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Topic: Michael Eisner

  
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Between The Lines

BY Fast Company
Relevancy Score: 100
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 12:49 AM

The stories behind this issue's stories.READ»

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Disneyworld of Hurt II


Relevancy Score: 100
Tue Dec 2, 2003 at 9:34 AM

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»

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Disneyworld of Hurt IV

BY Heath Row
Relevancy Score: 100
Wed Apr 28, 2004 at 1:29 PM

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»

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A Tale of Two Teammates

BY Heath Row
Relevancy Score: 100
Mon Sep 13, 2004 at 11:56 AM

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»

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Lock up That Corner Office!

BY Jennifer Reingold
Relevancy Score: 100
Wed Nov 17, 2004 at 11:12 AM

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»

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For Disney, the Story Not Told

BY Charles Fishman
Relevancy Score: 100
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 12:49 AM

The Disney shareholder showdown was as long as an epic. Too bad it didn't have an epic hero.READ»

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Acting Up

BY Kevin Ohannessian
Relevancy Score: 95
Tue Jul 5, 2005 at 11:58 AM

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»

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CEOs Who Should Lose Their Jobs

BY Jennifer Reingold
Relevancy Score: 92
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 12:43 AM

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»

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Feedback

BY Fast Company
Relevancy Score: 88
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 12:45 AM

Letters. Updates. Advice.READ»

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Fast Company... on the Air!

BY Heath Row
Relevancy Score: 84
Wed Mar 3, 2004 at 11:28 AM

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»

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Feedback

BY Fast Company
Relevancy Score: 83
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 7:47 AM

Letters. Updates. Advice.READ»

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It's Your Choice

BY Fast Company
Relevancy Score: 79
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 12:09 AM

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»

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Built to Last: Visionary Exam

BY Ryan Underwood
Relevancy Score: 76
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 7:47 AM

Built to Last co-author Jerry Porras on the limitations of leaders, the value of vision, and the importance of creative corporate culturesREAD»

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Cowards of the Year: 2003-2004 Edition

BY Michael Aneiro and Melissa Korn
Relevancy Score: 75
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 7:45 AM

This flock of chickens is really something to cluck over.READ»

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The CEO's New Clothes

BY Linda Tischler
Relevancy Score: 72
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 7:58 AM

Forget autocrats and visionaries. Farsighted, tolerant, humane CEOs aren't just nice to work for. They deliver nice results, too.READ»

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Gold on a Dead Man's Chest

BY Greg Spotts
Relevancy Score: 71
Mon Jul 10, 2006 at 1:41 PM

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»

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Face Value: Does the Boss do Botox?

BY Lucas Conley
Relevancy Score: 64
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 12:45 AM

Fast Company and Houston plastic surgeon Dr. Franklin Rose read between the lines of some familiar faces.READ»

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Change or Die

BY Alan Deutschman
Relevancy Score: 58
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 7:53 AM

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»

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Alpha Phyla

BY Fast Company Staff
Relevancy Score: 56
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 8:09 AM

Alpha males and females come in four high-achieving flavors, each with dangerous weaknesses that can overpower its strengths.READ»

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The Best Disinfectant

BY Jennifer Reingold
Relevancy Score: 53
Mon Mar 14, 2005 at 2:18 PM

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»

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Disneyworld of Hurt III

BY Heath Row
Relevancy Score: 47
Fri Dec 12, 2003 at 4:23 PM

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»

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Mickey Mouse Management

BY Mark Goulston
Relevancy Score: 45
Tue Jul 8, 2008 at 5:45 PM

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»

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Disneyworld of Hurt IV

BY Heath Row
Relevancy Score: 41
Thu Nov 11, 2004 at 11:12 AM

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»

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He Sees Stars

BY Gina Imperato
Relevancy Score: 37
Tue Dec 18, 2007 at 11:50 PM

Charlie Fink knows a Net celebrity when he sees one.READ»

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Your Job Is Change

BY Robert B. Reich
Relevancy Score: 36
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 12:21 AM

When change programs are doomed before they start ... When old leaders are stumped by new challengers ... When change itself is changing ...READ»

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