Announcing 2016 VHEDC
Annual Dinner Speaker!
Bill George
Senior Fellow, Harvard Business School
Former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Medtronic
Author of Discover Your True North
Join us Tuesday, November 1, 2016 at the Vadnais Heights Commons! Register HERE.
Bill George is senior Mr. George is the former chairman and chief executive officer of Medtronic. He joined Medtronic in 1989 as president and chief operating officer, fellow at Harvard Business School, where he has taught leadership since 2004. He is the author of four best-selling books: 7 Lessons for Leading in Crisis, True North, Finding Your True North, and Authentic Leadership, as well True North Groups. His newest book, Discover Your True North, was published in August of 2015 along with its companion workbook, The Discover Your True North Fieldbook. He was chief executive officer from 1991-2001, and board chair from 1996-2002. Earlier in his career, he was a senior executive with Honeywell and Litton Industries and served in the U.S. Department of Defense.
Mr. George currently serves as a director of Goldman Sachs and The Mayo Clinic. He has served recently on the boards of ExxonMobil, Novartis, Target Corporation and Minnesota’s Destination Medical Center Corporation. He is currently a trustee of World Economic ForumUSA, and has served as board chair for Allina Health System, Abbott- Northwestern Hospital, United Way of the Greater Twin Cities, and Advamed.
In April 2014 the Franklin Institute awarded him the Bower Award for Business Leadership. He was elected to the National Academy of Engineering in 2012. He has been named one of the 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- by the National Association of Corporate Directors. Mr. George is a CNBC Contributor and has made frequent appearances on television and radio. He received his BSIE with high honors from Georgia Tech, his MBA with high distinction from Harvard University, where he was a Baker Scholar, and honorary PhDs from Georgia Tech, Mayo Medical School, the University of St. Thomas, Augsburg College and Bryant University. During 2002-03 he was professor at IMD International and EcolePolytechnique in Lausanne, Switzerland, and executive-in- residence at Yale School of Management.
He and his wife Penny reside in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
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