Values-based Leadership with Kellogg Professor and Former CEO, Harry Kraemer

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The values you uphold are one of the most crucial aspects of leadership. Knowing and promoting those values as a leader helps you influence and govern your team in the right direction. And by adhering to your values, you inspire others to follow and adopt them.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In this episode of Fifth Dimensional Leadership, I interview Harry Kraemer, Jr. Harry is an executive partner at Madison Dearborn Partners, a private equity firm based in Chicago. He is also a Clinical Professor of Leadership at Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management.  In our conversation, Harry talks about leading and positively influencing people through values-based leadership.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Harry is the author of three best-selling leadership books:</span> <strong><em>From Values to Action: The Four Principles of Values-Based Leadership</em></strong><span style="font-weight: 400;">;</span> <strong><em>Becoming The Best: Build a World-Class Organization Through Values-Based Leadership</em></strong><span style= "font-weight: 400;">. and</span> <strong><em>Your 168: Finding Purpose and Satisfaction in a Values-Based Life.</em></strong></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Harry is the former chairman and CEO of Baxter International Inc., a $13 billion global healthcare company. He joined Baxter in 1982 as director of corporate development and was named senior vice president and chief financial officer in 1993. In the following years, he assumed additional responsibility in Baxter's Renal and Medication Delivery businesses, was elected to Baxter's board of directors in 1995, and was named president of Baxter International Inc. in 1997. </span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Harry graduated summa cum laude from Lawrence University of Wisconsin with a bachelor's degree in mathematics and economics. He received an MBA degree in finance and accounting from Northwestern University's Kellog