True North Fieldbook

by Bill George

A SINGULAR COLLECTION OF EXERCISES IN LEADERSHIP AND SELF-DISCOVERY FROM THE PREEMINENT THOUGHT LEADER ON AUTHENTIC LEADERSHIP

In the Emerging Leader Edition of the True North Fieldbook, veteran executive and Harvard Business School (HBS) Executive Fellow Bill George delivers an engaging and insightful discussion of how to find your leadership purpose: your True North. You’ll follow along with a series of reflective exercises as you become a better leader by reconnecting with what makes you effective and one-of-a-kind.

The author walks you through your own life story, bringing your personal narrative into sharp relief through an in-depth process of personal discovery. Based on the same lessons taught to MBA students at HBS and the senior executives of dozens of Fortune 100 companies, the book’s exercises demonstrate how to generate a customized and behaviorally anchored Leadership Development Plan that supports immediate action and impact.

An essential strategic playbook for authentic leadership efficacy, the True North Fieldbook will reveal to you the once-in-a-lifetime leadership opportunities that await you, if you’re only willing to reach out and take them.

Genres: Business

256 pages, Paperback

Published November 1, 2022

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Reviews

[Lane Underson · Rating 3 out of 5]

Hard to rate this compared to the fiction books I normally read! Enjoyed the field book way more than the book itself! I’d say 2.75/5
A lot of ideas in this book are theoretically good and correct & it has great intentions. AND it’s not the leadership resource I would recommend to anyone who doesn’t like capitalism and has no respect for money-hungry, corrupt CEOs many of whom (like union-busting former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz for example) are referenced as shining examples of certain qualities or behavior of authentic leaders, which does not sit right with me. Again the main book does more of this than the field book, and what makes the field book better is that it has less of that & does have some helpful reflection exercises

My other biggest gripe with the book itself (and field book by extension) is that the authors like to use therapy lingo in a very not trauma-informed way, which leads to some potentially very harmful paragraphs and conclusions one could draw from this book.

[Alexa Gutierrez Reyna · Rating 4 out of 5]

I’m actually really glad the LMU CBA dean recommended this book during my orientation. There’s a lot of insight that had me reflecting on my past and current leadership experiences. But also a good supplement to the leadership class I am taking in my program

Honestly the Key takeaway from this is to be authentic, comfortable and confident in oneself, and just reminding oneself of personal core values and morals will be the key to being a successful leader.