Category: Legacy

Legacy: Definition, Forms And Importance

To begin with, a Legacy can be looked at as a worthwhile contribution resulting from boosted thinking and caliber for learning that an individual translates to others so that it is available to the organization’s future generation of managers, employees and other stakeholders. In order for a legacy to be successfully passed on it must be digested and absorbed by others. To add on to this, a manager’s legacy can involve the ability to build new ways of thinking and strengthening others’ latitude to learn, to reflect and to gather meaning from their learning in order to leave something of enduring quality behind for the organization and the workers involved. In doing so, it improves how daily business is conducted so that new levels of organizational and individual maturity can be achieved. Knowledge plays a vital role in leaving an unforgettable legacy in an organization and works well when we decide to focus less on what is owned, rather target more on what can be known interns of ‘intellectual-capital-acceleration’. Furthermore, in the process where a manager plans on leaving a legacy in an organization, a few ideas may be taken into consideration. For example; brainstorming on what exactly should be done in order to be remembered for by colleagues, customers and external stakeholders in relation to your roles in the organization (operating systems that don’t exist now might there be). Secondly, reasoning on what can be started to do now or change now to be able to achieve the system made. Then, ruminating on how the operating system decided on might bring about change both to the firm and the stakeholders involved. Then creating a model that can be presented to the firm explaining on how the operating system can successfully work. When approved by owners and working colleagues involved, then implementation and monitoring can be done!

Moreover, there are some qualities that as a manager, should work hand in hand in order for a legacy to be invented. Primarily, one must be fixated on the vision that is in the making to be brought into being. Following that, a manager must be headstrong in operating in a positive attitude mindset which always looks for positive results despite the circumstances being faced etc. having said that, it is not only important for a manager with a goal to create a legacy to work with the positive qualities but as well build legacy by eliminating behaviors and attitudes that weakens impact. It’s not enough to add positive behaviors but eliminate the bad. For example; Bitterness, anger, and fear, Consumerism, activities that suppress priorities, Defeatism (having an ‘It won’t matter’ mentality). In the most vibrant way, building a legacy at work can be one of the most fulfilling things a manager can do. And not only that, it outlives and keeps you relevant and present when you are no longer there as it is passed on traditionally from one generation and to the next in the working organization!

FORMS OF CREATING A LEGACY

There are divergent ways for a manager’s legacy to become a visible reality in an organization. Headmost, a manager must be able to ‘joyfully officiate in daily activities’ (Serve in ways that bring a sense of liveliness among the employees or co-workers). As a result managers should be able to work in an organization with a positive attitude regardless of the good cultures or laboring in somewhat toxic cultures as well. In doing so, their working life is made much easier with a noteworthy attitude. In not doing so, angry and unhappy managers leading a firm/organisation leave sad legacies which will eventually be eradicated from existence. Therefrom, whether good or bad, managers have the ability to choose to remain positive and optimistic despite their working environment. This is often easier said than done in broad standpoints though. However, managers in varying industries of specializations that are consistently positive, have a reputation for uplifting people around them, of whom may have a perspective of metaphorically complaining because ‘rose bushes have thorns’, into vivid individuals that rejoice because ‘thorn bushes have roses’! And as a result, their legacy is helping others see the ‘roses’ everywhere!

In relation to such a metaphor, we can look at for example, a manager encouraging his or her employees to continue participating in a training program which the employees themselves may be reluctant to as they do not see a long term picture of the kind of skills and new ideas of how they will be able to functionally work with improved quality and quantity and as well as with efficiency and effectiveness. When the manager succeeds in pushing them. Eventually the workers will come to visualize the new skills and techniques they have acquired from the training program. And this supports the metaphor mentioned above.

