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New York Times

New York Times' Off The Shelf book review calls True North "...one of the most important books on leadership to come along in years, because it is based on so much up-close-and-personal New York Times Reviewobservation..."

"For many years, choruses of management coaches, consultants and business school professors have proclaimed that they can teach executives how to become leaders. The avalanche of words spilled on the subject — many of them simplistic and repetitive — would fill many libraries. Now comes a truly worthwhile look at leadership, True North: Discover Your Authentic Leadership, by Bill George..." read more from The New York Times

 

BusinessWeek Magazine 
BusinessWeek Book Review

BusinessWeek's review of True North as published in "Getting To The Corner Office," by Diane Brady. She calls True North "...an inspiring, anecdotal guide to effective and humane leadership..."

When top executives sit down to write a book, the result is often a celebratory memoir or an upbeat treatise on how you can emulate their success. Bill George has chosen to produce neither, and readers are the luckier for it... read full article in BusinessWeek

 


 

Pioneer Press

Pioneer Press

Pioneer Press' David Beal interviews Bill George in "George rewrites the book on leaders..."

"there’s only one Bill George. In the
decade in which he led Medtronic, the Fridley based company’s market value surged to $60 billion, making it Minnesota’s most highly
valued public company by the time he retired in 2001. Today, at 64, he’s a player in some of the world’s most influential boardrooms as a director of Goldman Sachs, Exxon and Novartis. Yet he also acts as a teacher and watchdog of capitalism from his new perches at the Harvard Business School, where he teaches courses in management practices..." read this full article (pdf)

 

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March 2, 2008 USA Today
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February 28, 2008 Yahoo News
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December 24, 2007 Fortune Magazine
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December 3, 2007 Wall Street Journal
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December 1, 2007 Minnesota Business
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November 7, 2007 Wall Street Journal
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November 5, 2007 The Journal News
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October 29, 2007 The Ground Floor
The Right Leader for the Right Reasons

October 1, 2007 Strategy + Business
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September 4, 2007 Investor's Business Daily
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September 4, 2007 USA Today
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August 27, 2007 Minnesota Public Radio
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August 22, 2007 Don Shelby Show
Don visits with former Medtronic CEO, Bill George

August, 2007 MSP Airport Traveler
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July 1, 2007 American Executive
True to Life

July 1, 2007 PCMA Convene
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June 30, 2007 Vail Daily
Solving The Leadership Crisis

June 30, 2007 Sigma Chi
Q&A An Authentic Leader

June 29, 2007 Vail Trail Weekly
Are CEOs Ruining America?

June 10, 2007 Shanghai Daily
Leadership Worthless Without Moral Compass

June 3, 2007 Colorado Mountain College
Hot Topic: Solving Our Leadership Crisis

June 3, 2007 Vail Valley Symposium
Bill George: Solving Our Leadership Crisis

June 1, 2007 Northwest Airlines Traveler
Finding Direction

June 1, 2007 MWorld
Bill George on His Leadership of Medtronic

May 31, 2007 Wall Street Journal
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April 30, 2007 The Daily Transcript
Former Medtronic CEO tells USD How to Lead

April 23, 2007 US News & World Report
On the Record - Bill George

April 23, 2007 USA Today
Review: 'True North' offers leadership lessons

April 12, 2007 Gallup Management Journal
Real Answers for Real Leaders

April 9, 2007 Wall Street Journal
CEO Readings Lists

April, 2007 Chief Executive
Northern Exposure

April, 2007 Wharton Leadership Digest
Authentic Leadership: Bill George On Finding Your Internal Leadership Compass

April, 2007 Flame
Bill George Authors New Book

April 1, 2007 Fast Company
Open Debate

April 1, 2007 Directorship
The Right Stuff

April 1, 2007 New York Times
What Consultants May Not Know About Leadership

March 28, 2007 Knowledge Wharton
Bill George’s “Authentic Leadership”: Passion Comes From People’s Life Stories

March 28, 2007 Center for Business Ethics
True North: Discover Your Authentic Leadership

March 25, 2007 St. Paul Pioneer Press
George Rewrites the Book on Leaders

March 23, 2007 The Wall Street Journal
Best Selling Books

March 19, 2007 Fortune Magazine
What is Your True North?

March 16, 2007 Wall Street Journal
Lead Authentically. Lead True North.

March 16, 2007 PBS NOW
David Brancaccio interviews Bill George

March 15, 2007 Barnes and Noble
What is Your True North?

March 12, 2007 BusinessWeek
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March 12, 2007 Star Tribune
True Leadership Means Following One's Moral Compass

March, 2007 Bentley Newsroom
True North: Discovering Your Authentic Leadership

March, 2007 Conference Board Review
The 21st Century Leader

February, 2007 Harvard Business Review
Discovering Your Authentic Leadership

January, 2007 Corporate Responsibility Officer
True North

November 6, 2006 Grand Rapids Press
Early Lessons Paved Way for Success

October 1, 2006 Directors & Boards
Are Boards More Effective Today? Yes..but

September 1, 2006 Harvard Magazine
An Education in Ethics

 


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