Disney Leadership Keynote Speaker
Five daily blogs about life's 5 big choices on five interconnected sites.
Headshot mania (above, L-R)…
Walt.
Steve.
Jungle Jeff.
If you are a professional speaker with a proverbial spotlight on you in order to be successful, you gotta do things like take lots of headshots.
Note: Mentally had to get psyched to use repetition with today’s headshot photos. It could look like a shortcut. Had to mentally overcome the fear of that interpretation.
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Three days after the Disney Retirement party, Walt Disney World honored all the 20, 25, 30, 35, 40 and 45 year Cast Service Awards at Disney’s Hollywood Studios, on a single night, massive scale.
As a Disney Executive, Cheryl had double duty: hosting honored Cast Members in her Human Resources Division as well as being an honored and celebrated Cast Member herself.
This annual tradition is generally held near calendar year end. It has become so large that an entire Disney Theme Park is required to host the thousands of Cast Members, their Guests, as well as the Disney Executive Leadership Team and Catering and Events Team.
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Why 30 years at Disney, not 40?
Simple.
Our son was about to enter High School.
Disney Institute (DI) was requiring (expecting) more frequent travel, to more distant locations, for longer durations.
Didn’t want to wake up in four years and our Son’s life launches him on a trajectory (like me when i graduated HS) whereby he never returns home to live.
Note: Could have transferred out of DI Delivery Operations and secured a position back in Hotel Ops. Could have stayed the 40 years at Disney and retired in 2024.
Turns out, was born to teach but never knew it until 1999, at age 40.
Turns out, was born to be a ship captain not a deck hand.
Turns out, was willing to “burn the ships” to ensure what roughly 3-5% succeed at – building a sustainable, long-term enterprise.
Hidden track: The Disney layoffs from the 2008-09 Great Recession were the catalyst for considering what a Plan B looks like.
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If your goal isn’t impossible, you’re not reaching high enough.
dad
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Writing from a plane.
Been a while since the last time.
Feels good.
Growth mindset automatically seeks out learning and self-development.
The extra time our son spent at home finishing college freshman year and all of sophomore year was a once-a-in-lifetime event.
Why did it happen?
What did he gain?
What do we (the parents) gain?
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