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Re:The Job After Steve Jobs: Tim Cook and Apple by allochthon on Sunday March 02, 2014 @04:57PM (#7330944)
Jobs, Cook, other CEOs -- we fall into fundamental attribution error [1] when we give them too much credit for the success of a company, something Americans are particularly susceptible to (which I say as an American). Not infrequently the best thing they can do is to get out of the way. By contrast, a bad CEO can do much to sink a company.

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fundamental_attribution_error

EDIT: clarify meaning.

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Re:The Job After Steve Jobs: Tim Cook and Apple by philthesong on Sunday March 02, 2014 @05:02PM (#7330960)
That's what you get for being a leader. It isn't all glorious, either.

Think about music composers, movie directors, athletes, political leaders, etc.

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Re:The Job After Steve Jobs: Tim Cook and Apple by philwelch on Sunday March 02, 2014 @07:46PM (#7331443)
The entire definition of being a leader is that you are individually held responsible for the results of everyone you lead. It's not fair, but it works because holding someone to that level of responsibility and the level of autonomy that goes with it means they can use all their creativity and resourcefulness to deliver results and overcome obstacles.
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