Marshall Goldsmith

SEPTEMBER 26, 2011

For the long-term viability of the organization, business transactions need to be "win-win." - The spinning is done to help the larger good - not just promote the person doing it. - In the short-term, positive projections for the future may motivate people to buy products, services or stocks. Yet optimists often over-commit.

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Prahalad Credit Rating Short-term Long-term 110

Marshall Goldsmith

OCTOBER 3, 2011

Almost all of us have a few negative terms that are part of our self-definition. As long as we keep saying "That's just the way I am" to ourselves we increase the probabilities that "That's just the way I am always going to be." In 2009 Marshall's friend the late CK Prahalad was ranked #1 and Marshall was ranked #14.

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Prahalad Definition Long-term Survey 123

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 14, 2011

Developments in the Middle East — first the removal of long-time Tunisian President Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali in January 2011 and now Hosni Mubarak's stepping down in Egypt — suggest that authoritarian regimes in the region are not immune to "people power." Many shuttered plants and flew home expatriate staff and families.

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Strategy Politics Short-term Long-term 12