“Interview with Bill George on 7 Lessons For Leading In Crisis”

Bill George is a Professor of Management Practice at Harvard Business School where he teaches leadership and leadership development. He is the author of two best-selling books, True North: Discover Your Authentic Leadership and Authentic Leadership: Rediscovering the Secrets to Creating Lasting Value. George is the former chairman and CEO of Medtronic and also serves as a director of Goldman Sachs, Novartis, ExxonMobil, the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, and the World Economic Forum USA. In this interview, Bill talks about his newest book, 7 Lessons for Leading in Crisis, which releases on September 1st and can be purchased from Amazon or Barnes and Noble.

“Interview with Matthew May”

Matthew is the author of the critically acclaimed The Elegant Solution: Toyota's Formula for Mastering Innovation, which won the Shingo Research Prize for Excellence and most recently published, In Pursuit of Excellence. Matthew is a popular speaker, and lectures to corporations, governments, and universities around the world on excellence in innovation, and is currently Senior Lecturer on Creativity and Innovation at Pepperdine University Graduate School of Business. He spent nearly a decade in a key advisory role, as the Senior Advisor for the University of Toyota, and his articles have appeared in national publications such as USA Today and the Wall Street Journal. Matthew is a graduate of Johns Hopkins University and the Wharton School of Business. Matthew spent time with us discussing his time at Toyota, innovation, creativity, and elegance.

“Interview with Jim Kouzes”

Jim Kouzes is the coauthor of the award-winning and best-selling book, The Leadership Challenge, with over 1.5 million copies sold. The Leadership Challenge, available in fifteen languages, is widely regarded as one of the most influential leadership books of all time. Jim Kouzes and Barry Posner have also coauthored over a dozen other books.

Kouzes and Posner developed the widely used and highly acclaimed Leadership Practices Inventory (LPI), a 360° questionnaire assessing leadership behavior. In addition, The Wall Street Journal has cited Jim as one of the twelve best executive educators in the U.S.. Jim served as president, then CEO and chairman of the Tom Peters Company from 1988-until 2000. He's now the Dean's Executive Professor of Leadership, Leavey School of Business at Santa Clara University. This was truly a special and inspiring interview with an amazing man and leader.

“Interview with Lynda Gratton”

Dr. Lynda Gratton is considered one of the world's authorities on human resources strategy and is one of the world's top business thinkers. She is a professor of management practice at the prestigious London Business School, leading the school’s executive program and is a consultant to several multi-national companies like Nokia, BP, and Goldman Sachs. In 2007, she was listed as 19th in The Times' "The Thinkers 50" - global rankings of the most important and influential business thinkers. In the time we spent with Lynda, she discusses her research with CEOs, innovation, how hot spots are created, and the recession. Lynda was a wonderful interview and a new friend of GiANT.

“Interview with Mark Willis”

In this lesson we sit down with the CEO of Keller Williams and wonderful friend of GiANT, Mark Willis. Mark took Keller Williams from 14,000 associates to over 78,000 since 2002. With growth always his focus, Willis works to ensure that Keller Williams Realty continues to attract and retain the best real estate professionals in the industry. He discusses how "the hardest person to lead is yourself," his leadership journey, and the value of continued personal growth.