Creating Magic: 10 Common Sense Leadership Strategies from a Life at Disney
by:
Lee Cockerell (author)
“It’s not the magic that makes it work; it’s the way we work that makes it magic.”The secret for creating “magic” in our careers, our organizations, and our lives is simple: outstanding leadership—the kind that inspires employees, delights customers, and achieves extraordinary business results....
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“It’s not the magic that makes it work; it’s the way we work that makes it magic.”The secret for creating “magic” in our careers, our organizations, and our lives is simple: outstanding leadership—the kind that inspires employees, delights customers, and achieves extraordinary business results. No one knows more about this kind of leadership than Lee Cockerell, the man who ran Walt Disney World® Resort operations for over a decade. And in Creating Magic, he shares the leadership principles that not only guided his own journey from a poor farm boy in Oklahoma to the head of operations for a multibillion dollar enterprise, but that also soon came to form the cultural bedrock of the world’s number one vacation destination. But as Lee demonstrates, great leadership isn’t about mastering impossibly complex management theories. We can all become outstanding leaders by following the ten practical,...
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780385523868 (0385523866)
ASIN: 385523866
Publish date: October 14th 2008
Publisher: Crown Business
Pages no: 288
Edition language: English
My review can be found here:http://samanthatule.wordpress.com/2013/07/29/things-ive-read-creating-magic-10-common-sense-leadership-strategies-from-a-life-at-disney-by-lee-cockerell/
If you only read one book on leadership skills in your lifetime, it should probably be this one. Lee Cockerell developed the Disney Institutes leadership strategies course, and "Creating Magic" outlines the 10 key principles from the course -- along with practical applications for all industries. ...