Steve Jobs on Management

Jobs consistently treats management as building the right team, vision, and culture, not just supervising people. He says great managers are often strong individual contributors, that teams should be self-managing, and that leaders should focus on product and strategy while letting the best ideas win.

“You don't have to manage good people.”
“The people that are really good want to work with the best people they can find”
“You have to be run by ideas, not hierarchy.”
Steve Jobs on Operational Applications: Why NeXT Matters1:12:54

Steve Jobs on Operational Applications: Why NeXT Matters

1992 · Speech · 10M views
Steve Jobs on Apple Turnaround: A Ship with a Hole0:23

Steve Jobs on Apple Turnaround: A Ship with a Hole

c. 1997 · Recording · 7.5M views
Steve Jobs on Hiring A Players: Building Great Teams19:22

Steve Jobs on Hiring A Players: Building Great Teams

1995 · Interview · 3.7M views
Steve Jobs on Personal Computers: a fractional horsepower tool19:40

Steve Jobs on Personal Computers: a fractional horsepower tool

1981 · Interview · 3.2M views
Steve Jobs on Hiring A Players: Build a self-policing team7:27

Steve Jobs on Hiring A Players: Build a self-policing team

c. 2010 · Recording · 2.9M views
Steve Jobs on Apple’s Comeback: The making of a legend15:46

Steve Jobs on Apple’s Comeback: The making of a legend

2011 · TV · 977K views
Steve Jobs on Macintosh: Building a Better Way10:16

Steve Jobs on Macintosh: Building a Better Way

1985 · Interview · 559K views
Steve Jobs on Pixar: Building a Studio22:38

Steve Jobs on Pixar: Building a Studio

1996 · Interview · 414K views
Steve Jobs on Quality: Re-engineering the Basics19:19

Steve Jobs on Quality: Re-engineering the Basics

1990 · Interview · 358K views
Steve Jobs on School Vouchers: Competition for Education9:23

Steve Jobs on School Vouchers: Competition for Education

1995 · Interview · 294K views
Steve Jobs on Management: Run by Ideas, Not Hierarchy4:56

Steve Jobs on Management: Run by Ideas, Not Hierarchy

c. 1997 · Interview · 251K views
Steve Jobs on the iPhone SDK and App Store1:18:22

Steve Jobs on the iPhone SDK and App Store

2008 · Keynote · 227K views
Steve Jobs on Hiring A Players: Great Teams Win5:26

Steve Jobs on Hiring A Players: Great Teams Win

c. 2007 · Recording · 225K views
Steve Jobs on Teams & Collaboration: The Hard Part0:20

Steve Jobs on Teams & Collaboration: The Hard Part

c. 2011 · Recording · 104K views
Steve Jobs on Education: Great Teachers, Real Competition1:23:02

Steve Jobs on Education: Great Teachers, Real Competition

1995 · Interview · 97K views
Steve Jobs on Managing Great People2:02

Steve Jobs on Managing Great People

c. 1984 · Recording · 37K views
Steve Jobs on Higher Education: Building NeXT for Learning18:56

Steve Jobs on Higher Education: Building NeXT for Learning

1985 · Internal meeting · 11K views
Steve Jobs on Mac Clones: Why Apple Drew the Line0:59

Steve Jobs on Mac Clones: Why Apple Drew the Line

c. 1997 · Speech · 2K views
Steve Jobs on Apple as a Leaking Ship0:26

Steve Jobs on Apple as a Leaking Ship

Recording · 2K views
Steve Jobs on Hiring: Bet on People, Not Credentials5:24

Steve Jobs on Hiring: Bet on People, Not Credentials

1981 · Interview · 1K views
Steve Jobs on Organ Donation: A thank-you and update1:39

Steve Jobs on Organ Donation: A thank-you and update

2009 · Speech · 1K views
Steve Jobs on Startups: Building a Company from Scratch2:38

Steve Jobs on Startups: Building a Company from Scratch

c. 1986 · Recording · 934 views
Steve Jobs on Global Competition: Companies, Not Countries3:30

Steve Jobs on Global Competition: Companies, Not Countries

1990 · TV · 831 views
Steve Jobs on Getting Fired from Apple: The painful split6:09

Steve Jobs on Getting Fired from Apple: The painful split

1995 · Interview · 702 views
Steve Jobs on Hiring: Are You a Programmer?3:23

Steve Jobs on Hiring: Are You a Programmer?

c. 1995 · Interview · 224 views
Steve Jobs on Lisa: Apple’s personal office system6:59

Steve Jobs on Lisa: Apple’s personal office system

1983 · Recording · 215 views
Steve Jobs on Apple's Teamwork: Candid Moments at Apple2:38

Steve Jobs on Apple's Teamwork: Candid Moments at Apple

2011 · Interview · 159 views
Steve Jobs on Company Culture: Communication at Scale1:30

Steve Jobs on Company Culture: Communication at Scale

c. 1991 · Recording · 135 views
Steve Jobs on Software Companies1:42

Steve Jobs on Software Companies

c. 1983 · Interview · 110 views
Steve Jobs on Apple Store Opening: All Systems Are Go6:09

Steve Jobs on Apple Store Opening: All Systems Are Go

2001 · Recording · 75 views
Steve Jobs on Hiring: A Very Unusual Interview5:46

Steve Jobs on Hiring: A Very Unusual Interview

1984 · Interview · 27 views