Bill George (academic)
William W. George is an American businessman and academic. He is Professor of Management Practice, Henry B. Arthur Fellow of Ethics, at Harvard Business School.[1][2][3][4] Prior to that, he served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Medtronic.[1][2][3][4]
Early life and education
He graduated with a Bachelor of Science in industrial engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology in 1964.[1] He received an MBA from Harvard University in 1966, where he was a Baker Scholar (highest honors).[1]
Career
He started his career in the United States Department of Defense.[1][2] He later served as a senior executive of Honeywell and Litton Industries.[1][2] In 1989, he joined Medtronic as President and Chief Operating Officer.[1][2] He was elected Chief Executive Officer in 1991 and Chairman of the Board in 1996.[1][2]
He is a full Professor at the Harvard Business School in Cambridge, Massachusetts.[1][2] In 2002-2003 he was professor at the International Institute for Management Development and the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne in Switzerland.[1][2] He has also served as executive-in-residence at the Yale School of Management.[1][2]
He serves on the Boards of Directors of Exxon Mobil, Mayo Clinic and Goldman Sachs.[1][2][3][4] He has sat on the Boards of Novartis AG and Target Corporation.[1][2][3]
Awards and memberships
He sits on the Boards of Trustees of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, the World Economic Forum, and the Guthrie Theater.[1][2][4] He has served as Chair of the Board of Allina Health System, Abbott-Northwestern Hospital, United Way of the Greater Twin Cities, and AdvaMed.[1][2]
He has received honorary degrees from the St. Thomas University School of Law and Bryant University.[1] He was elected to the National Academy of Engineering in 2012.[1]
He has been named one of "Top 25 Business Leaders of the Past 25 Years" by PBS; "Executive of the Year-2001" by the Academy of Management; and "Director of the Year-2001-02" by the National Association of Corporate Directors.[1]
Selected publications
- Authentic Leadership: Rediscovering the Secrets to Creating Lasting Value, ISBN 978-0-7879-6913-4, 2003.
- True North: Discover Your Authentic Leadership ISBN 978-0-7879-8751-0, with Peter Sims, 2007.
- True North Groups: A Powerful Path to Personal and Leadership Development ISBN 978-1-60994-007-2, with Doug Baker, 2008.
- Finding Your True North: A Personal Guide ISBN 978-0-470-26136-1, with Andrew McLean and Nick Craig, 2008.
- 7 Lessons for Leading in Crisis ISBN 978-0-470-53187-7, 2009.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 1.17 Official website biography
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 2.9 2.10 2.11 2.12 Harvard Business School faculty page
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Goldman Sachs Board of Directors biography
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Charlie Rose biography