長期以來,蘋果的幕后執(zhí)掌人史蒂夫·喬布斯一直是其他商業(yè)領(lǐng)袖競相學(xué)習(xí)的對象。在2011年去世之時,其預(yù)估身家達(dá)到了102億美元,但他宣稱金錢并不是其首要追求。
喬布斯在美國公共廣播公司(PBS)1996年的紀(jì)錄片中表示:“23歲那年,我的身價就達(dá)到了100多萬美元,24歲時超過了1000萬美元,25歲時超過了1億美元,但這些并沒有那么重要。”終其一生,喬布斯始終秉持著這一信念,坐擁巨大財富的他在生活上卻十分低調(diào)。美國廣播公司新聞網(wǎng)(ABC News)稱,即便在擔(dān)任蘋果公司這個《財富》美國500強(qiáng)榜單季軍的首席執(zhí)行官期間,他用的車仍是租來的,而且其在加州帕洛阿爾托的住宅也“十分樸素”。
喬布斯更為關(guān)注的是:在通過工作創(chuàng)造影響力的同時享受生活。在因胰腺癌去世前不久,有消息稱喬布斯曾建議迪士尼首席執(zhí)行官鮑勃·艾格早日告老還鄉(xiāng),享受生活。
《紐約時報》(New York Times)的一篇報道稱,近10年后,艾格在思考自己的迪士尼未來規(guī)劃時也一直在思考喬布斯的這個建議。該報道詳細(xì)講述了艾格在2020年卸任迪士尼首席執(zhí)行官,并在兩年后突然回歸的故事。
《紐約時報》的報道稱,這位已故的蘋果首席執(zhí)行官對艾格說,別在迪士尼待太久,去享受美好的生活吧。
蘋果并未回復(fù)《財富》雜志有關(guān)喬布斯建議的置評請求。
2021年,艾格對美國消費(fèi)者新聞與商業(yè)頻道(CNBC)說,在卸任首席執(zhí)行官一職時,他感覺自己已經(jīng)變得非常不愿意聽取他人的建議。
他說:“隨著時間的推移,我傾聽的更少了,而且變得對他人的意見有點(diǎn)反感??赡苁且?yàn)樽兊酶幼载?fù)了一些,這是人們在位高權(quán)重之后時常會發(fā)生的事情?!?/p>
不過,當(dāng)艾格在2020年卸任首席執(zhí)行官一職時,他并沒有完全退出迪士尼,而是以董事長的身份參與公司的運(yùn)營。
此舉最終導(dǎo)致他與自己挑選的接班人鮑勃·查佩克之間出現(xiàn)了嫌隙。董事會最終炒了查佩克魷魚,并在2022年讓艾格重新執(zhí)掌迪士尼。
艾格在2019年出版的自傳《一生的旅程:擔(dān)任迪士尼首席執(zhí)行官的15年》(The Ride of a Lifetime: Lessons Learned from 15 years as CEO of the Walt Disney Company)中寫道:“當(dāng)公司的兩位頂層高管不和時,公司內(nèi)部也就無法正常運(yùn)轉(zhuǎn)。這種情形就如同家里有一對天天吵架的父母?!?/p>
迪士尼代表和艾格并未回復(fù)《財富》雜志的置評請求。
與此同時,艾格正在關(guān)注此次重新出山的卸任事宜,并開始再次思考迪士尼的繼任人選。他在Spotify 8月21日發(fā)布的網(wǎng)播節(jié)目中對凱利·里帕說,事實(shí)上,艾格非??释诵?,而且在“一門心思”地尋找其繼任者。
他說:“可以這么說,我始終都在思考[首席執(zhí)行官繼任人選],用‘我已癡迷于此事’來形容也毫不夸張,而且實(shí)際上,在我回歸之后,董事會和我一致認(rèn)為,繼任事宜即便不是公司最優(yōu)先考慮的事情,也是最優(yōu)先考慮的事情之一?!?/p>
來自喬布斯的其他建議
艾格的回憶錄稱,在喬布斯2006年將其動漫工作室皮克斯(Pixar)出售給迪士尼之后,喬布斯與艾格成為了好朋友。喬布斯曾是迪士尼的大股東,也是其董事。
艾格在2018年接受高盛(Goldman Sachs)的采訪中談到喬布斯時表示:“很幸運(yùn)的是,我們兩相處的很融洽,既有商業(yè)[往來],也有朋友情誼,十分特別。我從他那學(xué)到了很多東西?!?/p>
令喬布斯聲名大噪的不僅僅是其科技產(chǎn)品,同時還有其睿智的管理和商業(yè)建議。他曾說過一句名言,他不會聘請“庸才”,而是在尋求那些能夠在個人工作中大放異彩的人。
喬布斯在上個世紀(jì)80年代中期的一個采訪中表示:“知道最好的經(jīng)理是哪類人嗎?他們是偉大的個人奉獻(xiàn)者,雖然他們從來沒有想過當(dāng)經(jīng)理,但卻決定必須擔(dān)任這一職務(wù),因?yàn)闆]有人能夠在工作中達(dá)到他們的水平?!?/p>
在其諸多最棒的管理建議中,他還強(qiáng)調(diào)了公司使命和愿景的重要性。
喬布斯在同一采訪中表示:“領(lǐng)導(dǎo)力在于:設(shè)立愿景,并將其清晰地表達(dá)出來,這樣你的員工才能理解這個愿景,然后圍繞共同的愿景達(dá)成共識?!保ㄘ敻恢形木W(wǎng))
譯者:馮豐
審校:夏林
長期以來,蘋果的幕后執(zhí)掌人史蒂夫·喬布斯一直是其他商業(yè)領(lǐng)袖競相學(xué)習(xí)的對象。在2011年去世之時,其預(yù)估身家達(dá)到了102億美元,但他宣稱金錢并不是其首要追求。
喬布斯在美國公共廣播公司(PBS)1996年的紀(jì)錄片中表示:“23歲那年,我的身價就達(dá)到了100多萬美元,24歲時超過了1000萬美元,25歲時超過了1億美元,但這些并沒有那么重要?!苯K其一生,喬布斯始終秉持著這一信念,坐擁巨大財富的他在生活上卻十分低調(diào)。美國廣播公司新聞網(wǎng)(ABC News)稱,即便在擔(dān)任蘋果公司這個《財富》美國500強(qiáng)榜單季軍的首席執(zhí)行官期間,他用的車仍是租來的,而且其在加州帕洛阿爾托的住宅也“十分樸素”。
喬布斯更為關(guān)注的是:在通過工作創(chuàng)造影響力的同時享受生活。在因胰腺癌去世前不久,有消息稱喬布斯曾建議迪士尼首席執(zhí)行官鮑勃·艾格早日告老還鄉(xiāng),享受生活。
《紐約時報》(New York Times)的一篇報道稱,近10年后,艾格在思考自己的迪士尼未來規(guī)劃時也一直在思考喬布斯的這個建議。該報道詳細(xì)講述了艾格在2020年卸任迪士尼首席執(zhí)行官,并在兩年后突然回歸的故事。
《紐約時報》的報道稱,這位已故的蘋果首席執(zhí)行官對艾格說,別在迪士尼待太久,去享受美好的生活吧。
蘋果并未回復(fù)《財富》雜志有關(guān)喬布斯建議的置評請求。
