Guy Raz invites you to listen as he talks with visionary leaders of some of the leading organizations in their field. Along the way, you’ll hear accounts of crisis, failure, turnaround, and triumph, as the leaders reveal their secrets on their way to the top. These are stories that didn’t make it into their company bios, and valuable lessons for anyone trying to make it in business. These are stories that did not enter the DNA of the organization, and important lessons for anyone trying to do this in business.
Many senior executives moved around at Yahoo in just over 5 years when Marissa Mayer became Yahoo’s seventh CEO. She left a record of impressive success at Google to take on a booming company that was facing obsolescence. How she brought value to Yahoo on the eve of its acquisition and why failure should be embraced, not feared.