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As professor of management and ethics at Harvard Business School, Bill George teaches from personal experience on the topics of leadership and leadership development. He is the author of the best-selling books True North: Discover Your Authentic Leadership and Authentic Leadership: Rediscovering the Secrets to Creating Lasting Value. George is the former chairman and CEO of Medtronic, the world's leading medical technology company. Under his leadership, Medtronic's market capitalization grew from $1.1 billion to $60 billion, averaging 35 percent annual growth. |
“Discovering our authentic leadership requires us to test ourselves, our values, and our beliefs through real-world experiences.”
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Wendy Kopp is the founder and CEO of Teach for America, a nonprofit organization that recruits the nation's most promising college graduates to teach in America's most distressed urban and rural communities. Kopp's long-term goal—to build a force of civic leaders with the insight and credibility to make fundamental changes in all sectors—exists to provide every child with an equal chance in life. This leadership vision was recognized by U.S. News & World Report when Kopp was named one of "America's Best Leaders." |
“The educational problems our world faces have to be this generation's issue. We know we can solve them if we get enough true leaders.”
God calls all of us to use the gifts He`s given us to make an impact
on the world. In this session, Bill George challenges leaders to be
true to their calling and identifies several practices leaders can use
to stay on course. Then, Bill Hybels interviews Wendy Kopp, discussing
the power a strong mission can have on an organization and how Teach
for America successfully recruits thousands of top college graduates
to bypass high-paying opportunities to dedicate two years to teaching
in schools in low-income areas.
