I highly recommend the Harvard Business Review article on Steve Jobs. The article is in the April 2012 issue and is written by Jobs biographer, Walter Isaacson.

I liked the article because it pointed out some new angles of leadership that have not been covered typically in other articles. This is truly an innovative article and I would think will become one of the HBR Classics.

He presented several ideas about Jobs and his leadership approach. They include:

Focus – Jobs had this great ability.

Simplify – perhaps the greatest task of a leader.

Take responsibility

When behind, leapfrog. Leaders do not “catch up” –instead they think about getting ahead.

Put products before profits.

Don’t be slaves to focus groups.

Bend reality.

Impute – Read about this one

Push for perfection - Tolerate only “A: players – sound like Jack Welch?

Engage face to face. No emails.

Know the big picture and the details.

Combine the humanities with the sciences.

Stay hungry, stay foolish.

Focus

Enjoy this read. It is a good one.