True North：Discover Your Authentic Leadership

图书标准信息

• 作者 Bill W.（比尔·W·乔治）、Peter E. Sims（彼特·E·西姆斯） 著
• 出版社 Wiley
• 出版时间 2007-01
• 版次 1
• ISBN 9780787987510
• 定价 301.50元
• 装帧 精装
• 开本 其他
• 纸张 胶版纸
• 页数 288页
• 正文语种 英语

【内容简介】

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.

【作者简介】

BillGeorgeisprofessorofmanagementpracticeattheHarvardBusinessSchoolandformerchairmanandCEOofMedtronic,theworld'sleadingmedicaltechnologycompany.Underhisleadership,Medtronic'smarketcapitalizationgrewfrom$1.1billionto$60billion,averaging35percentayear.Heistheauthorofthebest-sellingAuthenticLeadershipandaboardmemberofGoldmanSachs,Target,andNovartis.GeorgehasbeenrecognizedasExecutiveoftheYearbytheAcademyofManagementDirectoroftheYearbytheNationalAssociationofCorporateDirectors,andoneofPublicBroadcasting'sTop25LeadersofthePast25Years.PeterSimsestablishedLeadershipPerspectives,aclassonleadershipdevelopmentattheStanfordGraduateSchoolofBusiness,andcofoundedtheLondonofficeofSummitPartners,aleadinginvestmentfirm.HewasalsopartoftheDeloitteToucheTomatsuGlobalStrategyTeamandhascontributedtonumerouspublicationsincludingtheHarvardBusinessReview.

【目录】

Acknowledgments.

TheAuthors.

Editor'sNote(WarrenBennis).

Foreword(DavidGergen).

Introduction:TrueNorth.

PartOne:LeadershipIsaJourney.

1.TheJourneytoAuthenticLeadership.

2.WhyLeadersLoseTheirWay.

3.TransformationFrom"I"to"We."

PartTwo:DiscoverYourAuthenticLeadership.

4.KnowingYourAuthenticSelf.

5.PracticingYourValuesandPrinciples.

6.WhatMotivatesYoutoBeaLeader?

7.BuildingYourSupportTeam.

8.StayingGrounded:IntegratingYourLife.

PartThree:EmpoweringPeopletoLead.

9.LeadershipwithPurposeandPassion.

10.EmpoweringPeopletoLead.

11.HoningYourLeadershipEffectiveness.

Epilogue:TheFulfillmentofLeadership.

Appendixes.

AResearchStudyonDevelopmentofAuthenticLeaders.

BAuthenticLeadersInterviewedforTrueNorth.

CLeadershipExercisesforEachChapter.

References.

Index.