Book description
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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Table of contents
- A WARREN BENNIS BOOK
- BOOKS IN THE WARREN BENNIS SIGNATURE SERIES
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Acknowledgements
- The Authors
- Editor’s Note
- Dedication
- Foreword
- Introduction
- Part One - Leadership Is a Journey
- Part Two - Discover Your Authentic Leadership
- Part Three - Empowering People to Lead
- Epilogue
- Appendix A - RESEARCH STUDY ON DEVELOPMENT OF AUTHENTIC LEADERS
- Appendix B - AUTHENTIC LEADERS INTERVIEWED FOR TRUE NORTH
- Appendix C - LEADERSHIP EXERCISES FOR EACH CHAPTER
- References
- Index
Product information
- Title: True North: Discover Your Authentic Leadership
- Author(s):
- Release date: March 2007
- Publisher(s): Jossey-Bass
- ISBN: 9780787987510
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