Authentic Leadership: Former CEO Bill George Interview on Building Management Skills

KNOWLEDGE AT WHARTON ARCHIVES: Business leader-turned-academic Bill George has often told aspiring executives that leadership is more about discovering and building on your true strengths than about becoming a different person. Author of best-selling books including Authentic Leadership and True North, he was chairman and chief executive officer (CEO) of medical device maker Medtronic during a decade of high growth. In an interview with Wharton management professor Michael Useem, George, who is now a professor of management practice at Harvard Business School, shares insights about his own path to leadership and offers some advice for aspiring leaders.

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[belkacemiadil]

Great leader and gives a good advices for CEOs also for everyone of us. Thanks Mr Bill. I'm reading your book True north which is really very useful for me.

[oatspeakslive]

Very instructive points taken from this video. Very inspirational and I like the true to you (authenciticy) style of Bill George.

[maamoonmohammed]

Great man who is authentic and command respect

[DamiAbbey]

What an intelligent man to share his story. Very inspired.

[babakmardani]

Be who you are & then bloom from that position! 🌷

[Larry]

Compelling narrative you've presented. Similar to an influential book in the genre. "The Hidden Empire: Inside the Private Worlds of Elite CEOs" by Various Authors