Elevate Classics: Bill George on Finding Your Purpose In Life and Leadership
Elevate with Robert Glazer
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The Leadership Challenges at Medtronic
I made one huge mistake in that process. I had been president of Honeywell Europe for three years. And I decided to create such a position for Medtronic. Six months after I pointed my general counsel comes to my office and Bill can I close the door? This isn't going to be good, he says. He called up the chief auditor and said this guy had been running a bribery fund on behalf of Italian doctors. So he had to go. But it was a very good learning experience.
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