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Finding Your True North: A Personal Guide

by Bill George

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Based on Bill George's bestselling book True North, this personal guide offers leaders a comprehensive method for identifying their unique "True North." The book offers methods for personal reflection and includes targeted exercises that help leaders hone in on the purpose of their leadership and developing their authentic leadership skills.

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Bill George is former chairman and CEO of Medtronic, He is a board member of Goldman Sachs, Target, and Novartis and executive-in-residence at Yale

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Genres: Business, Nonfiction
DDC/MDS: 658.4 — Applied Science & Technology Management & public relations General management Executive
LCC: HD57.7 .G45814 — Social sciences Industries. Land use. Labor Industries. Land use. Labor Management. Industrial management
BISAC: BUS BUSINESS & ECONOMICS Leadership

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Languages: English
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Published: 2008
Genres: Business, Nonfiction
DDC/MDS: 658.4
LCC: HD57.7 .G45814

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