The Ride of a Lifetime: Lessons Learned from 15 Years as CEO of the Walt Disney Company (Unabridged) The Ride of a Lifetime: Lessons Learned from 15 Years as CEO of the Walt Disney Company (Unabridged)

The Ride of a Lifetime: Lessons Learned from 15 Years as CEO of the Walt Disney Company (Unabridged‪)‬

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Publisher Description

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A memoir of leadership and success: The CEO of Disney shares the ideas and values he embraced while reinventing one of the world’s most beloved companies and inspiring the people who bring the magic to life.

AN NPR BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR

Robert Iger became CEO of The Walt Disney Company in 2005, during a difficult time. Competition was more intense than ever and technology was changing faster than at any time in the company’s history. His vision came down to three clear ideas: Recommit to the concept that quality matters, embrace technology instead of fighting it, and think bigger—think global—and turn Disney into a stronger brand in international markets.

Today, Disney is the largest, most admired media company in the world, counting Pixar, Marvel, Lucasfilm, and 21st Century Fox among its properties. Under Iger’s leadership, Disney’s value grew nearly five times what it was, making Iger one of the most innovating and successful CEOs of our era.

In The Ride of a Lifetime, Robert Iger shares the lessons he learned while running Disney and leading its 220,000-plus employees, and he explores the principles that are necessary for true leadership, including:

Optimism. Even in the face of difficulty, an optimistic leader will find the path toward the best possible outcome and focus on that, rather than give in to pessimism and blaming.
Courage. Leaders have to be willing to take risks and place big bets. Fear of failure destroys creativity.
Decisiveness. All decisions, no matter how difficult, can be made on a timely basis. Indecisiveness is both wasteful and destructive to morale.
Fairness. Treat people decently, with empathy, and be accessible to them.

This book is about the relentless curiosity that has driven Iger since the day he started as the lowliest studio grunt at ABC. It’s also about thoughtfulness and respect, and a decency-over-dollars approach that has become the bedrock of every project and partnership Iger pursues, from a deep friendship with Steve Jobs in his final years to an abiding love of the Star Wars mythology.
 
“The ideas in this book strike me as universal” Iger writes. “Not just to the aspiring CEOs of the world, but to anyone wanting to feel less fearful, more confidently themselves, as they navigate their professional and even personal lives.”

GENRE
Business & Personal Finance
NARRATOR
JF
Jim Frangione
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
08:45
hr min
RELEASED
2019
September 23
PUBLISHER
Random House Audio
SIZE
524.5
MB

Customer Reviews

Neikahel ,

Fascinating!

I have read of Bob Iger here and there thru some personal research and news; I have always been a huge Disney fan and I’m always curious of how the business is managed. I have read Lee Cockerelle’s books which I loved. But Bob’s book WOW, I just couldn’t put it down, started it on a Tuesday afternoon, finished it by Friday. It’s great to read how he is such a visionary, with a great sense of people leadership, pride, social responsibility and humbleness. How his strategic vision and perseverance has landed him so many successes, but at the same time sharing that not everything has been a fairly tale.

podcast escape traveler ,

Business meets real Life

Best business book I have read to help as you advance in work and life!

TES MAYHEM ,

Incredible

An amazing inside look at one of the most successful CEOs in modern history.

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