~If you enjoy my summary, please consider buying me a coffee via my Ko-Fi link (click the button below) or become a recurring donor as a YBC Scholar! 📖 🎓 “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.”” -Audible “The ideas in this book strike me as universal”, Iger writes. 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.

This audiobook is about the relentless curiosity that has driven Iger for 45 years, since the day he started as the lowliest studio grunt at ABC.

Fairness. Treat people decently, with empathy, and be accessible to them.

Indecisiveness is both wasteful and destructive to morale.

Decisiveness. All decisions, no matter how difficult, can be made on a timely basis.

Courage. Leaders have to be willing to take risks and place big bets.

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.

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: Its value is nearly five times what it was when Iger took over, and he is recognized as one of the most innovative and successful CEOs of our era. 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.įourteen years later, Disney is the largest, most admired media company in the world, counting Pixar, Marvel, Lucasfilm, and 21st Century Fox among its properties. Competition was more intense than ever, and technology was changing faster than at any time in the company’s history. “Robert Iger became CEO of The Walt Disney Company in 2005, during a difficult time.

The Ride of a Lifetime: Lessons Learned from 15 years as CEO of the Walt Disney Company by Robert Iger Synopsis:

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