The Leadership Style Of Tim Cook

Tim Cook’s has more of a democratic style of leadership meaning that he shares his according to another article by Investopedia. Cook’s didn’t share the same visionary style that Jobs had and is described as thoughtful and charismatic (Investopedia). With being the CEO, he has to fill in Job’s spot and now focuses on the products yet also encourages employees to collaborate. Bianca Male of Business Insider describes that because of his style of leadership, the culture is described as “extremely engineer-focused, emphasizes minimal bureaucracy, and likes taking care of its people” (Male). For the motivational environment, the employees receive From excellent healthcare and office holidays (Male). When we hear the world Apple, the

Male first mentions that “A tech company should be run by engineers, not managers.” Apple consists of small amounts of teams where their engineers are also managers. Because of this, there is no separation between managers and engineers which has built a culture and respect between the two. Male says to “Build a culture of respect between managers and employees.” Next, “Give employees the freedom to own and improve the products.” When a problem occurs and they have the solution, they are able to fix the problem without having to ask higher tier people to do so. Apple challenge’s their employees to grow. Male describes that they help their employees develop and provide them the skills that they need to reach upper-level positions in the organization. Apple doesn’t play the "feature game" with their competition meaning that all of their focus is directed towards their own products and not what the competitors are doing. The rest of the practices that Apple incorporates include: Deadlines are crucial, they hire people who are insanely passionate about their product, they emphasize work/life balance, and continue to maintain that startup culture, even their organization is massive

Two of the biggest have been with the working conditions at Foxconn in Wuhan, China and with the FBI over the San Bernardino shooting. An article by Paul Hink for Leaders We Deserve, described that Foxconn, the world’s largest electronics, had 150 employees threaten to commit suicide (Hink). Thankfully, none of them did; however, there have been over 18 suicide attempts with 14 dying. The reasons for this are because of working up to 16 hours a day with low wages and inhuman treatment (Hink). They have even gone to the extent to put layers of netting around the building to prevent suicides. Facing Finance, an organization that warns investors not to invest in companies that violate human rights, also provides info on the conditions in Foxconn. Most days, they work 11-13 hours in an environment that puts their health and safety in danger. They work so many hours that the employees often sleep on the job and they are only allowed to visit family once a year. They live in crowded military-style housing and aren’t paid for working overtime (Facing Finance). Since Apple’s products are produced here, they can solve this problem by providing the organization money to eliminate this horrendous lifestyle that half a million people live through every