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Bill George Author, Discover Your True North* Senior Fellow, Harvard Business School and Former CEO, Medtronic On today’s show, we learn how to discover your True North with Bill George, one of America’s most seasoned business leaders. Bill is a senior fellow at Harvard Business School and the former Chairman and CEO of Medtronic, the world’s leading medical technology company. He is the author of four bestselling books, including True North*, Authentic Leadership*, and his most recent book, Discover Your True North*, which is what he’s here to talk about today. Quotes Your life story defines your leadership. –Bill George Leadership is your choice, not your title. –Bill George Leadership can be lonely, and the only way to overcome that loneliness is to surround yourself with truth tellers and people who care about you. –Bill George Feedback Comments, questions, or feedback for future QaA shows: http://coachingforleaders.com/feedback The next QaA show is episode 226 Please join my weekly leadership guide. The leadership guide is delivered to your inbox each Wednesday and includes my thoughts and recommendations on the best articles, podcasts, videos, and books, to support your development between shows. It also includes a brief overview and link to the full weekly show notes. As a bonus, when you join the weekly leadership guide, you'll get immediate access to my reader's guide listing the ten leadership books that will help you get better results from others, with brief summaries from me on the value of each book. Download the 11-page reader's guide and 9-minute video of these book recommendations at http://coachingforleaders.com/subscribe 5 Years to Your Best Year Ever Want to start 2016 with intentional leadership in your work and life? Check out our affiliation with Michael Hyatt for the 5 Days to Your Best Year Ever Course*. Download his LifeScore assessment at http://coachingforleaders.com/lifescore. I'm also adding a special offer just for the Coaching for Leaders community: Keep the Momentum Going I'm hosting this live, video-webinar on Saturday, February 6th, 2016 for members of the Coaching for Leaders community who register for the 5 Days to Your Best Year Ever course* this holiday season. Just forward the receipt you receive from Michael Hyatt to the email address I mentioned on this episode (or message me through the contact form on this site). Thank You Thank you to Anton for the kind review on iTunes. If you would like to post a review as well, it's a huge help in the growth of the Coaching for Leaders community. If you use iTunes, just visit http://coachingforleaders.com/itunes and if you use Stitcher, please visit http://coachingforleaders.com/stitcher - and thank you in advance for your support!