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Bob CHAPEK
President of Buena Vista Home Entertainment
On my first day at J. Walter Thompson in Chicago, my first employer out
of graduate school, my then-immediate supervisor, Myron Lyskanycz, sat
me down. He explained that I would never get ahead in the business world
by doing what was expected of me. No, that would only lead to stagnation
and mediocrity. Instead, I would need to perform well above and beyond
those expectations. I would need to find spare time to deliver business-
building initiatives that were not actually part of my job description and
duty. That was the only way to get ahead: complete what was expected,
and then exceed it wildly with a proactive initiative designed to build the
business, and, in turn, my career.
Go beyond
