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I-Apple, lawa ama-iPhone, ama-iPad, ama-iMacs neminye imikhiqizo eminingi edayiswa yizigidi emhlabeni wonke futhi amakhasimende ame kolayini abade ukuyibheka. Kodwa-ke, akukho kulokhu obekuzosebenza ukube uJeff Williams, indoda esebenza ngamasu kanye nomlandeli kaTim Cook njengesikhulu esiphezulu sokusebenza, ubengeyena umgqugquzeli waso sonke lesi senzo.

UJeff Williams akukhulunywa ngakho okuningi, kodwa singacishe siqiniseke ukuthi i-Apple ngeke isebenze ngaphandle kwakhe. Isikhundla sakhe siyafana nesikhundla sikaTim Cook sasibalulekile ngesikhathi sokubusa kukaSteve Jobs. Ngamafuphi, umuntu oqinisekisa ukuthi imikhiqizo yenziwa ngesikhathi, ithuthwa iyiswe lapho iya khona ngesikhathi, futhi ilethwe kumakhasimende azimisele ngesikhathi.

Ngemva kokuthuthela kukaTim Cook esikhundleni esiphezulu endlunkulu yenkampani yaseCalifornia, kwadingeka kukhethwe isikhulu esisha esisebenzayo, esivame ukunakekela ukusebenza kwansuku zonke kwenkampani futhi sixazulule izinkinga ezihlukahlukene zamasu, futhi ukukhetha kwawela ngokucacile. kuJeff Williams, omunye wabahlanganyeli abathenjwa kakhulu bakaTim Cook. UWilliams oneminyaka engama-49 manje ungaphansi kwesithupha sakhe cishe yonke into uCook enza kahle kakhulu kuyo. Uphethe uchungechunge olukhulu lokuhlinzekwa kwempahla yakwa-Apple, engamele ukwenziwa kwemikhiqizo eChina, exoxisana ngemibandela nabahlinzeki bempahla futhi aqinisekise ukuthi imishini ifika lapho idinga ukuya khona, ngesikhathi nangokuhleleka kahle. Ngakho konke lokhu, bazama ukugcina izindleko zibe mncane ngenkathi begcina ikhwalithi.

Ngaphezu kwalokho, uJeff Williams ufana kakhulu noTim Cook. Bobabili bangabagibeli bamabhayisikili abanothando futhi bobabili bahle kakhulu futhi abafana abagodliwe ongeke uzwe ngabo njalo. Okusho ukuthi, inqobo nje uma bengabi yinhloko yenkampani, njengoba kwenzeka kuTim Cook. Nokho, umlingiswa kaWilliams uqinisekiswa ngamazwi abanye abasebenzi bakwa-Apple, abathi naphezu kwesikhundla sakhe esiphakeme (futhi ngokuqinisekile nomholo ohloniphekile), uWilliams uyaqhubeka nokushayela iToyota ephukile enomnyango ophukile esihlalweni somgibeli, kodwa ugcizelela ukuthi ungumuntu oqondile nonobuhlakani kanye nomeluleki omuhle, ongaxazulula kalula izinkinga nabasebenzi ngokubakhombisa ukuthi benzeni futhi kanjani izinto ngendlela ehlukile.

ENorth Carolina State University, uWilliams wenze iziqu zobunjiniyela bemishini futhi wazuza ulwazi olubalulekile kuHlelo Lokuqeqeshelwa Ubuholi Be-Creative Leadership eGreensboro. Phakathi nesonto, wahlola amandla akhe, ubuthakathaka kanye nokuxhumana nabanye, futhi uhlelo lwashiya umbono onjalo kuye kangangokuthi manje usethumela abaphathi abaphakathi abavela ku-Apple ezifundweni ezinjalo. Ngemva kwezifundo zakhe, uWilliams waqala ukusebenza e-IBM futhi wazuza i-MBA ohlelweni lwakusihlwa eDuke University eyaziwa kakhulu, indlela efanayo u-Tim Cook naye ayithatha, ngendlela. Kodwa-ke, abaphathi ababili abakhulu be-Apple abazange bahlangane phakathi nezifundo zabo. Ngo-1998, uWilliams weza ku-Apple njengenhloko yokuhlinzekwa komhlaba wonke.

"Okubonayo yilokho okutholayo, Jeff" kusho uGerald Hawkins, umngani kaWilliams nowayengumqeqeshi. "Futhi uma ethi kukhona azokwenza, uzokwenza."

Ngesikhathi esebenza iminyaka engu-14 eCupertino, uWilliams wenze lukhulu ku-Apple. Nokho, yonke into yenzeke ngaphandle kweminyango evaliwe, kuthulekile, ngasohlangothini lwabezindaba. Ngokuvamile lena kwakuyimihlangano eyahlukahlukene yezamabhizinisi lapho kwakuxoxiswana khona ngamadili anenzuzo, okuyiqiniso ukuthi akekho owazisa umphakathi. Isibonelo, uWilliams waba nesandla esivumelwaneni ne-Hynix, enikeze i-Apple inkumbulo ye-flash esiza ukwethula i-nano, ngemali engaphezu kwesigidi sezigidi zamaRandi. Ngokusho kukaSteve Doyle, owayeyisisebenzi sakwa-Apple owayesebenza noWilliams, i-COO yamanje yenkampani nayo yaba nesandla ekwenzeni lula inqubo yokulethwa kwezidingo, okwavumela isimo samanje sokuthengiswa kwemikhiqizo, lapho abasebenzisi ba-oda i-iPod ku-inthanethi, babe nokuthile okuqoshwe kuyo, futhi ngesikhathi benomshini etafuleni zingakapheli izinsuku ezintathu zokusebenza.

Lezi yizinto u-Tim Cook aphumelele kuzo, futhi uJeff Williams ulandela ngokusobala.

Umthombo: Fortune.cnn.com
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