#3 – This book is a reminder that success most often comes from the basics getting lucky with your opportunities and mentors working hard cultivating the right mix of strategic insights and human-centered leadership. #2 – This book is a reminder, yet again, that there are very few geniuses. #1 – This book is a history of the Disney organization in modern times (along with some history of ABC and ESPN), and a tutorial on how to successfully pull off acquisitions and mergers. Robert Iger came up from the bottom, learned his lessons, and earned the title of leader.Īnd I ask, Why is this book worth our time? Here are my three reasons for this book. In my synopses, I always ask: What is the point? Here is my answer for this book: Leadership is earned. He started at the bottom, and was mentored by Roone Arledge at one point. (He stepped out of that role just before the pandemic, and quickly returned to the role because of the pandemic).
Robert (Bob) Iger has been at the top position of Disney for fifteen years. We used to call our biggest, most exciting theme-park attractions “E-Tickets.” That’s what comes to mind when I think about the job, that it’s been a fourteen-year ride on a giant E-Ticket attraction known as the Walt Disney Company.Īt the July First Friday Book Synopsis, I presented my synopsis on The Ride of a Lifetime: Lessons Learned from 15 Years as CEO of the Walt Disney Company by Robert Iger. If you run a business or manage a team or collaborate with others in pursuit of a common goal, this book might be helpful to you. I’ve come to believe that I have insights that could be useful beyond my own experience. One can only hope that life returns to “normal” as soon as possible).Īt its simplest, this book is about being guided by a set of principles that help nurture the good and manage the bad. Even as I write this post, Disney had quite a difficult reopening of Disney in Florida…īut this book is a terrific book, on business success, and on leadership. Some of the books I read, and present, seem oddly out of place with our current reality. (A personal note: I am writing this blog post during the great pandemic of 2020.
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