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What Bob Iger’s Critics Get Wrong about His Performance at Disney

Disney is embroiled in a proxy fight with activist investor Nelson Peltz ahead of its annual shareholder meeting next week. Prof. Jeffrey Sonnenfeld and co-author Steven Tian write that Peltz and other critics of CEO Bob Iger are relying on a series of myths that don’t hold up to scrutiny.

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  • How Does a Family Business Survive?

    Few family businesses make it to the third generation. Victoria Mars YC ’78 talks about the set of values that have helped make Mars Inc. an exception.

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  • Is Government the Key to Prosperity?

    Yale’s Jacob Hacker argues that society needs both healthy markets and effective government.

  • How Do You Create the Space for Creativity?

    Amy Whitaker ’01 on how organizations and individuals can maximize creativity while controlling risk.

  • How Should We Think about the Debt?

    David Wessel talks about the complex task of helping policymakers and the public to take a balanced, long-term view of spending and the deficit.

  • What Makes a Museum Successful?

    Daniel Weiss ’85, president of the Met, discusses the challenges of changing with the times while preserving the past.

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  • How Do Mayors Get Things Done?

    Professor Jeffrey Sonnenfeld talks with mayors from both parties about how they move past partisan combat to find solutions that work.

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  • Jeffrey Sonnenfeld: Clearing Bull from the Bully Pulpit

    Professor Jeffrey Sonnenfeld writes that business leaders are increasingly embracing a larger societal mission and using their public statements to comment beyond deals and products.

  • How Do You Build a Team Culture in a Global Company?

    Rajeev Dubey ’82, president of human resources at Mahindra & Mahindra, on developing leaders with the mindset to think globally and creatively, while fostering great teamwork.

    How Do You Build a Team Culture in a Global Company?
  • How Do Multinationals Keep Up with Globalization?

    McKinsey’s Dominic Barton describes how firms can develop the agility for a faster-paced, more connected future.

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  • Can You Work without Silos?

    Gillian Tett on why silos are detrimental to global organizations and how to get out of them.

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