Bill George is an executive fellow at Harvard Business School, where he was a Professorof Management Practice and Senior Fellow teaching leadership from 2004-2022. He isthe former chairman and chief executive officer of Medtronic. He joined Medtronic in1989 as president and chief operating officer, was chief executive officer from 1991-2001, and board chair from 1996-2002. Earlier in his career, he was a senior executivewith Honeywell and Litton Industries and served in the U.S. Department of Defense.Bill is the author of: True North: Emerging Leader Edition and True North Fieldbook:Emerging Leader Edition; Discover Your True North and The Discover Your True NorthFieldbook; Authentic Leadership; True North and Finding Your True North, 7 Lessonsfor Leading in Crisis and True North Groups.He has served on the boards of Goldman Sachs, ExxonMobil, Novartis, Target, and theMayo Clinic. He is a life director of the Guthrie Theater, and is an executive committeeand board member of YMCA of the North. He has served on the board of WorldEconomic Forum USA, and board chair for Allina Health System, Abbott-NorthwesternHospital, United Way of the Greater Twin Cities, and Advamed.In 2014, the Franklin Institute awarded him the Bower Award for Business Leadershipand he was elected to the National Academy of Engineering in 2012. He was named oneof 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-2001-02" by theNational Association of Corporate Directors. Bill is a frequent contributor to CNBC,Fortune Magazine, and The Wall Street Journal and makes frequent appearances ontelevision and radio.He received his BSIE with high honors from Georgia Tech, his MBA with highdistinction from Harvard University, where he was a Baker Scholar, and honorary PhDsfrom Georgia Tech, Mayo Medical School, University of St. Thomas, Augsburg Collegeand Bryant University. During 2002-03 he was professor at IMD International and EcolePolytechnique in Lausanne, Switzerland, and executive-in-residence at Yale School ofManagement.He and his wife Penny reside in Minneapolis, Minnesota.