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

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. more

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Posted: Jun-28-2009

Excellent

product was received on-time and in good condition. I will buy books from the seller again.

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Posted: May-08-2009

For personal growth

Good reading for personal and professional development. The kind of book you will read over and over.

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Posted: Dec-10-2008

Excellent book on effective leadership and living a more fulfilling life

I highly recommend reading this book. Bill George does a tremendous job of laying out his framework for what constitutes an, "Authentic Leader," how one develops into an authentic leader, and why this new paradigm of leadership is a monumentally positive change from previous concepts of...

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Posted: Dec-10-2008

One of the best books on authentic leadership

After becoming interested in authentic leadership a number of years ago, I did research on different books and articles written on the subject. To my surprise I found very few books written on what it means to be an authentic leader. Luckily I came across True North and read it within a few days....

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Posted: Oct-31-2008

Great leadership book

One of the things I have been doing a lot of reading and thinking on recently has to do with authentic leadership. For most of my ministry life, I have been taught that the leader is full of strength, always knows the answer and is clear on what is happening and where the team/organization is...

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Posted: Oct-24-2008

Thought provoking

Another way of looking at personal development, I found it had some interesting ideas/aspects, but seemed to have missed others.Thought provoking.

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Posted: Aug-16-2008

the need for authenticity

"True North"- Discover your authentic leadership"- the mere title grabbed me . Perhaps there is an inherent desire for people to be truthful and to seek true direction.The book has an appeal for everyone. Everyone is in some way a leader. This book is most assuredly one for anyone.During a...

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Posted: Jul-13-2008

No One Can Be An Authentic and Effective Leader By Trying To Be Someone Other Than Themselves

One of America's most successful executives Bill George (Medtronic) and Peter Sims provide, in "True North," us with a manual on "how-to" discovering and build on our unique and authentic leadership story. Their approach is based on what is most important to you, your most cherished values, your...

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Posted: Jun-30-2008

True North

One of the greatest books ever written on Leadership. Not just in leading others but a true book on how to lead yourself. If you cannot lead you, no one will follow you. True leadership is defined by your ability to turn those under you into leaders themselves. True North also helps define where...

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Posted: May-12-2008

Trite Rehash of Common Sense Ideas

This book can be boiled down to one piece of advice: be nice. That's it. That was the good part of the book. Everyone benefits when everyone is nice. To get that far, however, the reader must find his way through hackneyed sayings, inept metaphors, and blatant self contradictions. Here are...

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