Travis Kalanick is a real loner. When leaders turn inward and they pull back from listening to anyone, you know they're in trouble. Travis Kalanick did this at Uber and he burned out. They are very dangerous because everyone say, oh, this guy's fantastic. Next thing you know, he'll quitBecause he's feeling the heat he had to deliver on his commitment. So he'll go somewhere else. Then he does it all over again and then over again and after that for another year or so. That's when you stop listening to people. All right. How about the shooting star? Shooting star seen a lot of them. They go up one quickly
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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