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True North

Discover Your Authentic Leadership

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True North

By: Bill George, Peter Sims
Narrated by: Mark Adams
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True North shows how anyone who follows his or her internal compass can become an authentic leader. This leadership tour de force is based on research and first-person interviews with 125 of today's top leaders - with some surprising results.

In this important audiobook, acclaimed former Medtronic CEO Bill George and coauthor Peter Sims share the wisdom of these outstanding leaders and describe how you can develop as an authentic leader. True North presents a concrete and comprehensive program for leadership success and shows how to create your own Personal Leadership Development Plan centered on five key areas:

  • Knowing your authentic self
  • Defining your values and leadership principles
  • Understanding your motivations
  • Building your support team
  • Staying grounded by integrating all aspects of your life

    True North offers an opportunity for anyone to transform their leadership path and become the authentic leader they were born to be.
    • ©2007 Bill George (P)2007 Gildan Media Corp     Leadership Management Management & Leadership Business Inspiring Self Leadership

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    "Bill George reminds us that compassion and understanding are as important qualities for business leaders as dedication and resolve." (President Jimmy Carter)

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    Finding your true north is applicable to everyone. Interesting to see that even some of the successes presented on the book may have not worked today. As the author noted, your leadership style needs to be adapted to todays environment.

    Excellent leadership book

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    I enjoyed the book and how it told you what the goal was going to be right away. Great success stories. Thanks

    Great examples of True North successes

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    If you could sum up True North in three words, what would they be?

    Lead with authenticity.

    What was one of the most memorable moments of True North?

    The section on mentoring explains how it should be a two-way communication between people that have mutual respect for each other. I have been involved in mentoring programs before and it typically is a one-way street where the more experienced individual is passig all the intelligence.

    Any additional comments?

    This book has a plethora of information on how to be a leader. This book is great for any level of leadership in any situation from the boardroom to the battlefront.

    Learn how to use your default leadership style.

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    If you could sum up True North in three words, what would they be?

    Informative, Engaging, Relative

    What was one of the most memorable moments of True North?

    The stories shared by real leaders revealing the moments of their crucibles and triumphs were real to me. Understanding that the best of the best in leadership became so by being true to themselves, aligning their work with their values, and being genuine and in some cases vulnerable with the people they were charged to lead was critical to driving home the premise of this book.

    What about Mark Adams’s performance did you like?

    Mark Adams is well spoken, not monotone and engaging as a story teller.

    Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

    No, this is a book that delivers a message. I did not find myself to be emotionally engaged.

    Great Listen - Definitely better than the book!

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    If you are an authentic and seasoned manager or leader with good grounding there is not really many new things in this book. However it confirms and frames things that need to be reconfirmed every now and then, also it helps you frame the different aspects to help you keep all of them in good shape (would have said in balance before reading this book). So a good read for seasoned leadership and a must read for the next generation of leaders, regardless of their role in life.

    Authentic and grounded without fluff.

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    I listened to this prior to leadership meetings. Liked the empowerment topics. I recommend to anyone leading teams.

    Inspiring

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    The chapters in the book don't align with the headings in Audible. It was difficult to find the correct chapter, I had I scan through to find specific chapters.

    This also isn't the latest version. Needs to be updated

    Chapter issues

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    This is a refreshing look at leadership and the qualities that flow from leading from your passion. He specifically suggests that successful leaders are "authentic leaders" and that authenticity comes from intrinsic or internal motivations rather than extrinsic motivation. Examples of intrinsic motivation include passions and desire to see things change for the better. Examples of extrinsic motivation include pay, power, prestige, etc. When intrinsically motivated, leaders are less likely to compromise their values and more likely to remain authentic. When extrinsically motivated, that is less often the case.

    In all, this is a wonderful listen with great insight.

    True Insight

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    This book helped provide the language and a model to a phylosophy i've believed for years. I highly recommend this book.

    Very helpful!!

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    This is one of my favorite business books. The Audible recording is just okay, and would have benefited from proper chapter titles and editing (one chapter flows into another)… but what’s great about it is the focus and concept authentic leadership, vision and the concept of True North.

    One of the best business books ever…

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