Leading Blog

OCTOBER 4, 2012

Why do people all over the world enjoy participating in games and sports? Why have games and sports been going on for not just centuries, but millennia? One of the theories is that they provide immediate feedback. Indeed, a good part of the joy and appeal of every sport is this immediate feedback.

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360-Degree Feedback Sports Learning-by-Doing Participative 284

Marshall Goldsmith

JULY 28, 2014

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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Sports 360-Degree Feedback Leadership Executive Coaching 116

Marshall Goldsmith

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

The consistent and ongoing misassumption of almost all leadership development programs is “if they understand, they will do.” ” This assumption is not valid in any aspect of our lives, and leadership development is no exception. The company had developed a well-thought-out profile of desired leadership behaviors.

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360-Degree Feedback Follow-up Ethics Learning-by-Doing 166

Marshall Goldsmith

OCTOBER 16, 2012

The consistent and ongoing misassumption of almost all leadership development programs is, “If they understand, they will do.” ” This assumption is not valid in any aspect of our lives, and leadership development is no exception. The company had developed a well-thought-out profile of desired leadership behaviors.

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360-Degree Feedback Follow-up Ethics Training 96

Harvard Business Review

JULY 10, 2012

When tracking trends for future growth opportunities, for example, invest real money (2 to 4 percent of the sales budget is good) to develop analytical tools and teams that monitor trends such as demographic shifts, regulations, and new technologies. Make sales a team sport. Build a lean selling machine.

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CEO 360-Degree Feedback Contract Manufacturing Supply Chain 15

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 4, 2014

In most organizations, professionals who want to move up get lots of feedback. Many companies provide you with so-called 360-degree feedback based on anonymous surveys from your boss, peers, and direct reports. Career planning Leadership development Managing yourself' Did you hit your numbers? Make your budget?

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Career 360-Degree Feedback Mentor Long-term 9

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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Bottom-up Short-term Executive Coaching Open-book 177