Discover Your True North, Expanded and Updated Edition
- 5h 2m
- Bill George
- John Wiley & Sons (US)
- 2015
The Leadership Classic, Discover Your True North, expanded for today's leaders
Discover Your True North is the best-selling leadership classic that enables you to become an authentic leader by discovering your True North. Originally based on first-person interviews with 125 leaders, this book instantly became a must-read business classic when it was introduced in 2007. Now expanded and updated to introduce 48 new leaders and new learning about authentic global leaders, this revisited classic includes more diverse, global, and contemporary leaders of all ages. New case studies include Warren Buffett, Indra Nooyi, Arianna Huffington, Jack Ma, Paul Polman, Mike Bloomberg, Mark Zuckerberg, and many others. Alongside these studies, former Medtronic CEO Bill George continues to share his personal stories and his wisdom by describing how you can become the leader you want to be, with helpful exercises included throughout the book.
Being a leader is about much more than title and management skills—it's fundamentally a question of who we are as human beings. Discover Your True North offers a concrete and comprehensive program for becoming an authentic leader, and shows how to chart your path to leadership success.
Once you discover the purpose of your leadership, you'll find the true leader inside you. This book shows you how to use your natural leadership abilities to inspire and empower others to excellence in today's complex global world. Discover Your True North enables you to become the leader you were born to be, and stay on track of your True North.
About the Author
BILL GEORGE, former CEO of Medtronic, is a Senior Fellow at Harvard Business School (HBS), where he teaches leadership in executive education programs. He was professor of management practice from 2004 to 2014. He is the author of four bestselling books: Authentic Leadership, True North, Finding Your True North, and 7 Lessons for Leading in Crisis, and coauthor of True North Groups with Doug Baker. He serves on the boards of Goldman Sachs, Mayo Clinic, and World Economic Forum, and has served on the board of ExxonMobil, Novartis, and Target.
In this Book
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Preface—The Remarkable Legacy of Warren Bennis
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Foreword
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Introduction
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Chapter 1: Your Life Story
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Chapter 2: Losing Your Way
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Chapter 3: Crucibles
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Chapter 4: Self-Awareness
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Chapter 5: Values
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Chapter 6: Sweet Spot
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Chapter 7: Support Team
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Chapter 8: Integrated Life
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Chapter 9: I To We
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Chapter 10: Purpose
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Chapter 11: Empowerment
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Chapter 12: Global Leadership
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Afterword—Stakeholders in Society
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Leaders and Participants
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