I got a huge chuckle this morning reading the WSJ account of Michael Eisner's testimony in the lawsuit over the severance paid to ousted Walt Disney President Michael Ovitz in 1996. The entire thing would be hilarious if it weren't ...READ»
Last October, Jennifer Reingold offered Disney's CEO Michael Eisner as one leader who should be given the boot. Now, Forbes has named Eisner in its top five F-List CEOs.
In one of our most active polls online, 93% of respondents ...READ»
While Michael Eisner and Fanklin Thomas were by no means contemporaries at Disney, this weekend's news about recent developments in the lives and careers of both indicate drastically different leadership trajectories.
On the one ...READ»
Three months ago, in a Fast Company cover story, we called for the ouster of Disney CEO Michael Eisner. Yesterday, Heath mentioned that departing board of directors member Roy E. Disney has done the same thing. Now, yet another ...READ»
On Saturday, I went and saw War of the Worlds. Worlds was a good adaptation of a good novel. But, despite the marketing machine behind it, two of my friends didn't come because of Tom Cruise's recent antics. Some have said that ...READ»
It's the new era of accountability: Most of the nation's worst-performing bosses have been shown the door. But what about the guys who just won't go? Meet the Teflon CEOs. Poor results, declining stock prices, and strategic blunders just seem to slide right off them.READ»
Fast Company senior writer Linda Tischler is participating in a discussion -- as we speak, so to speak -- on CNNfn's program The FlipSide. Already 30 minutes in -- sorry for the late notice -- Linda is discussing the fate of Michael ...READ»
The 21st century is upon us, and it's time to make some defining choices. A Fast Company-Roper Starch Worldwide Survey posed some stark trade-offs. Here's a report on your choices.READ»
For the last few days, I’ve been prepping for an upcoming panel at Columbia Business School entitled, The Post-Recession Workplace. My message is going to be simple—the world has changed; therefore, we need to ...READ»
With the Pirates of the Caribbean sequel grossing approx $132 million over the weekend, Disney's doing just fine in the post-Eisner era. Perhaps a media company can be run without a mega-ego at the helm.
Not long ago, industry ...READ»
All leadership comes down to this: changing people's behavior. Why is that so damn hard? Science offers some surprising new answers -- and ways to do better.READ»
The phone rang at 6:00 a.m. to tell me that my monthly appearance on CNBC to discuss our "CEO See-Ya" column had been postponed, thanks to the breaking news that Disney CEO Michael Eisner's long awaited successor would be Robert ...READ»
Roy Disney and Stanley Gold, who recently resigned from the Disney board, have launched an anti-Michael Eisner Web site.
The simply designed site takes their case to the people and includes copies of their resignation letters -- as ...READ»
Why is Disney such a lightning rod for so much attention? Why do so many of us stop and rubberneck the latest headline about the Magic Kingdom? Is the whole drama playing to our base voyeuristic instincts as we read about the Eisner ...READ»
Roy Disney and Stanley Gold, who have been leading the charge to oust Michael Eisner from Disney's namesake's company -- and to reform the business overall -- has taken another, larger step that could in turn impact business beyond ...READ»
