Who's the Leader of the Club? Quotes

“The disadvantage to humor, and where a good leader must be vigilant, is that everyone has a different sense of humor and humor can be used as a weapon to humiliate others.”
― Jim Korkis, Who's the Leader of the Club?: Walt Disney's Leadership Lessons

“I’ve always had a feeling that any time you can experiment, you ought to do it because you never know what will happen,” stated Walt.”
― Jim Korkis, Who's the Leader of the Club?: Walt Disney's Leadership Lessons

“Create an atmosphere without fear and encourage laughter. Of course, there will be consequences for wrong decisions, but people shouldn’t be so apprehensive that they are fearful to make any decision. Humor can help keep things in perspective.”
― Jim Korkis, Who's the Leader of the Club?: Walt Disney's Leadership Lessons

“The leader sets the tone for his followers. If something goes wrong and the leader acts worried or angry, then everyone picks up on that attitude and it spirals larger and larger.”
― Jim Korkis, Who's the Leader of the Club?: Walt Disney's Leadership Lessons

“Walt Disney has been described as an innovator, which means he took things that already existed and re-combined them to create something new.”
― Jim Korkis, Who's the Leader of the Club?: Walt Disney's Leadership Lessons

“A leader takes things personally. A manager sees things as “just business”.”
― Jim Korkis, Who's the Leader of the Club?: Walt Disney's Leadership Lessons

“Would Walt Do?”—at”
― Jim Korkis, Who's the Leader of the Club?: Walt Disney's Leadership Lessons

“is better than being afraid of failure because Walt believed that he could always learn from failure.”
― Jim Korkis, Who's the Leader of the Club?: Walt Disney's Leadership Lessons

“Stories are powerful because they speak to both our reason and to our emotion.”
― Jim Korkis, Who's the Leader of the Club?: Walt Disney's Leadership Lessons

“Walt, as a leader, had envisioned not just what was good for the next year, but what would be needed five or ten years down the line.”
― Jim Korkis, Who's the Leader of the Club?: Walt Disney's Leadership Lessons

“It was not unusual at the Disney Studio for an employee to have a main responsibility but also occasionally assist in other areas.”
― Jim Korkis, Who's the Leader of the Club?: Walt Disney's Leadership Lessons

“Walt was also at times a mentor leader, developing new talent and assigning them to projects that stretched them professionally.”
― Jim Korkis, Who's the Leader of the Club?: Walt Disney's Leadership Lessons

“Walt Disney was a visionary leader. He had no leadership books or training courses to give him guidance. He operated, as many great leaders do, on instinct and observation.”
― Jim Korkis, Who's the Leader of the Club?: Walt Disney's Leadership Lessons

“He understood the story his audience wanted to hear and how they wanted it told.”
― Jim Korkis, Who's the Leader of the Club?: Walt Disney's Leadership Lessons

“I am constantly reminded that most organizational issues stem from integrity concerns.”
― Jim Korkis, Who's the Leader of the Club?: Walt Disney's Leadership Lessons