Iger went in each day not knowing what would air that night. Tasked with scheduling programming for the Olympics, strong chinook winds swept even the most airtight plans aside. In 1988, Iger was the senior program executive at ABC for the Winter Games. Whether you’re lead a team of others, or just leading yourself, these three lessons can change the course of our business: Optimism Means Trusting Yourself and Your Team Warren Buffett describes the pair in The Outsiders as “probably the greatest two-person combination in management that the world has ever seen or maybe ever will see.” For example, he worked as a VP at ABC Sports after it was acquired by Tom Murphy and Dan Burke. Even before Disney, Iger got to work with some of the best. This one involves Robert Iger sharing the most valuable lessons-frameworks, in a sense-that he learned from his decades in the media business. (Or in his words, “Unlike most books on leadership, this one is worth your time.”) After reading it a few months ago, and in preparing to share it with my Best of Books newsletter, I wanted to share some of the parts I found most valuable here. Bill Gates thinks most leadership books aren’t realistic or practical enough to recommend, but The Ride of a Lifetime by Robert Iger is a rare exception.
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