True North：Discover Your Authentic Leadership

作者: Bill W. （比尔·W·乔治）著 , 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

装帧: 精装

开本: 其他

纸张: 胶版纸

页数: 288页

正文语种: 英语

分类: 外文古旧书>英文书>管理

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