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EPISODE · Aug 20, 2025 · 20 MIN

Bill George, Executive Fellow, Harvard Business School

from HOW Conversations · host The HOW Institute for Society featuring hosts Dov Seidman and Dana H. Born

[Archive Interview from Jan 24, 2023]Bill George has a challenge for the next generation — lead with authenticity. “We need you as leaders to step up now and hear the call.”  Bill is a professor at Harvard Business School, a best-selling author and the former CEO of Medtronic.  On this new episode of HOW Conversations Bill spoke with Dov Seidman, Founder and Chairman of The HOW Institute, about why emerging leaders must keep their purpose and values in sight. When they do, Bill says,  "the world is a better place...and not just for the people on top, but for everyone.”    Bill's new book, written with Zach Clayton, “True North, Emerging Leader Edition,” is available on Amazon https://a.co/d/gLmDkvbREADY TO START YOUR MORAL LEADERSHIP JOURNEY? Moral leadership is more imperative today than ever before. The HOW Institute for Society was founded on the belief that those in positions of formal authority should also have moral authority.  We are creating the tools leaders need to make principled, ethical and values-based decisions.  We are a nonprofit organization dedicated to building a world rooted in deep human values and trust in our social fabric. The Institute channels philosophical reasoning to address modern problems. Today, HOW we do what we do matters more than ever and in ways it never has before.  Learn more at https://thehowinstitute.org/   

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[Archive Interview from Jan 24, 2023] Bill George has a challenge for the next generation — lead with authenticity. “We need you as leaders to step up now and hear the call.” Bill is a professor at Harvard Business School, a best-selling author and the former CEO of Medtronic. On this new episode of HOW Conversations Bill spoke with Dov Seidman, Founder and Chairman of The HOW Institute, about why emerging leaders must keep their purpose and values in sight. When they do, Bill say...

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