One of the universal truths in business—and in many other aspects of life—is that Steve Jobs, by virtue of his groundbreaking success with the launch of Apple Computers and the iPhone, achieved the ...

Think visually. Apple presentations are strikingly simple and visual. For example, there is very little text on a Steve Jobs slide. While the average PowerPoint slide has 40 words, there were far ...

People think of Steve Jobs as a masterful public speaker. That’s largely because, well, he was. Jobs was good at telling stories in a way that many tech CEOs just aren’t. I think you could argue that ...

Since I wrote one of the most popular books on Steve Jobs’s presentation style, my ears perked up when Gates called Jobs a “natural.” I know that Jobs improved over time, because he practiced over and ...

This post is in partnership with Inc., which offers useful advice, resources, and insights to entrepreneurs and business owners. The article below was originally published at Inc.com. A series of ...

This post is in partnership with Inc., which offers useful advice, resources, and insights to entrepreneurs and business owners. The article below was originally published at Inc.com. In June 2007, ...

Steve Jobs valued reluctant individual contributors who excel as the best managers. Jobs emphasized collaborative culture and shared vision as core to Apple's success. 3 Summer "Power Patterns" Are ...

If you want to be an exceptional communicator, you need to be a minimalist. Are you looking to boost your formal presentation skills? Recently, I sat down with fellow Inc. columnist and communication ...

Practice, practice and practice more. According to some observers, Steve Jobs labors over every slide, each one “written like a piece of poetry.” Jobs has been known to spend hours upon hours over ...