True North, Bill George
True North, Bill George
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True North
Discover Your Authentic Leadership

Author: Bill George, Peter Sims

Narrator: Mark Lee Adams

Unabridged: 7 hr 54 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Ascent Audio

Published: 08/08/2011


Synopsis

True North shows how anyone who follows his or her 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 audiobook, 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.

Reviews

Goodreads review by David on January 02, 2012

OK, my second of three self-help books for the months of October/November. I came to this book with the utmost level of skepticism and came away with slightly less skepticism. I've seen several cases of people taking "leadership courses" only to become distant and insecurely authoritarian with the te......more

Goodreads review by Dave on December 14, 2011

This book gets good reviews, but I think it's mostly due to the fact that other business books are so BAD. Most are self-congratulatory and promote bad behavior -- you get the immediate impression that the sole purpose of the book is to establish the author's cult of personality. In case you're wonde......more

Goodreads review by Keith on May 20, 2018

A must read for all leaders of people. The value of knowing your story, really knowing your story, and how you've developed into who you are today.. Your principles, values, and style... Are formed by your life story and your crucible. Highly recommend and will be using this as a tool in my career.......more

Goodreads review by Ying Ying on May 20, 2018

A great guide to self-discovery with self-assessing questions at the end of each chapter.......more

Goodreads review by Jaclyn on February 04, 2011

This book, of course, is another foray into leadership strategy. I have to admit that I went into the book with a bad attitude because I am not a huge fan of the professor who assigned it. That said, it actually was a pretty good book. The author's rhetoric is a bit cliche, but the book won me over......more