According to Steve Jobs leadership is about inspiring people to do things they never thought they could.
1. People management is important for the organisation to achieve its business goals
2. Every organisation needs to innovate to ascend to the next level. People need to be managed to be innovative, to the deliver the vision of the organisation.
3. In digital economy it is the people who make the difference, thus they need to be managed to derive optimal performance.
4. Companies like netflix thrive on high performance culture, thus people need to be managed to inculcate such a culture.
Key components in people management are finding the right people for the right seat, encouraging innovation, building high performance culture and managing expectation to achieve the vision.