Insights From The Ride Of A Lifetime

What lessons you can learn from Bob Iger's 15-year stint as a CEO of the Walt Disney Company

What you'll learn
Why you, as a leader, should always seek for the best rather than settling for mediocrity
Why you should accept that failure is an important part of innovation
When it is okay to go beyond the tried-and-tested ideas and solutions
Why you should not be pedantic about age and experience in your hiring practice.
Requirements
This course is suitable for beginners.
Description
With this book-based course, learn from best-seller The Ride of a Lifetime by Bob Iger in bite-sized video lessons.Join Robert 'Bob' Iger on The Ride of a Lifetime as he charts his career from the bottom of the ladder to the height of career success as the Disney boss. It'll be well worth the 8-episode journey. Learn as he recounts his start as CEO of Disney in 2005, and how it helped focus his vision into 3 key ideas. Through these anecdotes, discover some important lessons Iger learned during his time at Disney, as well as some important principles to keep in mind, when trying to be a good leader.Upskill with book-based courses by Emeritus InsightsNow get key insights from business best-sellers and autobiographies of world leaders such as Blitzscaling, The Art of War, Atomic Habits, The 4-Hour Workweek, The Lean Startup, Entrepreneurial You, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, and others, within minutes.On Emeritus Insights you can build 50+ in-demand skills like leadership, communication, productivity, data science, business planning, marketing, negotiation, strategic thinking, and others to achieve your professional goals. Whether you are a business leader or on your way to becoming one, Emeritus Insights is your learning partner. Upskill, reskill and cross-skill with bite-sized video lessons to shape your success.

Overview

Section 1: The Ride of a Lifetime

Lecture 1 It's A Ride To Remember

Lecture 2 "Good Enough" Isn't Good Enough

Lecture 3 Give Yourself Permission To Fail

Lecture 4 Don't Let Your Ego Dictate Your Actions

Lecture 5 Go Big Or Go Home

Lecture 6 Some Rules Are Meant to be Broken

Lecture 7 Ability over Age

Lecture 8 Delegate To Compartmentalize

Lecture 9 Summary of Insights

Lecture 10 Activity 1

Lecture 11 Activity 2

Lecture 12 Activity 3

Anyone in a CEO or a Leadership position,Anyone who manages or leads a team