Alternatively, a manager should mobilize a form of ‘thinking service not profit’ as a way of forging a legacy into existence. Relatively speaking, a manager should be able to have an insight that in forming a long lasting value in a firm, he/she must progress in functions that patronize stakeholders in the organization and not involve themselves in self-fulfilling exertions. Let us take for instance, when we think of men and women in history who have left an enduring legacy on the mass of people worldwide. We often realize that those individuals are, and for some, were ‘givers’ in every sense of the word. Some examples include: Isaac Newton (of whom is famous for formulating the ‘three laws of motion which laid the foundation of classical mechanics’! And as well as being the first to formulate the notion of gravity as a universal force, and inventing calculus, and discovering the generalized binomial theorem back in 1665!) Moreover we also have Bill gates, (who established Microsoft which is the most successful computer software company today! And as well as making the PC docs operation system deal with the International Business Machines (IBM) and so on). As if that’s not enough, we have Martin Luther King Jr., (who led the Montgomery bus boycott on December 1, 1955 and being the soul reason behind African Americans getting basic civil rights all the way back in 1964!) In supplement we look into Mother Theresa (who dedicated her life to serving the poor and the sick and also established the missionaries of charity, opened the Kalighat Home for the Dying, opened up the Nirmala Shishu Bhavan to take care of homeless children), and lastly Socrates to name a few, (who was responsible for using philosophy as a tool to make society better by teaching a system of rational ethics to the young men and future leaders of Athens, using the Socratic Method, a system of questioning to reach an answer which helped the people come to rational conclusions). All of them mentioned chose to give to others first as they were smart enough to know that what is put into the lives of others comes back as a retribution. On account of what has been exhausted, those who leave legacies at work and in this world do so by giving first and receiving last.

With progression, a manager should ‘Choose to think BIG’ as a means in order to project their legacy onto others taking part in an active organization. Now in thinking big, one should be able to firstly, know their selves in order to develop and maximize their talent, strengths, and skills. For a manager, this remarkably comes convenient when it comes to see the potential that lies within the people of whom you work with. Take for example in the field of work, where employees are able to recognize that a manager whom they are working under, is able to see the best in them and knows that they can achieve great things even when they filled with doubt. In such a footing these employee will most likely never forget such managers as they helped them become a better and woke individuals that they turned out to be. In as much as what has been explained, when we choose to think of the big possibilities that exist within the people around us, we create an enduring bond and energy that can fuel the organization concerned. As a result, when managers look for the positive in their employees, it composes the working-for-knowledge-journey mentality that is much better for both the employees and the corporation itself. And as a bonus, it even make the whole organization love what they do.

Conclusively, managers should be able to ‘Choose to embrace the big team‘ and monitor their impact on others. Here one should be able to evaluate activities that are being done that make the biggest difference and doing more of that. To hitch on what has been said, for managers to enact a solid legacy, they must bind their co-workers or employees together as a single force with the goal to remain strong and goal-focused. In order to embrace the big team, managers should have an idea that in order for them to be remembered, they must implant the idea that teams are much stronger when they realize that all the functions that they perform from their varying stations are interconnected. In contrast, the feeble organizations are filled with people who are on the look out for their lone desires without concern for the good of the whole organization. Personally, the most memorable managers are those who put the needs of the team or organization ahead of their own. For a fact, I would take a chance to say that managers who hold the ideology of ‘I’ are in most cases not respected and would be voted off of any firm if the moment presented itself. In effect, for managers to have an enduring legacy they must be the persons who embraces the big TEAM and choose to find a way to use their resources for the benefit of all.

IMPORTANCE OF LEAVING A LEGACY

The significance of handing over a legacy begins to manifest with history when we think about those who left a legacy for us to follow. For example; Abraham Lincoln, (who freed the slaves by issuing the Emancipation Proclamation and as well as signing the first of the homestead acts, allowing poor people to obtain land, established the united states department of agriculture and signing the Morril Land-Grant Act which led to the creation of numerous universities, instituting the first official thanksgiving day, coining the American Greenback Dollar, Authorizing the first Railroad connecting the Atlantic and Pacific coasts), more also, the many men and women in Zambia who fought for our sovereignty so that we can live in freedom and safety, John F. Kennedy (who called us to explore space and set us on course to have a man walk on the moon, also took the U.S economy out of recession through his reforms, and with great effort, JFK averted the nuclear war through his negotiations with the Soviet leader named Khrushchev), and lastly, Martin Luther King Jr., (who left us a legacy to pursue the dream of racial equality). The list goes on from there. Undoubtedly, there are figuratively thousands of men and women who lived in a way that affects our lives today both in Zambia and worldwide. And for some they are the same people we knew and the people we lived with who intensely shaped us.

Ultimately, a legacy can be anywhere whether household, government and the business enterprise environment and it all depends on how we live our lives. How we live our lives is critically important because in relevance to corporation related matters, it is important to leave an appealing legacy for the following reasons;

First of all, it is part of the ongoing foundation of life of an organization. Managers who came before leave employees with an existing firm in which they function in. Those who come after will have only what current managers leave them. Thus, managers can be looked as guardians for an organization and have a calling to leave it better than how it was found, even if it seems like only a small part.

