Marshall Goldsmith

DECEMBER 31, 2012

I am probably the only executive educator that you have ever heard of who actually measures if the participants in my leadership development courses do what I teach – and then measures if they are seen as becoming more effective leaders. But of course, just as at most companies, 30% of the people at this company ended up doing nothing.

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Marshall Goldsmith

MAY 3, 2011

This should have been the apex of Mike's young career. He was making more than $4 million a year, so professional validation was coursing through his veins like jet fuel. I just reviewed my 360-degree feedback. But Mike put up astounding numbers with his trades. Instead, it exposed his bad side.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 4, 2014

Many companies provide you with so-called 360-degree feedback based on anonymous surveys from your boss, peers, and direct reports. And there is also, of course, your annual performance review. So avoid any hint of defensiveness since that will tend to shut down a mentor or leader’s feedback. Make your budget?

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 7, 2012

But there is one thing we've personally seen that profoundly and consistently changes lives — what's generally referred to as the 360-degree feedback process. Maybe that's why our blood comes to a slow boil when we see a popular columnist arguing that 360-degree feedback programs fail.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 27, 2016

The findings of course do not prove that doctors make better leaders, though the results are surely consistent with that claim. ” Having spent their careers looking through a patient-focused lens, physicians moving into executive positions might be expected to bring a patient-focused strategy.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 23, 2014

Of course, at this point you may be wondering: can’t you just avoid hiring dishonest people in the first place? And yet since prevention is clearly the best solution, hiring managers will have to rely on other means: peer evaluations, 360-degree feedbacks, and careful reference checks. That’s easier said than done.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 6, 2017

.” We measured degree of change based on our observations and the input of the executive’s boss and HR. Of course, we recognize there is bias inherent in nonblind coding. Each of us rated our own clients, making sure to cite behavioral examples to justify each rating.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 21, 2012

My knowledge of corporate leaders' 360-degree feedback indicates that one out of four of them has a listening deficit—the effects of which can paralyze cross-unit collaboration, sink careers, and if it's the CEO with the deficit, derail the company. He wasn't alone in that regard.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 25, 2014

In the process of coaching and training women leaders over the course of a decade, we’ve maintained a running list of common threads—and a disdain of office politics is in the top three. Look Out: Imagine your career two to three moves ahead of where you are now and keep that image in your mind.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 22, 2017

Continuous personal development is fundamental to career growth, professional satisfaction, and having a broader impact in the world. Do an informal, monthly 360-degree review. A company’s annual or semiannual data collection efforts to provide 360-degree feedback to leaders on how they are doing is all well and good.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 11, 2014

Many consultants stressed astringent self-reflection, urging honest self-scrutiny about one’s shortcomings and developmental needs before turning to peers, colleagues, mentors, coaches, or courses. “Be Several respondents advocated a “strong and diverse network” and openness to 360-degree feedback—that is, not just feedback from supervisors.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 24, 2015

But as I learned over the course of my career, there’s a better approach with boards. I was concerned enough to get a coach, who conducted a full 360-degree feedback process for me. They hold off on revealing the deeper challenges or complexities that might provoke tough questions.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 25, 2013

It's a great moment in literature — and an extremely useful image for managers intent on ferreting out the feedback they need for career advancement. Those who solicit career feedback are likely to hear many, often conflicting messages and need to be astute in sorting out the most critical input to avoid careening off course.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 23, 2016

We collected these ratings from their 360-degree feedback surveys.) For all the talk about how important diversity is within organizations, white and male executives aren’t rewarded, career-wise, for engaging in diversity-valuing behavior, and nonwhite and female executives actually get punished for it.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 15, 2012

While you may be tempted to enjoy this deference, the silence will not help you, your organization or your career. Of course, you may not get honest feedback all the time. You may need to triangulate between several points of feedback. Acknowledge the fear. You need to break through their fear. Read between the lines.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 21, 2018

And yet what we see when we administer 360-degree feedback surveys on behalf of these leaders is that the executives with really low scores in one or more areas are often completely unaware of their fatal flaws. Let us explain what we mean by a “fatal flaw.” Fatal flaws, however, are different.

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Persuasive Powerhouse

OCTOBER 22, 2010

My work as an executive coach involves looking at a lot of 360 degree feedback reports. One of the patterns I see in the 360 data on leadership behaviors is that peers are typically the lowest rating group for any given executive. My answer was simple, “Because I like the results.&#

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 22, 2018

In today’s increasingly globalized world, more and more people are choosing to live, work and study abroad —and this trend appears to be a good thing: social science studies have shown that international experiences can enhance creativity , reduce intergroup bias , and promote career success. Source: Campbell, J.D., Trapnell, P.D.,

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 15, 2017

Rather, we suggest a different approach: carving out a career path for younger physicians with leadership potential and creating a well-designed development pipeline so doctors emerge able to effectively lead large organizations of medical providers. The course brought together cohorts of physician leaders from each region.

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