Authors@Google: Harry Kraemer October 24, 2011

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Harry M. Kraemer visited Google's Chicago office to talk about his book From Values to Action: The Four Principles of Values-Based Leadership on September 6, 2011.

About the book:

Respected former CEO, professor, and speaker examines what it takes to become a values-based leader

Harry Kraemer argues that today's business environment demands values-based leaders who, in "doing the right thing," deliver outstanding and lasting results. The journey to becoming a values-based leader starts with self-reflection. He asks, "If you are not self-reflective, how can you know yourself? If you do not know yourself, how can you lead yourself? If you cannot lead yourself, how can you lead others?"

Kraemer identifies self-reflection as the first of four principles that guide leaders to make choices that honor their values and candidly recounts how these principles helped him navigate some of the toughest challenges he faced in his career.

This book is based on Kraemer's popular Kellogg MBA course on values-based leadership.

From Values to Action is available as an ebook on the Google eBookstore: http://books.google.com/ebooks?id=kQyM2L5U6ZkC