True North

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Bill George

True North shows 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. Personal, original, and illuminating stories from Warren Bennis, Sir Adrian Cadbury, George Shultz (former U.S. secretary of state), Charles Schwab, John Whitehead (Cochairman, Goldman Sachs), Anne Mulcahy (CEO, Xerox), Howard Schultz (CEO, Starbucks), Dan Vasella (CEO, Novartis), John Brennan (Chairman, Vanguard), Carol Tome (CFO, Home Depot), Donna Dubinsky (CEO/cofounder, Palm), Alan Horn (President, Warner Brothers), Ann Moore (CEO, Time, Inc.) and many others illustrate the transitions that shape the type of leaders who will thrive in the 21st century. Bill George (Cambridge, MA) has spent over 30 years in executive leadership positions at Litton, Honeywell, and Medtronic. As CEO of Medtronic, he built the company into the world’s leading medical technology company as its market capitalization increased from $1.1 billion to $60 billion. Since 2004, he has been a professor at the Harvard Business School. His 2004 book Authentic Leadership (0-7879-7528-1) was a BusinessWeek bestseller. Peter Sims (San Francisco, CA) established “Leadership Perspectives,” a course on leadership development at the Stanford Graduate School of Business and cofounded the London office of Summit Partners, a leading investment firm. Their Web site is www.truenorthleaders.com.

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Author

Bill George

Pages

288

Publisher

John Wiley & Sons

Published Date

2010-06-10

ISBN

0470893958 9780470893951

Ratings

Google: 4.5

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"<strong>Not for me</strong><br/><br/>A lot of people will love this story. I'm just not one of them. The whole martyr trope has never worked for me. Men wallowing in self pity and pushing the woman they love away because they deserve better is just weak. I did like the 1st half of the story. The author laid the foundation for what could have been an above average 2nd chance romance. Unfortunately, once they go to the bar everything goes downhill. Gabe becomes an absolute garbage character at this point. A woman he had a one night stand comes up to him and he goes out of his way to humiliate her and to make sure she walks away feeling terrible about herself. Then he freaks out and attacks a man who makes a lewd comment about Olivia. What this author doesn't realize is that the way Gabe treated that woman was equally as demeaning as the comment about Liv. All the problems Liv and Gabe encounter in this book are a direct result of Gabe's jealousy and inability to control his temper. At another point he attacks her ex and **** shames Liv because she *checks notes* slept with one guy in the 7 years they were apart. The 2nd half of the book is just repeated sexual encounters, ridiculous jealousy and melodramatic moments of them declaring their love. Also, the author only knows 1 way to describe lips...cupid's bow. Ultimately I would recommend you find something with an actual likeable leading man to read."

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Travis Peak

"Man! I love these North men books!! Oh come what they have gone through and to find love and accept people for who they are!! Amazing read!!"