Published on: Monday, November 21, 2011
Follow the Leader: Bill George (1 of 2)
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In an exclusive interview for ExecuNet members, former Medtronic Chairman and CEO Bill George shares his perspective on getting the right management talent in the right roles, the impact of internal politics and empowering enterprise potential.
George, now a professor of management practice at Harvard Business School, believes today's global business leaders have to learn how to position people to perform up to their true potential and to their key strengths.
Organizations have a tendency to acculturate their best performers away from their authentic selves, George adds, advising that organizations would be far better served to move away from rigid policies and gravitate to more flexible arrangements with leaders who need the space to be themselves.
The benefits of moving more people and organizations away from the kind of internal politics that wastes so many resources alone would be enough to drive performance, improve productivity and help them unleash innovation in their ranks.
Joseph Daniel McCool
Joseph Daniel McCool is senior contributing editor with ExecuNet and principal of management recruiting/succession advisory firm The McCool Group. He is also the author of Deciding Who Leads: How Executive Recruiters Drive, Direct & Disrupt the Global Search for Leadership Talent, recognized widely as "one of the best business books of 2008," and its Brazilian Portuguese translation, Escolhendo Líderes, published in June 2010.
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