The Discover Your True North Fieldbook, Revised And Updated: A Personal Guide To Becoming An Authentic Leader

Based on the bestselling book True North, this guide enables leaders to identify their own unique "True North" through reflection and exercises that target the purpose of their leadership and help them develop authentic leadership skills. It will expand on and delve deeper into the exercises from True North and include illustrative stories and newly contributed perspectives from other leaders. This revision will:

• broaden the target audience beyond the C-suite to middle managers and those from their mid-20’s with minimal leadership experience.
  incorporate lessons learned from of the last seven years of teaching True North Authentic Leadership programs to:
  • Harvard Business School 2^nd year MBA’s
  • Over 6000 senior executives in custom programs delivered by the Authentic Leadership Institute at companies like GE & Unilever, as well as Harvard Business School Executive Education programs.

BILL GEORGE is Senior Fellow at the Harvard Business School and former chairman and CEO of Medtronic, the world’s leading medical technology company. Under his leadership, Medtronic’s market capitalization grew from $1.1 billion to $60 billion, averaging 35 percent a year. He is the author of the best-selling Authentic Leadership and a board member of Goldman Sachs, Exxon, and the Mayo Clinic. George has been recognized as “Executive of the Year” by the Academy of Management, “Director of the Year” by the National Association of Corporate Directors, and received the prestigious Bower Award for Business Leadership – given annually to the nation’s top business leader.