Continuously, it has the raw power for success and for failure of an organisation. There are managers who have changed firms for good and opened up new worlds for millions of other managers and employees, and those who have driven others on to new heights. And, conversely, there are people who have caused huge downfalls, people who left a wake of a drawback behind them wherever they managed or worked. In all, what managers do affects the success or failure of an organisation. It is important that not only managers but workers or employees and stakeholders in coordination to work together to ensure the success and survival of an organisation.

Furthermore, it is an act of responsibility to leave a legacy. Because of the power in the way managers do their line of work in leading an organisation and the legacy they choose to leave is a great responsibility and must be that of a positive legacy. All good men and women in management and in function as employees or workers must take responsibility to create legacies that will take the next generation of the firm involved to a greater level imaginable. In belief, there is a part of what makes us good and honorable people in business, is having an introductory part of our lives based on the goal of leaving a legacy.

Progressively, the importance of leaving a legacy in an organisation breaks the cycle in pursuing selfish goals that can be deep-rooted in us all. When we strive to leave a legacy, we are acting with a selflessness that can only be beneficial for everyone in the corporation involved. Contradictory, someone could work hard to earn money so that when he or she dies a building is named after them, but that is not the kind of legacy we are talking about. Rather, we are talking about legacies that make the working environment better for those who come after us, not about our own fame or recognition, but about helping others. After all, we won’t be around to watch our legacy. To build that which will last beyond us is selfless, and living with that in mind breaks the power of selfishness that tries to engulf itself in our lives.

Lastly, leaving a legacy in an organisation is vital because it keeps us focused on the big picture. Legacy building is part of the ‘big picture in an institution.’ It keeps us focused on the long term and gives us values that we can evaluate or functions at work. When we are acting based on selfishness, personal visions and the like, we are having are minds focused on the ‘small picture’ on whatever that is sensible right now. Therefore, leaving behind a legacy serves an enormous effect when we are building a life that will serve for many in the business society.

CONCLUSION

In discontinuation, we have looked at how a Legacy can be looked at as a worthwhile contribution resulting from boosted thinking and caliber for learning that an individual translates to others, so that it is available to the organization’s future. And as well as discussed the important qualities that as a manager, should work hand in hand in order for a legacy to be invented. we have also looked at the different ways for a manager’s legacy to become a visible reality in an organization and they were that managers should; joyfully officiate in daily activities, thinking service not profit, Choose to think BIG and lastly, to Choose to embrace the big team. To add on to this we have saturated on the significance of leaving a legacy in an organisation as already discussed the importance collaborates with historical times where we look at how different peoples actions influenced what kind of legacy they left for the existing generation. And these people were: Abraham Lincoln, John F. Kennedy, and Martin Luther King Jr., to name a few. In continuity we then focused on how it is important for people to leave legacies and the reasons involved legacies being; part of the ongoing foundation of life of an organization, a raw power for success and for failure, an act of responsibility to leave a legacy, able to break the cycle in pursuing selfish goals and that it keeps us focused on the big picture.

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Essay on Steve Jobs the Man Who Thought Different

The Internet Age is a period marked by advancements in technology where information travels from all parts of the world in less than a second. Many great individuals helped shape this Information Age. An innovator, designer, and magnate called Steve Jobs is among these individuals.

He was a man filled with both passion and creativity. A college dropout who pursued something more than an education. By inventing the Macintosh, having a unique marketing strategy and campaign, and thinking differently, he was able to move mountains and save Apple Inc. from its financial crisis. His road to becoming a successful man was not a straight one. His vision and innovation were altered during his lifetime. Nevertheless, he got back on track and turned the technology industry upside down.

Throughout his career, he changed the world for the better. From introducing the first Macintosh or as others call it “iMac” to introducing the iPhone in 2007, he became a sensation to the world. He motivated and inspired individuals to think differently and to act differently. By co-founding Apple Inc., he introduced many devices that people still use in their daily lives. And finally, by firmly believing in himself, he helped shape the new era. The tech industry as well as the Internet Age would be completely different without his existence.

