The Ride of a Lifetime: Lessons in Creative Leadership from the CEO of the Walt Disney Company Audiobook (Free)

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The CEO from the Walt Disney Company shares the ideas and values he has used to reinvent probably one of the most beloved companies in the world, and inspire the individuals who provide the magic to life.

In 2005, Robert Iger became CEO of The Walt Disney Business during a difficult time. Morale had deteriorated, competition was even more intense, and technology was changing faster than at any time in the business’s history. ‘I understood there was nothing to be obtained from arguing over the past,’ about The Trip of a Lifetime: Lessons in Creative Management from your CEO from the Walt Disney Organization Iger writes. ‘The just matter that mattered was the future, and I believed I had an obvious notion of the path Disney needed to proceed.’ It came down to three clear ideas: 1) Create the highest quality articles Disney could make. 2) Embrace and adopt technology instead of fighting with each other it. And 3) Think that bigger–think global–and change Disney into a more powerful brand in international markets.

Twelve years later, Disney is the largest, esteemed media company in the world counting Pixar, Marvel, Lucasfilm, and 21st Hundred years Fox among its properties. Its value is nearly five moments what it had been when Iger got over, and Iger is regarded as perhaps one of the most innovative and successful CEOs of our time.

Now, he’s writing the lessons he’s discovered while running Disney and leading its 200,000 employees–taking big dangers when confronted with historic disruption; understanding how to inspire the people who work for you; leading with fairness and interacting principles obviously. This book is about the relentless interest that has powered Iger for forty-five years, because the day he started being a studio room supervisor at ABC. It is also about thoughtfulness and respect, and a decency-over-dollars approach that has become the bedrock of each project and partnership Iger pursues, from a deep friendship with Steve Careers in his final years for an abiding love of the changing Star Wars misconception.

‘Over the past fourteen years, I believe I’ve learned a lot about what real leadership is,’ Iger writes. ‘But I couldn’t have articulated all of this until I resided it. You can’t false it–and that’s one of the key lessons in this book.’