Strategic Leadership And Different Levels Of Business...

1.0 Strategic Leadership Styles Strategy is the direction and scope of an organisation over the long-term: which achieves advantage for the organisation through its configuration of resources within a challenging environment, to meet the needs of markets and to fulfill stakeholder expectations. (Johnson and Scholes, 1999) 1.1 Strategic leadership is demonstrated when a leader knows effective efficient leverage of Strategic Human Resource Management (SHRM) to deliver the corporate strategy (Schuler and Jackson, 2005; 2007, Stroh and Caligiuri, 1998, Hendry and Pettigrew, 1986) while aligning the needs interests of the stakeholders internal (employees/managers), connected (financers, customers those in the supply chain) external (Media, Government, unions, local communities professional bodies) We will examine the late Apple CEO Steve Jobs’ leadership styles role, strengths weaknesses at different levels of Business Success defined by Bill McBean (2012); also briefly illustrate some of the relevant theories relating to drivers of job performance, Strategic Human Resource Management (SHRM) models, qualities exhibited by him. McBean (2012) states that there are 5 levels (L1-L5) of business success for every successful business owner or leader (see diagram 1-0). Success at different levels requires different strategies resources, set of actions leadership abilities. 1.2 Steve Jobs’ Leadership styles at different Levels of Business Success With an