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Being a leader sometimes means pissing people off. If you don't like your boss: quit. Steve Jobs probably wouldn't make a good boss for everyone but that's OK,
by fleitz 15y ago
Being a leader sometimes means pissing people off. If you don't like your boss: quit.
Steve Jobs probably wouldn't make a good boss for everyone but that's OK, he only needed to be boss of one or two companies, Apple and Pixar. The other companies in the world can run their company as they see fit. Other bosses probably make good bosses for other personality types. You simply can't please all of the people all of the time. Sometimes you need to refuse to do things do that you can do the other things well.
More on real leadership.
http://www.slideshare.net/guesta3e206/colin-powells-leadership-presentation http://www.slideshare.net/guesta3e206/colin-powells-leadersh...
- j_baker 15y agoI don't see your point. I absolutely agree that sometimes you have to piss people off to be the boss. But wouldn't you agree that this is offset by the number of times you have to empathize with people and be their friend? After all, a complete asshole gets neither respect nor friendship. And a lot of the people who work for the asshole boss will probably take your advice and quit. What good is a boss without workers? Other bosses probably make good bosses for other personality types. I disagree. If an organization is a round hole, the only person who benefits is the round peg who built it (if anyone benefits). The key is building a hole that can accommodate as many pegs as possible, even if some pegs require a bit more "accommodation" than others.
- badclient 15y agoAfter all, a complete asshole gets neither respect nor friendship. Considering Steve Jobs seems to have plenty of respect and friends, he's not a complete asshole. Right? So what is he? Why even mention the complete asshole(and risk suggesting that he was one) when by your own logic he wasn't a complete asshole.