James Laughlin shares what he learned from Disney's leadership, including how organizational strain feels like a divorce and why leaders need perseverance and purpose. He discusses Walt Disney's historical failures and the emotional cost of leadership on families.
Here's this company that's known for its culture, going basically through a divorce. These are very stressful events. We don't always talk about the hard times, how emotional she got and how emotional that made me. They have a bad day at work, they go home. The family feels it. How many times Walt failed along the way. Our country isn't in a great place. It was really toxic, and it was very political. The important thing is not to give up and to keep persevering through it. Yeah, it is. Confronting, clarity, polarizes. That's okay. Your purpose is really about why you do what you do. Just blew my mind at how brilliant they were. For me, it was always about the magic.
