Overview
The context for Authentic Leadership
In this time of unprecedented disruption to the workforce, economy and public sector, leaders need to dig deep to engage their teams, lead through change, and create meaningful and high-performing cultures in quickly changing contexts. Authentic leadership is proven to achieve all of these outcomes by cultivating a natural and unified purpose for leaders as well as the organisation.How Authentic Leadership helps leaders
While Authentic Leadership is ultimately designed to achieve longterm organisational benefits, for Bill George, it all starts with you. If you can determine your personal values, your ‘why’ or ‘true north’ then you can use these to align your behaviours and decisions with your organisation’s best interests. You can rely on these values to make difficult decisions with confidence and clarity, establish accountability and trust with your teams, and create a thriving high performance culture.Why you need to attend this seminar
Back by popular demand, in this seminar, we will examine in detail the concept of Authentic Leadership and how you can use it to lead with greater purpose, build your team’s culture and reach new heights of performance. Authentic Leadership has become an influential and widespread leadership paradigm since Bill George invented the concept, with other bestselling authors such as Brene Brown and Simon Sinek drawing inspiration from George’s key concepts. This seminar is your opportunity to learn the true nature of Authentic Leadership from the undisputed authority on the topic, how you can develop your own authentic leadership style, and how you can use it to lead with greater confidence, purpose and performance. Do not miss this exclusive and unprecedented opportunity for Australian audiences.Who should attend?
This course is designed for mid to upper level managers and leaders in all sectors and industries seeking to improve their leadership impact and outcomes. This is for leaders embarking on organisational change, leaders who are looking to strengthen organisational or team culture, leaders seeking to drive high performance in their teams, and leaders looking to engage the contemporary workforce in a meaningful way.“Bill George tells the stories of leaders united by one belief: You can’t deliver value unless you anchor yourself in values. Bill does a masterful job showing anyone on the journey of leadership what it takes to discover your own True North.”
- Indra Nooyi, CEO of PepsiCo, January 2021“Authentic Leadership is a powerful call for genuine and ethical business leadership, made ever more persuasive by Bill George’s own extraordinary life.”
- Walter Mondale, former vice president of the United States, January 2021“In Discover Your True North, Bill George captures the practice and value of skilled and motivated authentic leaders working together on a strategy and a plan to deliver a compelling vision. It’s a must-read! Thank you, Bill!!”
- Alan Mulally, former CEO of Ford Motor, January 2021Key Learning Outcomes
- Understand the core concepts of Authentic Leadership and how it will benefit your leadership and your organisation, from the original author on the topic
- Tap into the wisdom of the legendary CEO of Medtronic, who grew the organisation by 35% each year for 12 years, and who is now a Harvard Business School Professor of Leadership, with Live Q&A
- Gain a clear understanding of why Authentic Leadership enhances culture, reputation, employee retention and performance
- Have a clear understanding of the role of purpose and values in building organisational performance and reputation based on extensive experience and organisational case studies
- Discover your true values, your ‘True North’, so that you can lead with greater purpose
- Know how to use your values to make decisions with accountability and confidence
- Take away actionable strategies to put Authentic Leadership into practice, using five essential dimensions: Purpose, values, heart, relationships and self-discipline
Key Speakers
Author of Emerging Leader Edition of True North and Discover Your True North
Bill George is an executive fellow at Harvard Business School, where he has been a Professor of Management Practice and Senior Fellow teaching leadership since 2004.
Bill is the author of: Emerging Leader Edition of True North, Discover Your True North and The Discover Your True North Fieldbook, Authentic Leadership, True North, Finding Your True North, 7 Lessons for Leading in Crisis and True North Groups.
Bill George is the former chairman and chief executive officer of Medtronic. During his 10 year tenure as CEO of Medtronic, Bill grew the company’s stock price more than tenfold, with a growth average of 35% per year. For Bill, leadership and culture play the largest part in this surge in performance, with team members regarding the organisation less like a workplace and more as a unified team with a common purpose. This starts with accountable, purposeful but vulnerable leaders.
As George explained in an interview, “It’s important for people to know their leader is vulnerable. It makes the company more human and real. Medtronic has never been a place that you go to just work.”
Earlier in his career, he was a senior executive with Honeywell and Litton Industries and served in the U.S. Department of Defense.