Download Audiobook The Ride of a Lifetime: Lessons Learned from 15 Years as CEO of the Walt Disney Company by Robert Iger in English

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Quantity-one New York Instances greatest sellerA memoir of management and success: The manager chairman of Disney, Time’s 2019 businessperson of the yr, shares the concepts and values he embraced throughout his 15 years as CEO whereas reinventing one of many world’s most beloved firms and provoking the individuals who convey the magic to life. Named one of many Greatest Books of the Yr by NPRRobert Iger turned CEO of The Walt Disney Firm in 2005, throughout a tough time. Competitors was extra intense than ever, and expertise was altering sooner than at any time within the firm’s historical past. His imaginative and prescient got here down to 3 clear concepts: Recommit to the idea that high quality issues, embrace expertise as an alternative of preventing it, and assume larger – assume world – and switch Disney right into a stronger model in worldwide markets.Fourteen years later, Disney is the biggest, most admired media firm on this planet, counting Pixar, Marvel, Lucasfilm, and twenty first Century Fox amongst its properties. Its worth is almost 5 instances what it was when Iger took over, and he’s acknowledged as one of the crucial modern and profitable CEOs of our period.In The Trip of a Lifetime, Robert Iger shares the teachings he discovered whereas operating Disney and main its 220,000-plus workers, and he explores the rules which might be needed for true management, together with:Optimism. Even within the face of problem, an optimistic chief will discover the trail towards the very best consequence and deal with that, somewhat than give in to pessimism and blaming.Braveness. Leaders should be keen to take dangers and place massive bets. Worry of failure destroys creativity.Decisiveness. All choices, regardless of how tough, could be made on a well timed foundation. Indecisiveness is each wasteful and harmful to morale.Equity. Deal with folks decently, with empathy, and be accessible to them.This audiobook is concerning the relentless curiosity that has pushed Iger for 45 years, for the reason that day he began because the lowliest studio grunt at ABC. It’s additionally about thoughtfulness and respect, and a decency-over-dollars strategy that has turn into the bedrock of each venture and partnership Iger pursues, from a deep friendship with Steve Jobs in his closing years to an abiding love of the Star Wars mythology.”The concepts on this ebook strike me as common”, Iger writes. “Not simply to the aspiring CEOs of the world, however to anybody eager to really feel much less fearful, extra confidently themselves, as they navigate their skilled and even private lives.”