Bill George is professor of management practice at Harvard Business School, where he has taught leadership since 2004. He is the author of four best-selling books: 7 Lessons for Leading in[…]
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Frugality, integrity, modesty.
Question: Who are you?
Bill George: My name is Bill George. Currently I'm Professor of Management Practice at Harvard University Business School.I was born in Muskegon, Michigan.
Question: Where are you from and how has that shaped you?
Bill George: Well being born in the Midwest, I think I adopted some of the Midwestern values that tended to come with the area where I was growing . . . My mother came from a Dutch family--a Dutch immigrant family--and we were very much a part of her family growing up. And I think that became very much a part of me--the values like frugality and integrity, modesty, things like that.
Recorded on: Jul 7 2007
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