At the Top, It’s All the Same
More on Disney War by James Stewart: I’m taken by how the nonsense that apparently went on behind closed doors there, among executives earning milllions and managing billions, is so similar to the nonsense I’ve dealt with at many fewer zeroes and much smaller staff levels.
Jealousies, denials things were said, deft or cloddish management of people and their personalities, heavy-handed egos, ego-stroking, people seeming to “lose their soul” as they associate themselves with new bosses.
This is one case when I can’t link because the material I’m taking about isn’t available online. Not even paid. you can buy a digital edition for about $10, a lot less than the $19 or so for print.
You can see in this excerpt how little Michael Eisner seemed to know about his new company or job when he assumed the mantle of chief and chairman in 1984.