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Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Disney's firing of Bob Chapek and rehiring Bob Iger as CEO shocked many, including co-CEO of Netflix, Reed Hastings. L: Reed Hastings, Bloomberg R: Bob Iger, Samir Hussein || Getty Images Hastings, however, didn't express concern over Iger as a competitor. In a tweet, he made it clear that he thought Iger was better suited for an even bigger job — president of the United States. Ugh. I had been hoping Iger would run for President. He is amazing. — Reed Hastings (@reedhastings) November 21, 2022 "Ugh," tweeted Hastings Monday, "I had been hoping Iger would run for President. He is amazing." The dramatic executive reshuffling happened following Disney's board learning that Chapek's leadership was driving top-shelf employees away. Despite having said in the past that he wasn't interested in...

Performers entertain visitors at Cinderella Castle, at Walt Disney World Resort, in Lake Buena Vista, Fla., on April 18. Ted Shaffrey/The Associated Press Florida lawmakers are mulling plans to reverse a move that would strip Walt Disney Co. DIS-N of its right to operate a private government around its famous theme-parks, the Financial Times reported on Friday, citing people briefed on the plan. In April, lawmakers had given their final approval to a bill ending Walt Disney’s designation as a self-governing entity, in an apparent response to its opposition to a state law limiting the teaching of LGBTQ issues in schools. The new law would also mean that Disney would have to pay more taxes, state Gov. Ron DeSantis had said in April when he signed the bill. The state lawmakers are working on a compromise that would allow Disney to keep the arrangement largely in place with a few modifications, the FT report said. A spokesperson at DeSantis’ office said that the governor “does not make U...

Make the most of your first dedicated session with your CEO: Be fully prepared, scrupulously professional and concise. Getty Images/iStockphoto Gus Carlson is a U.S.-based columnist for Tausi Insider. Along with crowded gyms, empty bars and full flights to warm destinations, the new year brings the annual gripe-fest about CEO compensation. It’s a familiar chorus in the media, the same story that runs year after year: No one person can really be worth that many millions. The pay gap between the C-suite and the work force is too wide – and getting wider. The perceived lack of fairness is summed up in sensationally naive metrics about how, on the first annual working day, the average chief executive makes more money over breakfast than the average worker makes in a year. But the problem isn’t that chief executives are getting paid too much. The enormous responsibilities they assume, especially those who run public companies, go well beyond their job descriptions. When those “big moments...

Robert Iger is shaking things up after returning to Disney as CEO. In addition to staff changes and restructuring of some key departments, he recently issued an internal memo stating that hybrid workers must return to Disney corporate for at least four days a week beginning March 1. Charley Gallay | Getty Images Yahoo Finance reports Iger wrote that he'd "been meeting with teams throughout the Company over the past few months." During that time, Iger said he'd "been reminded of the tremendous value in being together with the people you work with." The memo continued: "As you've heard me say many times, creativity is the heart and soul of who we are and what we do at Disney. And in a creative business like ours, nothing can replace the ability to connect, observe, and create with peers that comes from being physically together, nor the opport...

Ryan Standil is a former lawyer and the owner of Write To Excite. He leads workshops for businesses and governments about effective writing in the workplace. Eric Janssen teaches sales and entrepreneurship at the Ivey Business School at Western University in London, Ont. Have you ever tried to e-mail a busy person who was unfamiliar with you? Maybe you were searching for a job, seeking advice or hoping to make a sale. A study of two million e-mail users revealed the long odds of obtaining a response: On average, people who receive fewer than 100 e-mails a day respond to 25 per cent of them, and people who receive at least 100 e-mails a day respond to just 5 per cent. Fortunately, you can boost your response rate by applying proven techniques. These techniques are traditionally associated with what are known as “cold e-mails,” but they are also helpful for reaching out on platforms such as LinkedIn and Instagram. The next time you write a cold e-mail, focus on three actions to elicit...