True North：Discover Your Authentic Leadership

TrueNorthshowshowanyonewhofollowstheirinternalcompasscanbecomeanauthenticleader.Thisleadershiptourdeforceisbasedonresearchandfirst-personinterviewswith125oftoday'stopleaders-withsomesurprisingresults.Inthisimportantbook,acclaimedformerMedtronicCEOBillGeorgeandco-authorPeterSimssharethewisdomoftheseoutstandingleadersanddescribehowyoucandevelopasanauthenticleader.TrueNorthpresentsaconcreteandcomprehensiveprogramforleadershipsuccessandshowshowtocreateyourownPersonalLeadershipDevelopmentPlancenteredonfivekeyareas:Knowingyourauthenticself;definingyourvaluesandleadershipprinciples;understandingyourmotivations;buildingyoursupportteam;and,stayinggroundedbyintegratingallaspectsofyourlife.TrueNorthoffersanopportunityforanyonetotransformtheirleadershippathandbecometheauthenticleadertheywereborntobe.Personal,original,andilluminatingstoriesfromWarrenBennis,SirAdrianCadbury,GeorgeShultz(formerU.S.secretaryofstate),CharlesSchwab,JohnWhitehead(co-chairman,GoldmanSachs),AnneMulcahy(CEO,Xerox),HowardSchultz(CEO,Starbucks),DanVasella(CEO,Novartis),JohnBrennan(Chairman,Vanguard),CarolTome(CFO,HomeDepot),DonnaDubinsky(CEO/co-founder,Palm),AlanHorn(President,WarnerBrothers),AnnMoore(CEO,Time,Incorporated)andmanyothersillustratethetransitionsthatshapethetypeofleaderswhowillthriveinthe21stcentury.BillGeorge(Cambridge,MA)hasspentover30yearsinexecutiveleadershippositionsatLitton,Honeywell,andMedtronic.AsCEOofMedtronic,hebuiltthecompanyintotheworld'sleadingmedicaltechnologycompanyasitsmarketcapitalizationincreasedfrom$1.1billionto$60billion.Since2004,hehasbeenaprofessorattheHarvardBusinessSchool.His2004bookAuthenticLeadership(0-7879-7528-1)wasaBusinessWeekbestseller.PeterSims(SanFrancisco,CA)established'LeadershipPerspectives',acourseonleadershipdevelopmentattheStanfordGraduateSchoolofBusinessandco-foundedtheLondonofficeofSummitPartners,aleadinginvestmentfirm.