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The Ride of a Lifetime
Lessons Learned from 15 Years as CEO of the Walt Disney Company
8min reading time
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14min listening time
About the Summary
In The Ride of a Lifetime, Robert Iger shares what he has learned from leading The Walt Disney Company for over 15 years. Always focusing on the future, his vision has been built around three clear ideas: recommit to the concept that quality matters, embrace and not fight technology, and think bigger – think globally. Disney was experiencing a difficult time when he became CEO in 2005, so Iger’s actions that subsequently increased Disney’s value nearly five times seem nothing short of magical. This Book Snap will escort you into the kingdom he helped build and leave you with a sweet taste for more of this bestseller.
In This Summary, You Will Learn:
- How to easily shift focus from one responsibility to the next.
- To apply Iger’s 10 Guiding Principles for effective leadership.
- To understand how Iger led Disney through good times and bad.
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