You Spoke, But No One Listened
Marshall Goldsmith
JANUARY 19, 2011
Just because you sent out an email doesn't mean your staff will get the work done. Your staff won't follow through unless you follow up.
Marshall Goldsmith
JANUARY 19, 2011
Just because you sent out an email doesn't mean your staff will get the work done. Your staff won't follow through unless you follow up.
Marshall Goldsmith
JANUARY 12, 2011
He is incompetent or terribly inconsiderate. Either way, you'll be much better off if you stop trying to change him and focus on yourself.
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Marshall Goldsmith
JANUARY 27, 2011
All of us delude ourselves about our achievements, status, and contributions. We overestimate our contribution, and take credit for successes that belong to others. We have an elevated opinion of our skills and our standing among our peers. We ignore our costly failures and exaggerate our impact on net profits. These delusions are a direct result of success, not failure.
Marshall Goldsmith
JANUARY 6, 2011
I spend serious time with people helping them decide what they need to change. The first thing we do is review what they’re doing right. From an organizational perspective that’s valuable because it eliminates certain challenges that don’t need to be addressed. Assuming I have gotten an individual to commit to changing for the better and changing something, I often have a hard time convincing successful people not everything needs improving.
Marshall Goldsmith
JANUARY 25, 2011
Once during an executive development session with a group of investment bankers, I was describing the process of helping successful leaders achieve a positive, long-term change in behavior. One banker asked, “How will this stuff help us make more money?” I replied, “This process will help you make more money, but that is not what is most important.” I then got up the nerve to say, “My mission is to help you and the people around you have a happier life.
Marshall Goldsmith
JANUARY 20, 2011
Remember the character Gordon Gekko in the movie Wall Street? Michael Douglas won an Oscar for his portrayal of this rude, larcenous wheeler-dealer. Well, I worked with a real-life investment banker who in some ways could have inspired the Gekko character. As an executive coach, I work with successful people who may need to change some behaviors to achieve the next level of success.
Marshall Goldsmith
JANUARY 18, 2011
A key to developing yourself is setting -- and achieving -- meaningful goals for personal change. Often, however, you don't set goals in a way that ensures the follow-through needed to turn great plans into successful outcomes. What is required to produce positive, long-term change in behavior? Why do you often set great goals, yet lose the motivation to achieve them?
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