Steven Jobs

Submitted by Derek Haidle
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Steven Jobs took top honor in the Harvard Business Review:

http://hbr.org/2010/01/the-best-performing-ceos-in-the-world/sb1

HBR believes Jobs is the at the top.  What do you think?  Is this the Jobs/Apple distortion field or is Steven Jobs as iconic as Drucker?

Submitted by John Hack on Wednesday December 23rd, 2009 3:37 pm

Fortune magazine also named Jobs the "CEO of the Decade"   Maybe he is.  Regardless, he's certainly successful.  
The more interesting question (arguably) is this:  what does Steve Jobs do that makes him so effective?  And what other management practices make Apple such a successful company?   
Here's one answer:  he hires great people.  He is famously picky about his management team, and getting hired by him is a rare achievement. 
Here's another:  while famous for innovation, he is very focused on costs and supply chain.  It's the operational details that make the innovations affordable and available.  
John Hack