January 24 (yesterday), 2013 a colleague sent our team an email and then took his life. From the first week 20 years ago in 1999 when i began my Disney Speaking career, i felt compelled and obligated to always offer every audience a balance between Pixie Dust (our vision) and Reality. It is good to frequently […]
Category Archives: Being Brave
The remaining Disney history boxes are powerful
The remaining Disney history boxes are powerful. The best of the best. From 1982 to present. Anything that was an aha, BFO*, or brilliant common sense – i kept it. Over the decades as you move offices within Disney, you have to pack and unpack. Been shedding for a long time. Getting closer to putting […]
Leadership and courage are the same (video)
Leadership and courage are the same. Makes me recall how i used to think about some grand dreams i used to have. Most of them have come true. But only for two reasons: Personal leadership. Courage. • • • • • This website is about our WORK. To ponder today’s post about our HQ, click here. If […]
Squander your sacred and privileged opportunity?
Dear Executive Team to whom i revealed and taught Disney’s 19 cultural blueprints. You are having consecutively powerful financial years and yet you squander your privileged, and dare i say sacred, opportunity to be bold. Why? • • • • • This website is about our WORK. To ponder today’s post about our HQ, click here. If you […]
Do something every day that is new and unknown
Do something every day that is new and unknown. Three nights on Sanibel Island is a first in over 30 years of visits. We’ve never been here in November. Several unique circumstances have us remaining in Florida this Thanksgiving week. The cooler temps, the lower sun rotation (no need for sunscreen), and the […]