{"47591":{"#nid":"47591","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Bill George Releases New Book on Leading Through Crises","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EOn August 31, 2009, alumnus Bill George (IE 1964) released a new book on leadership strategies for the competitive business world, \u003Cem\u003E7 Lessons for Leading in Crisis\u003C\/em\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIn his book, he draws from his own experiences to argue that the root cause of the economic crisis was not subprime mortgages but rather subprime leadership. Drawing from his personal experiences in the business world, he discusses 7 lessons that will be helpful to leaders of all ages and all organizational levels in navigating through a range of crisis situations. In summation, George\u0027s recommendations include:\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E- Face reality, starting with yourself.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n- Don\u0027t be Atlas; get the world off your shoulders.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n- Dig deep for the root cause.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n- Get ready for the long haul.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n- Never waste a good crisis.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n- You\u0027re in the spotlight; follow True North.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n- Go on offense; focus on winning now.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EBill George is a professor of management at Harvard Business School, where he has taught leadership practices since 2004, and the former Chairman and CEO of Medtronic Inc, the world\u0027s largest medical technology company. He has been named one of PBS\u0027s \u0022Top 25 Business Leaders of the Past 25 Years,\u0022 and he is the author of three best-selling books: \u003Cem\u003ETrue North\u003C\/em\u003E, \u003Cem\u003EFinding Your True North\u003C\/em\u003E, and \u003Cem\u003EAuthentic Leadership\u003C\/em\u003E. He operates a brand new website at \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.billgeorge.org\u0022\u003Ewww.billgeorge.com\u003C\/a\u003E, which features pages promoting 7 Lessons, Bill\u0027s other books, and his upcoming speaking events.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"On August 31, 2009, alumnus Bill George (IE 1964) released a new book on leadership strategies for the competitive business world, \u003Cem\u003E7 Lessons for Leading in Crisis\u003C\/em\u003E.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Bill George Releases New Book on Leading Through Crises"}],"uid":"27272","created_gmt":"2009-09-08 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:03:49","author":"Eric Huffman","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2009-09-08T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2009-09-08T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"47592":{"id":"47592","type":"image","title":"7 Lessons for Leading in Crisis","body":null,"created":"1449175348","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 20:42:28","changed":"1475894445","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:40:45","alt":"7 Lessons for Leading in Crisis","file":{"fid":"101226","name":"tgv13056.gif","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/tgv13056_0.gif","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/tgv13056_0.gif","mime":"image\/gif","size":12850,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/tgv13056_0.gif?itok=K4v7YPRk"}},"47593":{"id":"47593","type":"image","title":"Bill George","body":null,"created":"1449175348","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 20:42:28","changed":"1475894445","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:40:45","alt":"Bill George","file":{"fid":"101227","name":"tlb13210.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/tlb13210_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/tlb13210_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":16823,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/tlb13210_0.jpg?itok=0Xkcuv_o"}}},"media_ids":["47592","47593"],"groups":[{"id":"1242","name":"School of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISYE)"}],"categories":[{"id":"130","name":"Alumni"},{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"}],"keywords":[{"id":"7895","name":"best-selling"},{"id":"1614","name":"bill george"},{"id":"1072","name":"Business"},{"id":"7896","name":"crisis"},{"id":"288","name":"Leadership"},{"id":"3536","name":"True North"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cstrong\u003EBarbara Christopher\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIndustrial and Systems Engineering\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/contact\/index.html?id=bt3\u0022\u003EContact Barbara Christopher\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E404.385.3102\u003C\/strong\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["bchristopher@isye.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}