The “famous” Steve Jobs was not only an inventor but also an entrepreneur. His life was not that simple as he was adopted and a college dropout. During his lifetime, he left the company he once founded and was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. Nonetheless, that did not stop him from believing in himself, believing in his capabilities and what he could achieve. He co-founded Apple along with Steve Wozniak and Ronald Wayne, was once the majority shareholder of Pixar Inc., and was the founder of NeXT, Inc. His Macintosh creation, his distinctive marketing strategy as well and his marketing campaign made him what he is still known for today, a legacy. Although people are not aware of it, his innovations had a positive effect on the Internet Age. From computers, movies, and music to mobile devices, he had a tremendous impact on the tech industry.

A man who revolutionized the field of technology was born on February 24, 1955, in San Francisco, California. His parents were university students unable to afford to raise him, so he was given up for adoption. His non-biological parents, Paul and Clara Jobs, raised him. Paul Jobs introduced little Steve to the world of electronics in their home garage. He started at Reed College but never finished. Nonetheless, he still attended a few classes like a calligraphy course that later helped him shape the typography in Apple’s personal computers. In 1974, he started 1 working as an inexperienced man, for Atari Computers, a company known for creating video games. In that same year, Jobs traveled to India where he became familiar with Buddhist philosophy as well as Eastern spiritual philosophy. That trip gave him a better sense of life and a deeper understanding of the world of business. Two years later, Steve Wozniak with the help of Steve Jobs tested the first Apple I computer in Jobs’ garage. The initial cost was $666.66 each.

Apple was then founded on April 1, 1976. This was the beginning of Steve Jobs’ successful career in the field of technology. By that time, the market for computers was growing rapidly. With this factor, Apple computers expanded fast.

In 1984, Jobs designed the first Macintosh. Macintosh, or “Mac”, was Apple’s first successful small personal computer that had a graphical user interface. A year after the 2 creation of the Macintosh, Jobs started having internal problems with Apple’s Board of Directors and the CEO at that time, John Sculley. He accepted his resignation in 1985 after proposing his new venture “Next” to Apple’s Board of Directors and wanting to take a few employees from Apple to help him with his new company. Next was a company that intended to make computers for higher education.

After accepting his resignation, he spent almost 10 years regaining a sense of innovation and freedom. His life wasn’t just Apple. Jobs began being involved in other things. Among them was Pixar, the computer animation company. As of today, Pixar is a subsidiary of the Walt Disney Company. However, back then, “Steve Jobs also played a huge role in turning film company Pixar into a multi-billion-dollar success”. He was the majority shareholder for many 3 years until Walt Disney acquired it in 2006. He bought it at that time for $5 million. In addition to Pixar, he founded NeXT Inc. “NeXT’s system software was designed to rival the best offerings of the Macintosh and PC”. Jobs had vision. He wanted more. Nonetheless, the NeXT

The computer was not that successful. NeXT stopped manufacturing hardware to become a software-oriented company. Jobs began working on NeXTstep, with its focus on object-oriented programming. With these achievements in NeXT Inc., Apple bought NeXT for 429 million in 1996, bringing Steve Jobs back to Apple as an advisor with a different mindset than ever before. Jobs’ mission when he was brought back to Apple was to “change the public perception of Apple, which had suffered steady losses since losing the market share”. With the acquisition of 5 NeXT, Apple had a new operating system. “Apple hopes that NeXT’s object-oriented Java-enabled open development platform will significantly improve its Internet and intranet position because its technology is agile”. Steve Jobs believed that Apple could surpass the 6 financial crises. The Internet, as well as Apple, was going to improve with the acquisition of NeXT, Inc.

After Steve Jobs was fired in 1985, Apple fell behind its competitors like Microsoft. It was about to go bankrupt if nothing was to be done in a matter of 90 days. Nevertheless, Steve Jobs pushed Apple forward with his vision and innovation. Steve Jobs redesigned Apple’s marketing strategy. He changed Apple’s advertising. He went from selling products to selling dreams. He focused on the consumer’s overall experience not just the experience of buying the product. There were many versions of the same product, so he decided to go with a simpler product line cutting 70% of Apple’s products. This also meant that many workers lost their jobs. Nonetheless, by having a simpler product line and focusing on the image and quality of the devices, Jobs helped Apple during Apple’s financial catastrophe.