2021年,艾格對美國消費(fèi)者新聞與商業(yè)頻道(CNBC)說,在卸任首席執(zhí)行官一職時,他感覺自己已經(jīng)變得非常不愿意聽取他人的建議。
他說:“隨著時間的推移,我傾聽的更少了,而且變得對他人的意見有點(diǎn)反感??赡苁且?yàn)樽兊酶幼载?fù)了一些,這是人們在位高權(quán)重之后時常會發(fā)生的事情?!?/p>
不過,當(dāng)艾格在2020年卸任首席執(zhí)行官一職時,他并沒有完全退出迪士尼,而是以董事長的身份參與公司的運(yùn)營。
此舉最終導(dǎo)致他與自己挑選的接班人鮑勃·查佩克之間出現(xiàn)了嫌隙。董事會最終炒了查佩克魷魚,并在2022年讓艾格重新執(zhí)掌迪士尼。
艾格在2019年出版的自傳《一生的旅程:擔(dān)任迪士尼首席執(zhí)行官的15年》(The Ride of a Lifetime: Lessons Learned from 15 years as CEO of the Walt Disney Company)中寫道:“當(dāng)公司的兩位頂層高管不和時,公司內(nèi)部也就無法正常運(yùn)轉(zhuǎn)。這種情形就如同家里有一對天天吵架的父母?!?/p>
迪士尼代表和艾格并未回復(fù)《財富》雜志的置評請求。
與此同時,艾格正在關(guān)注此次重新出山的卸任事宜,并開始再次思考迪士尼的繼任人選。他在Spotify 8月21日發(fā)布的網(wǎng)播節(jié)目中對凱利·里帕說,事實(shí)上,艾格非??释诵荩以凇耙婚T心思”地尋找其繼任者。
他說:“可以這么說,我始終都在思考[首席執(zhí)行官繼任人選],用‘我已癡迷于此事’來形容也毫不夸張,而且實(shí)際上,在我回歸之后,董事會和我一致認(rèn)為,繼任事宜即便不是公司最優(yōu)先考慮的事情,也是最優(yōu)先考慮的事情之一?!?/p>
來自喬布斯的其他建議
艾格的回憶錄稱,在喬布斯2006年將其動漫工作室皮克斯(Pixar)出售給迪士尼之后,喬布斯與艾格成為了好朋友。喬布斯曾是迪士尼的大股東,也是其董事。
艾格在2018年接受高盛(Goldman Sachs)的采訪中談到喬布斯時表示:“很幸運(yùn)的是,我們兩相處的很融洽,既有商業(yè)[往來],也有朋友情誼,十分特別。我從他那學(xué)到了很多東西?!?/p>
令喬布斯聲名大噪的不僅僅是其科技產(chǎn)品,同時還有其睿智的管理和商業(yè)建議。他曾說過一句名言,他不會聘請“庸才”,而是在尋求那些能夠在個人工作中大放異彩的人。
喬布斯在上個世紀(jì)80年代中期的一個采訪中表示:“知道最好的經(jīng)理是哪類人嗎?他們是偉大的個人奉獻(xiàn)者,雖然他們從來沒有想過當(dāng)經(jīng)理,但卻決定必須擔(dān)任這一職務(wù),因?yàn)闆]有人能夠在工作中達(dá)到他們的水平。”
在其諸多最棒的管理建議中,他還強(qiáng)調(diào)了公司使命和愿景的重要性。
喬布斯在同一采訪中表示:“領(lǐng)導(dǎo)力在于:設(shè)立愿景,并將其清晰地表達(dá)出來,這樣你的員工才能理解這個愿景,然后圍繞共同的愿景達(dá)成共識?!保ㄘ敻恢形木W(wǎng))
譯者:馮豐
審校:夏林
Steve Jobs, one of the masterminds behind Apple, has long been an inspiration for other business leaders to emulate. He was worth an estimated $10.2 billion at the time of his 2011 death, yet preached money wasn’t a top priority.
“I was worth about over $1 million when I was 23, and over $10 million when I was 24, and over $100 million when I was 25, and it wasn’t that important,” Jobs said in a 1996 PBS documentary. This sentiment rang true throughout Jobs’s life, which he lived quite modestly considering his vast wealth. Even while CEO of Apple, which ranks No. 3 on the Fortune 500, he leased his car and lived in an “understated” home in Palo Alto, Calif., according to ABC News.
Jobs was more concerned with having an impact through his work—while simultaneously enjoying life. And shortly before his death due to pancreatic cancer, Jobs reportedly told Disney CEO Bob Iger to do the same.
Nearly a decade later, that advice was on Iger’s mind as he contemplated his own future at Disney, according to a report by The New York Times detailing his departure from the CEO role in 2020 and abrupt return two years later.
The late Apple CEO told Iger not to stay too long at Disney and to enjoy the good things in life, the Times said.
Apple didn’t respond to Fortune’s request for comment on Jobs’s advice.
In 2021, Iger told CNBC he stepped down as CEO when he felt as if he was becoming too dismissive of other views.
