What does the leadership team at Apple need to get better at?

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21 Answers from Employees at Apple

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Talking to the employees instead of last minute chats to bring out any issues , management waits to last minute to bring any issues to you

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Learning that not everyone needs to be managed in the same way. Not everyone is motivated by things and not everyone is perky 24/7.

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Compassion and not focused solely on revenues at any cost. More emphasis needs to be placed on users and engineers not just profits.

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too focused on driving numbers. only give negative feedback. your immediate manager is not a very good resource for the technical aspect

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Relaying information about proper policy and procedure, and selection process for promotion to senior levels needs revamped in a major way.

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Managment is a joke. The company pays so well that management almost get a tenure and become complacent and worthless.

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Authenticity. There are incongruencies between what is said and done specifically when managing people and careers. Focus less on products.

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Very little internal communication. Employees are left guessing about direction and focus. Great people leave due to lack of direction.

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Leadership needs to work on overall knowledge of positions...I believe management should have overall knowledge inside of ALL positions.

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Listening to your front line employees and where we tell you issues exist. Not to the suits

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People are as important as results.... Countless great people left the company because of this reason.

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Cultural competencies. Understanding social norms and nuance. Not cater to one demographic, largely white.

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Promote for industry knowledge give increase when every new task taught and learned.

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listen to people who have come from other companies that have experience

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Transparency Integrity, better Life / Work balance

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Manage cost and avoid retaliation

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Closed minded and short-sighted.

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recognition, compensation, compassion

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Innovate or die

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innovation