Apple's new leader: Tim Cook

Before being named CEO in August 2011, Tim was Apple's Chief Operating Officer and was responsible for all of the company’s worldwide sales and operations, including end-to-end management of Apple’s supply chain, sales activities, and service and support in all markets and countries. He also headed Apple’s Macintosh division and played a key role in the continued development of strategic reseller and supplier relationships, ensuring flexibility in response to an increasingly demanding marketplace.

Apple itself is experiencing a change of leadership. Not knowing both Steve Jobs and Tim Cook or their leadership styles but rather their experience and current roles, I can imagine Tim Cook has big shoes to fill. This is interesting to me because they probably have different leadership styles. If I were in Tim Cook's shoes, there would be a lot of things I would have to consider. One of the things I would consider is the employees' personal feelings. I'm sure as soon as Steve Jobs stepped down, there was a lot of uncertainty within the company. If I were Tim Cook, I would address everyone's concern and let them know that you are going to motivate them to take this company to even higher heights than it is now.

What do you guys think? What other things does Tim Cook need to consider?

-Alec Bettenhausen

Team 2

Our team includes Daniel Changelon, Alec Bettenhausen, Brian Gabriel, and Cliffton Gordon. We've decided to follow the theme "The Big Bang Impact" which discusses recent leaders of change. We believe that now is the perfect time to talk about issues like Steve Jobs stepping down as CEO of one of the largest hardware and software companies in the world, Apple Inc., Mark Zuckerberg and Facebook, and how Barack Obama has changed the world during his Presidency. Throughout the semester, we plan to ask the questions, "Why have these people been successful? What actions have lead to their success?" and "Are there any times when they have been unsuccessful?".

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Daniel Changelon