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Leadership Is a Contact Sport

Marshall Goldsmith

And, to help them develop their people as well, because you see, without their colleagues, their people and teams, these leaders, as successful as they might be, would have no one to lead. Developing as a leader is a difficult endeavor. (If Respond: Respond positively when receiving input. It’s a tricky situation.

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Rookie Talent: Avoiding a Kodak Moment

Leading Blog

During most of the 20th century Kodak held a dominant position in photographic film, and in 1976, had an 89% market share of photographic film sales in the United States. In 2011, Kodak made the list of Top 10 Fortune 500 Employers With Older Workers, called out for employing a disproportionately high percentage of mature workers.

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Behavioral Change as Simple as 1, 2, 3!

Marshall Goldsmith

My mission is to help successful leaders achieve positive, long-term, measurable change in behavior. When these steps are followed, leaders almost always achieve positive, measurable results in changed behavior – not as judged by themselves, but as judged by pre-selected, key co-workers. Develop an ongoing follow-up process.

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Respond: Leadership Is a Contact Sport

Marshall Goldsmith

A pioneer in the use of customized, 360 degree feedback (confidential feedback from direct reports, peers and managers) as a leadership development tool, I’ve spent the last 30 years using feedback to help people change for the better. You want your response to be positive, simple, focused, and fast.

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Expecting the Unexpected: Meet Unpredictability with Agility and Adaptability

The Practical Leader

Or look at a shorter, more visual chart on doomsday forecasts predicting the end of the world (including revised dates — also wrong) published by The Economist in 2015. A major focus of my writing and leadership/culture development career has been dealing with change. They expect the unexpected and swivel to meet it.

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Understanding The Fine Line Of Activism For Today’s Leaders

Tanveer Naseer

An increasingly divided political climate has had many companies—large and small, new and legacy—across industries stepping up and taking positions on issues typically outside the realm of business. Profound changes in cultural sentiment are shifting the landscape for business. They considered these brands leaders.

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Teaching Leaders What to Stop

Marshall Goldsmith

Probably most prominent is the fact that leaders and organizations focus on demonstrating commitment to positive action to maintain forward momentum. How do you use “What to Stop” in coaching and leadership development? He was also selected as the World’s Most Influential Leadership Thinker in 2011.

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