In 2005, Robert Iger became CEO of The Walt Disney Company during a difficult time.
“I knew there was nothing to be gained from arguing over the past,” Iger writes. “The only thing that mattered was the future, and I believed I had a clear idea of the direction Disney needed to go.”
Twelve years later, Disney is the largest, most respected media company in the world and its value is nearly five times what it was when Iger took over.
Now, he’s sharing the lessons he’s learned while running Disney and leading its 200,000 employees.
“Over the past fourteen years, I think I’ve learned so much about what real leadership is,” Iger writes. “But I couldn’t have articulated all of this until I lived it. You can’t fake it — and that’s one of the key lessons in this book.”
