Torch bearer for authentic leadership and bestselling leadership author.
Ranked #35 in 2007.
Named Executive of the Year 2001 by the Academy of Management.
Named a Top 25 Business Leader of the Past 25 Years by PBS.
To begin the journey to authentic leadership, leaders must understand the story of their own life. Leaders that constantly test themselves through real-world experiences and reframe their life stories to understand who they are at their core discover the purpose of their leadership, and that being authentic makes them more effective. George argues that authentic leaders understand and have a passion for their purpose; have solid values – including integrity, which they practise and test themselves with; treat followers with compassion; fire up employees to achieve great things; and must forge common purpose and build a sense of connectedness.
George is an executive fellow at Harvard Business School, where he has taught leadership since 2004. Former chair and CEO of Medtronic, which he joined in 1989 as president and COO, George was previously an executive with Honeywell and Litton industries and served in the US Department of Defense. He has served as director of Goldman Sachs, ExxonMobil, Novartis, Target, the Mayo Clinic, and World Economic Forum USA.
Authentic Leadership; Rediscovering the Secrets to Creating Lasting Value (Jossey-Bass, 2004); True North: Discover Your Authentic Leadership (with Peter Sims, Jossey-Bass, 2007); True North Groups: A Powerful Path to Personal and Leadership Development (with Doug Baker, Berrett-Koehler, 2011); Finding Your True North: A Personal Guide (with Andrew McLean and Nick Craig, John Wiley & Sons, 2008); 7 Lessons for Leading in a Crisis (Jossey-Bass, 2009); Discover your True North (with David Gergen, Jossey-Bass, 2015).
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