John Donahoe: eBay, PayPal, Bain... Leadership
Finding Mastery with Dr. Michael Gervais
Dr. Michael Gervais
4.6 • 1.8K Ratings
🗓️ 2 March 2016
⏱️ 69 minutes
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Summary
John Donahoe served as president and chief executive officer of eBay Inc. from 2008-2015. In this role, he was responsible for growing each of the company's business units, which included eBay Marketplaces, PayPal and Skype.
In this episode: -Notion of servant leadership -Being a purpose driven leader -Growing from adversity -Figuring out what’s right for you -The right fit – team ethos -Facing down fear -How success in team sports and business aren’t so different -Emulating his father -Balancing his professional and personal life -Qualities of those who sustain success over time -The importance of grit -The constant process of understanding who he is -Meditation and why “Buddha Nature” is important to him
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| 0:01.0 | Welcome back or welcome to the finding mastery podcast. I'm Michael Jervay. And in these conversations |
| 0:14.9 | we sit down with people who are on the path of mastery, who have a point of view |
| 0:18.6 | about it. We work to understand how they've used their mind to accelerate their craft. |
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