Tim Cook: Daily Routine

Apple’s CEO reads 700+ emails before sunrise, works out alone, and leads with quiet intensity (unless you’re not already on a plane).

If you were to compare the leadership styles and personality between Steve Jobs and Tim Cook, the differences would be glaring. Jobs could be brash, over the top, and hot tempered. Cook, the other hand, is soft spoken, analytical and process-driven.

Nevertheless, there are notable similarities between the two leaders. They both had their own, unique management style that demanded a lot from their team, and they were both workaholics.

“I knew what I needed to do was not to mimic him,” Cook said in an interview with ESPN. “I would fail miserably at that, and I think this is largely the case for many people who take a baton from someone larger than life. You have to chart your own course. You have to be the best version of yourself.”