In addition, Steve Jobs also helped Apple’s turmoil during the mid-1990s with his advertising slogan back in 1997. Jobs presented the marketing campaign “Think Different” which caught the eye of many people. Steve Jobs once said that marketing was all about values. He said, “Apple at the core, its core value, is that we believe that people with passion can change the world for the better”. Jobs wanted to honor people who thought differently like Albert 7 Einstein, Martin Luther King, and Mahatma Gandhi, among others. Referring to the people who thought differently, in his advertising campaign he later added “​About the only thing you can’t do is ignore them. Because they change things. They push the human race forward. And while some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius’’. Steve Jobs was passionate about people, not 8 the products. He wanted people to change the world with those products. This marketing campaign was on air until 2002. Just as these genius people changed the world for the better, so did Steve Jobs with his creativity and design. He shaped the Internet Age and helped this era move forward.

Apple has a deep connection with the Internet. In 1998, with the introduction of the iMac, Steve Jobs explained the linkage of the “i” in its products. He stated: “iMac comes from the marriage of the excitement of the Internet with the simplicity of the Macintosh “. Consumers want the internet to be simple and fast and the iMac was created to 9 make that possible. Steve Jobs also added that the prefix also stood for “individual”, “instruct”, “inform” and “inspire”. This was the ‘i” revolution. With the introduction of the iPhone in 2007, Apple wanted to give the “i” its original “internet” meaning, like the one it had with the introduction of the iMac. Since the passing of Steve Jobs, Apple has continued to expand to other markets. It continues to add devices bringing, for example, the Apple Watch and Apple TV. The “i” is not included in the name of these devices. Perhaps it is because, since then, every device has had some form of Internet connectivity built-in, and the “i” has lost its association with that specific meaning”. People are so used to being connected to the Internet that they often forget 10 how it started, who took part in the development of the Internet, and how it has impacted the world we live in.

The Internet Age was influenced by many people. Investors, businessmen, engineers, technicians, physicians, and genius people want to change and make progress in the world. Steve Jobs was one of them. Just as he said in his advertising campaign “Think Different” “Because the people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones who do’’. He inspired individuals to change the world with Apple’s products. People do not stop to 11 realize how his innovations changed the tech industry. Although he had many altercations and for some time left the company he co-founded, thanks to his vision and innovation as well as his marketing strategy and campaign, he transformed Apple Inc into a successful brand. Without Steve Jobs, the company may not have been one of the most important brands of our time and the Internet Age.

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Essay on Oprah Winfrey Accomplishments

The primary objective of this dissertation is to examine how the Oprah Winfrey Show and Network (OWN) uses the platform to engage women and consider particular topics and themes covering aspects of Oprah’s past, fame, her triumphs over adversity, cultural diversity, yet analyzing the representation and format of her television show, and most importantly Oprah’s idol Maya Angelou. It examines her US daytime talk show The Oprah Winfrey Show, a social and political space for women where analysis from an episode will depict her format (televisual chat shows psychology or in chat shows) and analyze particular content and components it involved; in ways, Oprah promotes feminist ideology and practice messaging ‘self-help’ topics such as marriage, parenting and how to improve self-image. Also, it explores Oprah’s characterizations and the demeanor she presents herself in to attract her largely female audience: to be a televisual feminist. (Squire, 1994. p.64) The main exploration is how Oprah represents feminist insights within her work to engage women, however may argue in some ways might/does not.

For years it has been evident, that men have always held a stronger power in the industry, however, this is slowly changing in today’s society as we have gained many inspirational female representations portrayed on television who inspire many women globally.

Oprah is a Producer Media Executive Philanthropist Billionaire mogul who is best known for being the first black American female host of the popular, nationally syndicated US chat show The Oprah Winfrey Show which aired from 1986 to 2011. By 1993 it had drawn in a great number of female viewers with over 15 million American people tuning in to watch the ‘typical American woman’ with debates on personal and social issues.

Her work currently consists of her upstart television network, the Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN) which launched after she stopped airing her chat show in 2011 and replaced the channel Discovery Health after Discovery Communications invested millions in the network. (Wired, Jason Parham 2018) OWN provides leadership programming creating a space for artists to tell stories that inform and entertain by connecting with the world on social media and television platforms to keep up with today’s society. She successfully does this by attracting superstar talent to join her in the creative network and build a global community of like-minded viewers, leading them to a range of profound content.

Her content is reorganized with videos and playlists, showcasing amazing work from artists of African descent and containing reruns of The Oprah Winfrey Show, celebrity stories, films, new series, and Super Soul sessions, which would include features and segments depicting love, health, parenting and spirituality that present an array of outlooks of what it involves and means to be alive in today’s world.