Building a World-Class Organization Through Values Based Leadership

Leadership is clearly a big topic for the future of work, which is why a few weeks ago I interviewed Herminia Ibarra, author of Act Like a Leader, Think Like a Leader. Recently I had the privilege of speaking with Harry Kraemer, the former CEO of Baxter and now professor at Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management, where he teaches management and leadership. Many of you are of course familiar with Baxter, the large pharmaceutical company that today has just over 60,000 employees around the world. Harry just released a new book titled, Becoming the Best: Build a World-Class Organization Through Values-Based Leadership which I had the opportunity to read and speak with him about. It was interesting to compare and contract the leadership approaches of both Herminia and Harry.