“Over time, I started listening less and maybe with a little less tolerance of other people’s opinions, maybe because of getting a little bit more overconfident in my own, which is sometimes what happens when you get built up,” he said.
But while Iger left his post as CEO in 2020, he didn’t completely step away from Disney. He remained chairman and stayed involved in the company’s operations.
This ultimately caused friction with his hand-picked replacement as CEO, Bob Chapek. The board ultimately fired Chapek and brought back Iger in 2022.
“When the two people at the top of a company have a dysfunctional relationship, there’s no way that the rest of the company beneath them can be functional,” Iger wrote in his 2019 autobiography The Ride of a Lifetime: Lessons Learned from 15 years as CEO of the Walt Disney Company. “It’s like having two parents who fight all the time.”
Representatives for Disney and Iger didn’t respond to Fortune’s request for comment.
Meanwhile, Iger is eyeing the end of his second go-around as CEO and is again thinking about succession at Disney. In fact, Iger is so keen on retirement that he’s “obsessed” with finding his replacement, he told Kelly Ripa in a podcast released Aug. 21 on Spotify.
“I think it would be safe to assume that I think about [CEO succession] all the time,” he said. “I could say that ‘I’m obsessed with it’ would be probably an understatement, and actually, the board and I established when I returned that that would be among our biggest, if not our biggest, [priorities].”
Other advice from Jobs
Jobs and Iger became friends when Jobs sold his animation studio Pixar to Disney in 2006, according to Iger’s memoir. Jobs also was a major shareholder in Disney and a member of the board of directors.
“I was fortunate that he and I had a rapport and struck up both a business [relationship] and friendship that became very special,” Iger said, speaking about Jobs, in a 2018 interview with Goldman Sachs. “I learned a lot from him.”
Jobs isn’t known just for his technological advancements, but also for his sound management and business advice. He famously said he didn’t hire “bozos” and rather looked for people who performed strongly at their individual jobs.
“You know who the best managers are? They’re the great individual contributors who never ever want to be a manager, but decide they have to be a manager because no one else is going to be able to do as good a job as that,” Jobs said in a mid-1980s interview.
He also emphasized the importance of mission and vision for a company as one of his top pieces of management advice.
“That’s what leadership is: having a vision, being able to articulate that so that people around you can understand it and getting a consensus on a common vision,” Jobs said in that same interview.