more or less as much, but Jobs is also the least disapproved of CEO, according to Glassdoor.com and BusinessInsider."

Just above his two closest CEOs in the approve category, and just below them in the disapprove category puts Steve Jobs in the lead. Interesting how close the Ballmer results were, I guess you either love him or hate him, there is no in between there.

Tags: rating, approval, ceo

Monday, July 12, 2010

Is Steve Jobs the Smartest CEO?

Posted by Michael Knutson in "Apple News" @ 02:00 AM

http://www.appleinsider.com/article...st_in_tech.html

"Fortune magazine has compiled a list of what it believes are the smartest people in the technology industry, and topping the list of CEOs is Apple co-founder Steve Jobs, while designer Jony Ive was named smartest designer."

image credit: wikipedia

Yes. In 1997 Apple was flirting with bankruptcy, and in thirteen (13) years, Steve Jobs has led them to the ranking of the most valuable technology company on the planet with a market capitalization today of about $250 billion. Fortune credits Jobs with changing four industries: music with iTunes, animated films with Pixar, mobile phones (telecommunications) with the iPhone, and mobile (portable) computing with the iPad. Many industry pundits complain about Jobs' dictatorial style, but how can one argue with the success that he's brought to Apple?


Tuesday, March 30, 2010

Revere But Fear

Posted by Jeff Campbell in "Apple News" @ 07:00 AM

http://www.appleinsider.com/article...luable_ceo.html

"A new list of the 30 "most respected" chief executives across the world has named Apple co-founder Steve Jobs the most valuable of all, noting that 'America could use 1,000 more like him.'"

They also noted that the Apple Employees "revere but fear him" in the last line of the image above. Regardless, he did bring Apple back from the brink and into success and amazing profitability. I'd say well deserved, what are your thoughts?


Tuesday, December 22, 2009

Harvard Study Says Steve Jobs is the World's Best Performing CEO

Posted by Jeff Campbell in "Apple News" @ 07:00 AM

http://www.9to5mac.com/jobs_uber_al...e+Intelligence)

"Apple CEO Steve Jobs has been named the world's best-performing CEO by the prestigious Harvard Business Review. The publication conducted a study regarding 2,000 CEOs worldwide, choosing a sample group consisting of 48 nationalities from companies based in 33 countries."

You can read the article here and see who else was in the running, but it only considered those who took on the job between January 1995 and December 2007 so some long-time CEOs weren't considered, such as Ellison and Gates. For his part, Jobs has delivered, on average, an annual 30% shareholder return since he came back, as well as helping to add $150 billion USD to the market cap.

Tags: jobs, best, ceo, harvard

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