Foreword
Preface
Introduction: Finding Depth and Intimacy in Your Life
Chapter 1. True North Groups
Chapter 2. Your Personal and Leadership Development
Chapter 3. Forming Your Group
Chapter 4. Norming
Chapter 5. Storming
Chapter 6. Performing
Chapter 7. Reforming
Conclusion: Why Your True North Group is Important in Your Life
Resources:
1. Start-Up Curriculum (First Twelve Topics)
2. Additional Curriculum Topics
3. The Group’s Initial Meeting
4. Member Contract
5. Meeting Formats
6. Ground Rules for Group Discussions
7. Guide for Facilitating Groups
8. Member Satisfaction Survey
9. Group Retreats
10. Adding New Members to Existing Groups
11. Giving and Receiving Feedback
12. Research Process and Interviewees
Notes
Bibliography
Acknowledgments
Index
About the Authors
The True North Groups Institute
Bill George is a professor of management practice at Harvard
Business School and the former chairman and CEO of Medtronic Inc.
He is the author of Authentic Leadership, True North, Finding Your
True North, and 7 Lessons for Leading in Crisis.
Doug Baker is president of the True North Groups Institute and
former senior vice president for Human Resources of American
Express Financial Advisors.
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lives.”
—Rosabeth Moss Kanter, Ernest L. Arbuckle Professor of Business
Administration, Harvard Business School, and author of Confidence
and SuperCorp
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North Groups. If you apply its lessons, your life is likely to be
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—Robert Putnam, Peter and Isabel Malkin Professor of Public Policy,
Harvard Kennedy School; coauthor of American Grace; and author of
Bowling Alone
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“Bill George and Doug Baker have crafted an invaluable guide to
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compelling map for self-discovery through telling our stories to a
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leader’s development.”
—Daniel Goleman, author of Emotional Intelligence
“This book fills a leadership gap across the life span: the
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—Krista Tippett, host of On Being, American Public Media
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