Marshall Goldsmith

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Marshall Goldsmith and the Thinkers50 Leadership Award

Marshall Goldsmith

Marshall has been nominated for the 2013 Thinkers50 Leadership Award. Coaching for Leadership: Writings on Leadership from the World’s Greatest Coaches – Jossey-Bass/Pfeiffer 2012. MOJO: How to Get It, How to Keep It, and How to Get It Back When You Lose It – Hyperion 2010. Leadership Excellence: [link].

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Respond: Leadership Is a Contact Sport

Marshall Goldsmith

If there is one thing I know, it’s how to respond to feedback. 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.

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Playing Favorites

Marshall Goldsmith

I’ve reviewed hundreds of custom-designed leadership profiles. Typically, these documents describe leadership behaviors the organization desires, and include such important items as “helps people develop”, “values different opinion”, and “avoids playing favorites”. A whole lot of people who know how to suck up.

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Why Your Boss Is a Lousy Coach

Marshall Goldsmith

How do you get the help you need from your boss? How do you turn him or her into your coach? To answer the question of how to turn your boss into your coach, you can try the Six-Question process I have outlined here. He was also selected as the World’s Most Influential Leadership Thinker in 2011.

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Behavioral Change as Simple as 1, 2, 3!

Marshall Goldsmith

Involve the leaders being coached in determining the desired behavior in their leadership roles. The people that I coach (in agreement with their managers) work with me to determine desired leadership behavior. He was also selected as the World’s Most Influential Leadership Thinker in 2011.

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Creating a Great Rest of Your Life

Marshall Goldsmith

One adviser is still advising, but he’s now advising people on how to have great lives, not just make more money. Marshall Goldsmith was selected as one of the 10 Most Influential Management Thinkers in the World by Thinkers50 in both 2011 and 2013. He was also selected as the World’s Most Influential Leadership Thinker in 2011.

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Do You Work for a Know-It-All?

Marshall Goldsmith

You know, someone who tells you what to do, how to do it, and when to do it? This style of leadership is based on the old model of “authoritative leader” in which the leader plays the role of “boss” and tells employees what to do and how to do it. Needless to say, I know a little about leadership. It is epidemic.

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