As Charles says, passion is a strong undercurrent throughout Authentic Leadership. In one key passage (pp. 36-37), Bill George connects passion and purpose:
Many leaders search for years, even decades, to find the purpose for their ...READ»
"We connect through our weaknesses, not our strengths," says Bill George, former CEO of Medtronic and author of Authentic Leadership, "Human fraility is where we connect."
George says that when he sent e-mails to Medtronic employees ...READ»
I read a wonderful profile of William Styron by his daughter, Alexandra Syron in The New Yorker. Styron was not an easy man to have for a father, given his extreme moodiness and withdrawal, but the author nevertheless loved her ...READ»
In chapter five of Authentic Leadership, Bill George outlines how authentic companies approach organizational values:
Values begin with telling the truth, internally and externally.
Authentic companies value the importance of ...READ»
We've added a new element to the Fast Company Book Club. If you participate in a discussion group and send us a report on the discussion, we'll consider it for inclusion in our new online collection of book reports.
In mid-December, ...READ»
I just read an excellent interview with Bill George in Strategy & Business, whose ideas of leadership I blogged about last week and continue to be struck by his emphasis on a "personal compass." By this he means a set of values that ...READ»
Fast Company recently launched the FC Book Club, a monthly book discussion group featuring the best and brightest business books selected by our readers -- and our host Charles Decker.
October's selection is Authentic Leadership by ...READ»
Bill George, Harvard Professor and former CEO, Medtronic, will be keynoting the World Business Forum next Tuesday for the second year in a row. I spoke to him today. Here is some of what he told me:Leaders need to think of the world ...READ»
The October issue has barely hit the stands and people have begun asking what gets my attention when choosing the nominees for Fast Company's new Book of the Month feature. If there is one overriding quality that applies to all the ...READ»
She cries, she wins. What's going on?
Prior to Hillary Clinton's crying episode, we knew more about her experience, than about how to experience her.
When she cried and showed vulnerability, she demonstrated more accessibility ...READ»
Fast Company readers are already discussing Bill George's Authentic Leadership, our first Book of the Month. Here are some of the highlights:
Kathy DiPietro: For once here's a book by a CEO that seems to come directly from his ...READ»
Looking forward is about more than peering into the future; it's about excitement and enthusiasm and that makes all the difference in the world.Here is what I am looking forward to:* Today I pack my bags with anticipation, head down ...READ»
It looks like we have our first "hit" with the Fast Company Book Club. A major online bookseller based in Seattle (named after a river in South America -- you do the math) sent out an e-mail inviting employees to participate in a ...READ»
The opening sequence this morning at the World Business Forum highlighted the turmoil, crisis, and upheaval our business world has faced over the last year. It was ominous, one newspaper after the other headlining the dire events that ...READ»
The Chicago Tribune published an impressively wide-ranging study of inside trading among top executives. Offering several examples of such trades, the heavily researched piece found that:
Top executives and directors are active ...READ»
Not only is Martha Stewart requesting that she be allowed to serve the first five months of her sentence at home -- then serving the next five in a proper prison -- she's continuing to exert solid influence on the Martha Stewart ...READ»
I will post to this blog, covering the World Business
Forum in New York City’s Radio City Music Hall, live as it happens, Oct 6 & 7, 2009.
The World Business Forum brings together global leaders,
business icons and ...READ»
