Discover Your True North

Acknowledgments

I am deeply indebted to many people who contributed to Discover Your True North and to the ideas contained in these pages. First to Zach Clayton, who has been my partner throughout the process. Zach has added immeasurably to the quality of the text through his interviews of significant people in the book, his ideas, and his insightful editing. Additionally, he has helped me understand younger generations and especially their use of social media.

Next to Peter Sims, who coauthored the first edition of True North. Peter led the research process and interviews that provided the insights that still form the intellectual structure of this book, and is continuing his work as a thought leader—most recently with the publication of Little Bets. Diana Meyer contributed a great deal to the interviews and insights for the first edition and taught these ideas at New York University and Babson College.

The pioneering work on leadership by the late Warren Bennis, my mentor and dear friend, provided the intellectual basis for many of the ideas. He wisely guided me through the editing process in my first four books. David Gergen has been an invaluable partner and friend in advancing the new ideas on leadership throughout the past decade.

Without our leadership group at Harvard Business School (HBS), especially the research, leadership theories, and brilliant teaching of Dean Nitin Nohria, Scott Snook, and Tom DeLong, the new ideas in Discover Your True North would never have ...