{"70411":{"#nid":"70411","#data":{"type":"news","title":"George Releases New Book: True North Groups","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAlumnus Bill George (IE 1964, Honorary PhD 2008) has released\na new book entitled \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.billgeorge.org\/page\/true-north-groups\u0022\u003E\u003Cem\u003ETrue North Groups: A Powerful Path to\nPersonal and Leadership Development\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E, written with co-author Doug Baker, president of \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.truenorthgroups.com\/blog\/from-doug-baker-president-of-true-north-groups-institute\u0022\u003ETrue North Groups Institute\u003C\/a\u003E. This\nbook extends the ideas of the previously released \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.billgeorge.org\/page\/true-north\u0022\u003E\u003Cem\u003ETrue North\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E to describe the importance of having a small\nintimate group of peers in your life who support each other in challenging\ntimes, and to help each other develop as human beings and as leaders through\nhonest conservations in confidential settings.\u0026nbsp; \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.billgeorge.org\/page\/true-north-groups\u0022\u003E\u003Cem\u003ETrue North Groups\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;contains\nin-depth ideas about\u0026nbsp;forming\u0026nbsp;your group, developing its norms, handling\ndifficult group situations, and creating a high-performing group. \u0026nbsp;It also\nincludes an extensive resource manual that outlines how to form a group of your\nown, along with a complete set of program ideas.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cDoug and I have both benefited from participating in two\nTrue North Groups over the years. \u0026nbsp;One is a men\u2019s group that has meet\nweekly for the past 36 years and the other is a couple\u2019s group that has met for\n28 years,\u201d said George. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EGeorge is a professor of management practice at Harvard\nBusiness School where he teaches leadership and leadership development. He has incorporated\nthe True North Group into his courses at the Harvard Business School, where\nthey have had significant impact on the MBA students and mid-career executives\nwho have participated in them. True North Group members have shared the small\ngroup principles with participants in such organizations as the Young Presidents\nOrganization Forum, Spirit Search, and Masterminds.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EIn addition to this recent publication, George is the\nauthor of the best-selling books:\u0026nbsp; \u003Cem\u003E7\nLessons for Leading in Crisis\u003C\/em\u003E,\u003Cem\u003E True\nNorth: Discovering your Authentic Leadership\u003C\/em\u003E,\u003Cem\u003E Finding Your True North \u003C\/em\u003E(workbook),\u003Cem\u003E \u003C\/em\u003Eand\u003Cem\u003E Authentic Leadership\u003C\/em\u003E. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EGeorge is the former chairman and CEO of Medtronic, and\ncurrently serves on the boards of ExxonMobil and Goldman Sachs. He is also a\ntrustee of Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and the World Economic\nForum USA. He has made frequent appearances on television and radio, and his\narticles have appeared in numerous publications. He has been named one of \u201cTop\n25 Business Leaders of the Past 25 Years\u201d by PBS.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003ETrue North Groups:\nA Powerful Path to Personal and Leadership Development\u003C\/em\u003E is available for\npurchase at \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/True-North-Groups-Leadership-Development\/dp\/1609940075\/ref=sr_1_1?s=books\u0026amp;ie=UTF8\u0026amp;qid=1317322085\u0026amp;sr=1-1\u0022\u003EAmazon\u003C\/a\u003E.\u0026nbsp; For more information about True North Groups,\nvisit \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.billgeorge.org\u0022 title=\u0022www.billgeorge.org\u0022\u003Ewww.billgeorge.org\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAlumnus Bill George (IE 1964, Honorary PhD 2008) has released\na new book entitled \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.billgeorge.org\/page\/true-north-groups\u0022\u003E\u003Cem\u003ETrue North Groups: A Powerful Path to\nPersonal and Leadership Development\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E, written with co-author Doug Baker, president of \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.truenorthgroups.com\/blog\/from-doug-baker-president-of-true-north-groups-institute\u0022\u003ETrue North Groups Institute\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27511","created_gmt":"2011-09-29 16:28:20","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:10:18","author":"Ashley Daniel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2011-09-29T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2011-09-29T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"70412":{"id":"70412","type":"image","title":"Bill George","body":null,"created":"1449177314","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:15:14","changed":"1475894618","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:43:38","alt":"Bill George","file":{"fid":"192956","name":"bill_george.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/bill_george_1.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/bill_george_1.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":2324457,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/bill_george_1.jpg?itok=5j8NLXfP"}},"70413":{"id":"70413","type":"image","title":"True North Groups: A Powerful Path to Personal and Leadership Development","body":null,"created":"1449177314","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:15:14","changed":"1475894618","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:43:38","alt":"True North Groups: A Powerful Path to Personal and Leadership Development","file":{"fid":"192957","name":"true_north.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/true_north_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/true_north_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":1847246,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/true_north_0.jpg?itok=xVFx-Xhk"}}},"media_ids":["70412","70413"],"groups":[{"id":"1242","name":"School of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISYE)"}],"categories":[{"id":"132","name":"Institute Leadership"}],"keywords":[{"id":"1614","name":"bill george"},{"id":"14485","name":"Doug Baker"},{"id":"426","name":"isye"},{"id":"14484","name":"True North Groups"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:barbara.christopher@isye.gatech.edu\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EBarbara Christopher\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIndustrial and Systems Engineering\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E404.385.3102\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}