True North: Discover Your Authentic Leadership (J-B Warren Bennis Series) | Bill George

True North: Discover Your Authentic Leadership (J-B Warren Bennis Series) | Bill George | character first

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	True North: Discover Your Authentic Leadership (J-B Warren Bennis Series) Bill George Jossey-Bass, 2007 - 288 pages average customer review:based on 39 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

A review from Bill's First Class Teaching at Harvard

For many of us in HBS Section B 2005, (Bill George's first section teaching at Harvard Business School), the most valuable experience of our $120K education was learning from and engaging with Bill to examine the role of ethics, authenticity, and accountability in business leadership.

Bill was consistent, constantly challenging our preconcieved notions, asking hard questions that lead us to self-examination, and tirelessly engaging in our development. He came to class with a perspective on leadership born from an unmatched career at Medtronic, Honeywell, and the DoD. When Bill said "Your job as a leader is to define reality for your organization", reminded us to listen more than we talk, and encouraged us to spend at least 5-7 years with one company so that our own mistakes would have time to catch up with us, we listened.

Unfortunately, very few others will ever get the opportunity to sit in a section of 90 people with him. True North, and Authentic Leadership are the next best thing. Every business leader should have to read these books at the beginning of their career and then again every time they're up for promotion.

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one of handful of great business books focused on character first & foremost. in addition, the book is filled with practical anecdotes and interviews with well-known leaders.

wonderful, inspiring

A Consenus for Leadership

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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True North: Discover Your Authentic Leadership (J-B Warren Bennis Series)

I have now read two books by Bill George - True North and Authentic Leadership. Both are well-written, and enjoyable to read. IF you enjoyed Dr. Covey's 7 Habits of Highly Effective People and Principle-centered Leadership, you will enjoy True North as well.

True North - Your Internal Compass

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?

Unlike many leadership books (and I've read my fair share), True North is more than simply a good read. The activities and exercises at the end of each chapter are designed to actually help you discover your leadership style and your underlying beliefs and passions: what makes you YOU. Mr. George believes that for leaders to be effective, they must first know themselves. He believes that you can't read a book about leadership to become a leader; you can't simply emulate other great leaders; you can't review a list of leadership traits or characteristics and simply select those you'll adopt.

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."

Sara Lee CEO Brenda Barnes agrees that leaders need to discover their True North:

If you are guided by an internal compass that represents your character and the values that guide your decisions, you're going to be fine. Let your values guide your actions and don't ever lose your internal compass, because everything isn't black or white. There are lots of gray areas in business.

True North is not a "how-to/techniques" book in helping prospective leaders learn how to create meaningful mission statements or passionate visions, or how to lead teams through troubled waters. True North is an inward-looking book, one that helps you discover the leader within through thoughtful exercises and activities. True North is a book that will make good leaders great.

Mr. George states about True North, "I want the book to change leadership." If any book can accomplish such a lofty goal, True North can. The lessons from 125 business leaders help frame the activities that - if completed - will help YOU find your True North and discover your authentic leadership. If you want to increase your effectiveness as a leader, buy this book!

Terence R. Traut is the president of Entelechy, Inc., a company that helps organizations unlock the potential of their people through customized training programs in the areas of sales, management, customer service, and training.

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