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

    Written by Robert Iger

    Narrated by Robert Iger and Jim Frangione

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    About this audiobook

    A grand vision defined: The CEO of Disney, one of Time's most influential people of 2019, shares the ideas and values he embraced to reinvent one of the most beloved companies in the world and inspire the people who bring the magic to life.

    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.

    Twelve years later, Disney is the largest, most respected media company in the world, counting Pixar, Marvel, Lucasfilm, and 21st Century Fox among its properties. 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.

    In The Ride of a Lifetime, Robert Iger shares the lessons he's learned while running Disney and leading its 200,000 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 audiobook is about the relentless curiosity that has driven Iger for forty-five years, 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."

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPenguin Random House Audio
    Release dateSep 23, 2019
    ISBN9780525499336
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    • 5/5
      Insightful on what made Disney boom over past 15 years. And it’s not just power and money. It is much more.
    • 4/5
      Please why isn't this book available in Nigeria? I would like to read/hear it.
    • 5/5
      One of the best books for understanding the journey of a person dedicated to being a great leader while embracing the adversity that comes with it. Would read again.
    • 5/5
      One of the best business books I have ever read. Incredibly insightful about running one of the most iconic companies in the world. It is so helpful that Bob talked about his thinking process behind his decisions...Loved it!
    • 5/5
      Absolutely one of the best audiobooks I’ve heard in a long time! The beginning is powerful! More than that, the content of the book has a lot of interesting stories to go with the concepts. If you’re an entrepreneur, businessman or businesswoman, you have to listen to this audiobook!
    • 5/5
      What a phenomenal read! Great storyteller. Very inspiring.
    • 5/5
      Great book for business owners who want to see how the big dogs do it!
    • 5/5
      Great book of a great leader in the proper location at the correct time
    • 5/5
      Couldn’t stop listening! Loved it from cover to cover!
    • 5/5
      This book details a historic journey of an excellent CEO and his rise to the head of the Disney Company. More than just a history lesson, Iger spends extra detail to tell a story of his life, while cleverly providing simple yet profound leadership wisdom to the reader. After reading this book, I felt able to be more confident in making decisions in my business and being a kind yet firm leader. If you're looking for a story-driven leadership book on one of the world's greatest companies, this unique book will deliver that to you.
    • 5/5
      This is a book of a lifetime for me.
    • 5/5
      Extremely good advices for any corporate leaders and managers. There are so few of them unfortunately.
    • 5/5
      This book was amazing! It inspired, motivated, and intrigued me in so many ways I never thought a book could that! I laughed, cried, smiled throughout the entire book! Thank you Bob for telling your story!
    • 5/5
      Super practical lessons from one of the world’s best executives. My favourite parts where when he described how he made the deals for Pixar with Steve Jobs, Star Wars with George Lucas, and Fox with Rupert Murdoch. Definitely worth the listen!
    • 5/5
      A must read for disney fanática. And a leadership manual!
    • 5/5
      I couldn’t put it down. It was very captivating and appreciated the leadership aspect as well as the personal stories.
    • 3/5
      It was not a very honest autobiography. I feel that many controversial stories related disney, marvel, starwars were intentionally not mentioned...