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.
Bill George is a celebrated leader who served as Chair and CEO of Medtronic, the world’s leading medical technology company. He is an executive fellow at Harvard Business School, where he has taught leadership since 2004, and is the bestselling author of many books, including Discover Your True North. Bill also served as a director at Goldman Sachs, ExxonMobil, Novartis, Target, the Mayo Clinic, and World Economic Forum USA.
In this episode of the Elevate Podcast, Bill joins host Robert Glazer to discuss his leadership career, the importance of purpose-driven leadership, and the challenges Mark Zuckerberg is facing with Meta.
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