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Be a Better Leader – Be More Like Your Heroes!

Marshall Goldsmith

Frances Hesselbein, Former Girl Scout CEO. Alan Mulally, Former Ford CEO. Richard Beckhard, World Leading Organizational Development Consultant. Richard Beckhard — extremely generous, great teacher. Paul Hersey, Co-creator of Situational Leadership®. Peter Drucker, Father of Modern Management. Read more here.

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Why Even Thinking About Retirement Can Be a Bad Idea

Marshall Goldsmith

I was lucky enough to be with one of the most respected consultants in organizational change, Richard Beckhard, a couple of days before he died. He knew that he wasn’t going to be around to collect the consulting fees for his final assignments. I decided that I wanted to be like Dick Beckhard when I grew up.

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Please Read This! For Leaders & Coaches…

Marshall Goldsmith

Over my nearly 40 years in Executive Education, I have had the privilege of working with over 200 major CEOs. We will be joined by several fantastic leaders and thinkers, including Alan Mulally, former CEO of Ford. My new project is called 15 Coaches. I am going to teach 15 people everything that I know – for free.

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Giving Away All I Know – ‘Pay It Forward’!

Marshall Goldsmith

Over my nearly 40 years in Executive Education, I have had the privilege of working with over 200 major CEOs. We will be joined by several fantastic leaders and thinkers, including Alan Mulally, former CEO of Ford. My new project is called 15 Coaches. I am going to teach 15 people everything that I know – for free.