Discover Your True North

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George Bill. Discover Your True North

BEST-SELLING BOOKS BY BILL GEORGE

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PREFACE. THE REMARKABLE LEGACY OF WARREN BENNIS

FOREWORD

INTRODUCTION

PART ONE. YOUR JOURNEY TO LEADERSHIP

1. YOUR LIFE STORY

2. LOSING YOUR WAY

3. CRUCIBLES

PART TWO. DEVELOPING AS AN AUTHENTIC LEADER

4. SELF-AWARENESS

5. VALUES

6. SWEET SPOT

7. SUPPORT TEAM

8. INTEGRATED LIFE

PART THREE. YOUR TRUE NORTH MEETS THE WORLD

9. I TO WE

10. PURPOSE

11. EMPOWERMENT

12. GLOBAL LEADERSHIP

AFTERWORD. STAKEHOLDERS IN SOCIETY

NEW LEADERS FEATURED IN DISCOVER YOUR TRUE NORTH

PARTICIPANTS FROM THE ORIGINAL RESEARCH FOR TRUE NORTH

WHERE ARE THEY NOW?

REFERENCES

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

INDEX

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Bennis transformed our understanding of what it means to be a leader. He was the first scholar who said leadership is not a set of genetic characteristics, but the result of a lifelong process of self-discovery. Rejecting the notion that leaders are born with certain traits, he opened the door to the real source of leadership: within you. He wrote:

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The positive side of these crises is the high quality of leaders who have emerged in the new generation and how well they have learned the lessons of these debacles. These leaders lived through the corporate governance debacle of 2003, when Enron and WorldCom went bankrupt, and survived the global financial collapse of 2008.

From these negative experiences when many leaders went awry, today's leaders learned what not to do. They saw many of their predecessors get caught in the trap of chasing money, fame, and power, and lose sight of their True North. They learned the perils of putting self-interest ahead of the institutions they were chosen to lead. Most important, they learned that being authentic is the most effective and sustainable way to lead.

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