DisneyWar
by James B. Stewart
Stewart's account of Michael Eisner's Disney: the triumphs, the Katzenberg and Ovitz debacles, and the shareholder revolt. A master class in corporate governance failure.
Read it if…
you want the counterpart to Iger's memoir.
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Skip it if…
you want a short read.
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Three things you will actually use
- Succession is a board's main job.
- Ego destroys partnerships.
- Governance fails quietly, then loudly.
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Read the Ovitz chapters.
Our verdict
Governance failure, in detail.
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