In the last chapter of the book, The ride of a lifetime, Robert Iger shares his life lessons. I am adding limited ones I could resonate well, read the book for the rest others :
- Great talents tell great stories.
- Innovate or die.
- Avoid mediocrity
- Take responsibility when you screw up.
- Treat everyone with fairness and empathy.
- Strive for integrity
- Value ability more than experience
- Ask questions
- Don’t start negatively and, don’t start small.
- Don’t be in the business of playing it safe.
- Don’t let ambition get ahead of the opportunity.
- Gauge opportunity cost
- People and the quality of the product is the sum total of companies reputation.
- Avoid micromanagement
- Lead with courage, not fear
- You can’t communicate pessimism to the people around you. It’s ruinous to morale. No one wants to follow a pessimist.
- Pessimism leads to paranoia, which leads to defensiveness, which leads to risk aversion.
- You have to communicate priority clearly and repeatedly.
- Optimism emerges from faith in yourself and in the people who work with you.
- It should be about the future, not the past.
- Treating others well is an undervalued currency, especially in tough negotiations.
- If you are in the business of making something, be in the business of making something great.