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True North: Discover Your Authentic Leadership (J-B Warren Bennis Series) (Hardcover)
by Bill George , Peter Sims , David Gergen (Foreword)
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Author: Bill George , Peter Sims , David Gergen (Foreword)
Publisher: Jossey-Bass
Pub. in: March, 2007
ISBN: 0787987514
Pages: 288
Measurements: 9.1 x 6.2 x 1.2 inches
Origin of product: USA
Order code: BA00841
Other information: 1 edition
ISBN-13: 978-0787987510
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"Just as a compass points toward a magnetic field, your True North pulls you toward the purpose of your leadership. When you follow your internal compass, your leadership will be authentic, and people will naturally want to associate with you. Although others may guide or influence you, your truth is derived from your life story and only you can determine what it should be."
This book is basically a series of reports from CEO's of various companies. The general tone is that you need to understand your own strengths and weaknesses and select the business or corporation where you can excel. And perhaps foremost among the decisions you have to make is the one about just what it is that you really want to do. Each chapter begins with some general discussion about a leadership topic. After that, the comments from selected business leaders further extend and explain the points brought up in the introductory section.
Bill George is the former chairman and chief executive of Medtronic, Inc. and author of the best-selling book, Authentic Leadership: Rediscovering the Secrets to Creating Lasting Value. Mr. George is in his fourth year at Harvard Business School where he is currently teaching Leadership and Corporate Accountability, a course that integrates ethics, law, and economics, and is a direct response to the corporate scandals that have plagued the country in recent years.
This fall Mr. George is teaching Authentic Leadership Development, a course that parallels the structure and lessons in his latest book, True North: Discover Your Authentic Leadership, co-written with Peter Sims. According to Mr. George, True North answers the question raised by Authentic Leadership: How do I become an authentic leader?
Bill George and Peter Sims interviewed 125 leaders to shape the chapters and lessons in this book. The authors asked leaders to define their True North - what is most important to them, their most cherished values, their passions, their trials and tribulations - and how they came to find their True North, their "fixed point in a spinning world that helps [them] stay on track as a leader."
- From quoting John Matlock and Terence
Target readers:
Entrepreneurs, manages,and business owners
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Bill George is professor of management practice at the Harvard Business School and former chairman and CEO of Medtronic, the world's leading medical technology company. Under his leadership, Medtronic's market capitalization grew from $1.1 billion to $60 billion, averaging 35 percent a year. He is the author of the best-selling Authentic Leadership and a board member of Goldman Sachs, Target, and Novartis. George has been recognized as "Executive of the Year" by the Academy of Management, "Director of the Year" by the National Association of Corporate Directors, and one of Public Broadcasting's Top 25 Leaders of the Past 25 Years.
Peter Sims established "Leadership Perspectives," a class on leadership development at the Stanford Graduate School of Business, and cofounded the London office of Summit Partners, a leading investment firm. He was also part of the Deloitte Touche Tomatsu Global Strategy Team and has contributed to numerous publications including the Harvard Business Review.
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True Northshows how anyone who follows their internal compass can become an authentic leader. This leadership tour de force is based on research and first-person interviews with 125 of today's top leaders - with some surprising results. In this important book, acclaimed former Medtronic CEO Bill George and coauthor Peter Sims share the wisdom of these outstanding leaders and describe how you can develop as an authentic leader. True North presents a concrete and comprehensive program for leadership success and shows how to create your own Personal Leadership Development Plan centered on five key areas:
- Knowing your authentic self
- Defining your values and leadership principles
- Understanding your motivations
- Building your support team
- Staying grounded by integrating all aspects of your life
True North offers an opportunity for anyone to transform their leadership path and become the authentic leader they were born to be.
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Jeff Immelt (MSL quote), CEO, General Electric
<2007-06-14 00:00>
In True North, Bill George once again provides a roadmap for leadership in the 21st Century. The future belongs to leaders who want to win, without ever losing track of their own values. We live in a day when the best people can work anywhere. They will follow only authenticity - a person who leads with passion and purpose. |
Andrea Jung (MSL quote), chairman and CEO, Avon Products, Inc.
<2007-06-14 00:00>
True North is about the power of authentic leadership. Great leaders are defined by a sense of passion and purpose and by a profound desire to make a difference. Anyone can find their own True North, if you care deeply and love what you do. This book is a wonderful roadmap for how to get started on the journey. |
Jeff (MSL quote), USA
<2007-06-14 00:00>
The book is beautiful in its simplicty. The author divides leadership into various areas and discusses it. He brings in interview with other CEO's to give the chapter clarity. |
Beaird (MSL quote), USA
<2007-06-14 00:00>
Bill George has a proven track record of ten years of superb CEO leadership of Medtronic. He and his staff have interivewed 125 of America's best CEO's.
He has put it altogether in TRUE NORTH. With the authority of his own experience and this extensive research, he has not only profiled true, authentic leadership but given us principles to lead with confidence and integrity. This work arrives just in time to influence American leadership so badly in need of redirection. His work will be a classic. |
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