There are various global business leaders that have able to scale up innovation and success of the successful of these businesses. Some of the successful businesses that have changed the face of the global business are Microsoft, Google, Apple, Virgin Group and Sony among other organizations. These global organizations have been able to achieve high level of innovation due to the excellent leadership of the leaders such as Steve Jobs, Larry Page and Sergey Brin, Bill Gates and Richard Branson.
These global organizational leaders have been able to do the right things by deciding on the right course of action that their organizations need to take for success. After defining the right course of action, they determine what need to be done in order to get to where the organization needs to be. In other words, these leaders are visionary and hold great vision for their organizations. These leaders set clear goal and objectives and develop effective strategies that can be used to achieve them. Current globalization has placed new demands on the today’s corporate business leaders as they continue to operate in a more virtual environment (DeMarco, Lesser & O’Driscoll n.d.). The leaders need to take initiatives and provide guidance to the members of their teams in order to retain their competitiveness globally. The global business environment today requires that businesses conduct most of their businesses virtually. Global business leaders such as Bill Gates of Microsoft and former CEO of Apple the late Steve Jobs have revolutionized their industries such that their organizations are able to provide the best products to the global market (Cohen & Rath, 2007). They have been able to pioneer innovative information technology firms that provide solutions to the global needs or problems. They have innovated different products that meet the needs of the global customers.
The common factor that is common among Steve Jobs, Richard Branson, Bill Gates, Larry Page and Sergey Brin is that they are very innovative leaders. Innovative leaders are those leaders who are able to excel on different skills that may contradict one another and creativity (Cotton, 2010). They have been able to identify the opportunities that exist in different areas and develop them using the skills, attributes and abilities. For instance, Steve Jobs was able to create a technology company that has now become one of the leading computer companies in the world. He has also helped in the formation of other technologies during the time he was not working at Apple. On the other hand, Richard Branson has also shown his innovative leadership skills and abilities in the business sector by creating many successful business entities under Virgin Group of Companies (Cohen & Rath, 2007). These leaders are able to communicate with vision and make their employees to be part and parcel of the vision.
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Cohen, E & Rath, T. (2007) “Leadership without Borders: Successful Strategies from World-Class Leaders,” John Wiley & Sons, Hoboken.
Cotton, GL. (2010) “SWOT Analysis: A Leaders Role in the Business Intelligence Process,” MCC Global Network. Retrieved on September 20, 2012 <http://www.manhattanccglobal.org/common/mccnews/detail.cfm?Classification=Library&QID=7340&ClientID=11002&BrowseFlag=1&Keyword=&StartRow=1&TopicID=0>
DeMarco, M, Lesser, E & O’Driscoll, T n.d., “Leadership in A Distributed World: Lessons from Online Gaming,” Viewed on September 20, 2012 <http://www-935.ibm.com/services/us/gbs/bus/pdf/g510-6611-00-leadership.pdf>
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