Walt Disney Leadership Styles
The Walt Disney Corporation was founded by Walter Elias Disney in 1923.
The original visions that had created the magic of Disney first began when Walt Disney was a teen, he had began to start to draw cartoons. He had pursued his dreams of drawing cartoons with his passion for animation, and later he would end up creating the iconic Mickey Mouse. The original mission of Walt Disney was to be one of the world's best producers and providers of entertainment. The main reason why Disney was successful in all of its operations was because it carried Walt's vision and mission over into other areas of Disney.
Walt Disney was always innovative and creative. His style of art and creativity was one of his greatest traits. Disney World has always been widely referred as the Imagine Capitol of the World. Walt's innovative attitude had allowed him to keep up with new technology and quite often he was surpassing such technologies, innovating some of his own. He had set up his own art school for his employees when the art schools were not offering Walt what he wanted for his employees since the art schools were not always up to date with the latest technology.
Walt Disney was and has always been a risk taker. His risk taking habits were first apparent as early as when he was twenty years old when he started his own cartoon called Laugh O Grams with his childhood friend. They usually learned by trial and error. A NY distributor by the name of “Pictorial Clubs” said they would pay Laugh O Grams 11,100 to produce a movie, but all Walt and his crew received was only 100 dollars. He didn't spread the money out on small projects but rather he blew all of the money on one film; Alice’s Wonderland. Half way through the production he was broke. He did not finish the film and he sold his movie camera to move to Hollywood. Walt asked the NY distributor for more money and the distributor told him that they will pay Walt Disney less money and refused to give Disney the raise. The distributor owned the rights of the rabbit character that Walt Disney Created. On the way home from his trip to NY he decided he needed a new character and it is there that he created Mickey Mouse. Walt Disney needed to find a new Distributor and he did.
Walt Disney strives for excellence. Disney decided that he had to be better and more effective than any other distributor in order to be successful; so he came up with a way to synchronize animation to include running the cartoon, running the sound effects, character voices and music simultaneously. He needed something revolutionary. In 1928 Mickey Mouse came to theaters. Additionally, when Walt Disney could not find the voice he was looking for to fit Mickey Mouse, one of Walt’s employees suggested that he do the voice. The voice of Mickey Mouse came directly from Walt Disney himself and he owned the rights to the Mickey Mouse character.
In 1936 Walt Disney built his enterprise in Los Angeles, CA. He hired 700 highly skilled artistic employees. In order to produce the best work he went around the country seeking for artist to come work for him. He offered to pay for their schooling to perfect their skill. Helping others is a consistent trait of effective leaders. Walt Disney drew people in with his charismatic charm and family like work environment. He demanded excellence from his employees and in return he had his employees over for Sunday barbecues, playing games and swimming at his house. This instilled trust and a sense of caring in the employees. Walt Disney asked his employees to call him by his first name “Walt” and whenever someone called him “Mr. Disney he would tell them to call him “Uncle Walt.” This offered a sense of welcoming and warmth. His sociability and casual and personal relationships with his employees built trust and confidence in Disney and the Disney vision. Ultimately his employees were happy to work long hours without any pay because they believed in what they were doing.
All in all, Walt Disney really lead how we see cartoons and animation and will continue to affect the flow and style with a twist with coming generations and left an everlasting legacy that will be fond in every child's heart one way or another.
The Walt Disney Corporation was founded by Walter Elias Disney in 1923.
The original visions that had created the magic of Disney first began when Walt Disney was a teen, he had began to start to draw cartoons. He had pursued his dreams of drawing cartoons with his passion for animation, and later he would end up creating the iconic Mickey Mouse. The original mission of Walt Disney was to be one of the world's best producers and providers of entertainment. The main reason why Disney was successful in all of its operations was because it carried Walt's vision and mission over into other areas of Disney.
Walt Disney was always innovative and creative. His style of art and creativity was one of his greatest traits. Disney World has always been widely referred as the Imagine Capitol of the World. Walt's innovative attitude had allowed him to keep up with new technology and quite often he was surpassing such technologies, innovating some of his own. He had set up his own art school for his employees when the art schools were not offering Walt what he wanted for his employees since the art schools were not always up to date with the latest technology.
Walt Disney was and has always been a risk taker. His risk taking habits were first apparent as early as when he was twenty years old when he started his own cartoon called Laugh O Grams with his childhood friend. They usually learned by trial and error. A NY distributor by the name of “Pictorial Clubs” said they would pay Laugh O Grams 11,100 to produce a movie, but all Walt and his crew received was only 100 dollars. He didn't spread the money out on small projects but rather he blew all of the money on one film; Alice’s Wonderland. Half way through the production he was broke. He did not finish the film and he sold his movie camera to move to Hollywood. Walt asked the NY distributor for more money and the distributor told him that they will pay Walt Disney less money and refused to give Disney the raise. The distributor owned the rights of the rabbit character that Walt Disney Created. On the way home from his trip to NY he decided he needed a new character and it is there that he created Mickey Mouse. Walt Disney needed to find a new Distributor and he did.
Walt Disney strives for excellence. Disney decided that he had to be better and more effective than any other distributor in order to be successful; so he came up with a way to synchronize animation to include running the cartoon, running the sound effects, character voices and music simultaneously. He needed something revolutionary. In 1928 Mickey Mouse came to theaters. Additionally, when Walt Disney could not find the voice he was looking for to fit Mickey Mouse, one of Walt’s employees suggested that he do the voice. The voice of Mickey Mouse came directly from Walt Disney himself and he owned the rights to the Mickey Mouse character.
In 1936 Walt Disney built his enterprise in Los Angeles, CA. He hired 700 highly skilled artistic employees. In order to produce the best work he went around the country seeking for artist to come work for him. He offered to pay for their schooling to perfect their skill. Helping others is a consistent trait of effective leaders. Walt Disney drew people in with his charismatic charm and family like work environment. He demanded excellence from his employees and in return he had his employees over for Sunday barbecues, playing games and swimming at his house. This instilled trust and a sense of caring in the employees. Walt Disney asked his employees to call him by his first name “Walt” and whenever someone called him “Mr. Disney he would tell them to call him “Uncle Walt.” This offered a sense of welcoming and warmth. His sociability and casual and personal relationships with his employees built trust and confidence in Disney and the Disney vision. Ultimately his employees were happy to work long hours without any pay because they believed in what they were doing.
All in all, Walt Disney really lead how we see cartoons and animation and will continue to affect the flow and style with a twist with coming generations and left an everlasting legacy that will be fond in every child's heart one way or another.