Marshall Goldsmith

AUGUST 25, 2014

Feed forward is a group exercise, the purpose of which is to provide individuals with suggestions for the future and to help them achieve a positive change in the behaviors as selected by them. Feed forward helps people envision and focus on a positive future, not a failed past. We can change the future. We can’t change the past.

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Marshall Goldsmith

FEBRUARY 9, 2015

As an executive coach, I’ve been helping successful leaders achieve positive, lasting change in behavior for more than 35 years. TO MAKE A POSITIVE DIFFERENCE. In my new book Triggers (Crown, May 2015), I make the case that relying on structure – even something as simple as the AIWATT question – is key to changing our behavior.

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Marshall Goldsmith

AUGUST 16, 2016

For example, as Dr. Atul Gawande reported in his book, The Checklist Manifesto, central line infections in intensive care units virtually disappear when doctors follow a simple five-point checklist involving rote procedures such as washing hands, cleaning the patient’s skin, and using a sterile dressing after inserting the line.

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Succession Video Loyalty Long-term 70

Marshall Goldsmith

DECEMBER 2, 2013

Executive coaching is one tool in performance appraisal, compensation, and promotion that reinforces positive behavioral change. Once you determine the behavioral characteristics of a successful manager in a given position, ask that manager if he or she agrees that these are the right behaviors. by Marshall Goldsmith. Life is good.

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360-Degree Feedback Teamwork Bond Survey 135

Marshall Goldsmith

JANUARY 20, 2014

Successful people have a positive interpretation of their past performance. They not only believe that they have achieved results, they tend to believe that they were instrumental in achieving positive outcomes caused by external events. In a positive way, they are “delusional.” Six Steps to Positive Change.

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Marshall Goldsmith

MAY 19, 2013

In the “old days,” a person was hired into a position, learned the job, and – usually because of some form of functional proficiency – received a promotion into management. The thought leaders represented in this book describe a variety of differences; I will describe one key process. Can this happen?

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Follow-up Learning-by-Doing Wireless Drucker 147

Marshall Goldsmith

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

Author or editor of 29 books. Liz Wiseman – Author of the best-selling books: Rookie Smarts and Multipliers. Author of several New York Times and Wall Street Journal best-selling books. Author of three books on nation building. Author of two best-selling leadership books. Author: The Launch Book.

Executive Coaching 70

Executive Coaching CEO Magazine Banking 70

Marshall Goldsmith

OCTOBER 9, 2018

My great friend, Steve Berglas, one of the foremost authorities on career guidance, explores this challenge and what we can do about it in his new book, Stay Hungry and Kick Burnout in the Butt. Marshall: You have been sharing a concept with me from your new book that I just love. Below is the excerpt from our interview.

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Marshall Goldsmith

SEPTEMBER 13, 2016

My latest book, Triggers, was a #1 New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestseller. This year, the editors at Amazon.com listed my books, What Got You Here Won’t Get You There and Triggers as two of the top 100 leadership and success books ever written (in their ‘to read in your lifetime’ series).

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Marshall Goldsmith

NOVEMBER 30, 2017

In 1980, Peter Drucker wrote a cutting-edge book called Managing in Turbulent Times. How do you progress, let alone hold your position, against these headwinds? This group will be selected on their potential to make a positive difference and pay it forward in the future. Immediate and irretrievable communication.

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Marshall Goldsmith

JULY 28, 2014

You want your response to be positive, simple, focused, and fast. 1) Positive: Thank your stakeholder for taking the time to provide you feedback. 2) Simple: Mention to your stakeholder that there were many positive characteristics that were noted in the feedback and this is helpful and makes you feel good!

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Sports 360-Degree Feedback Leadership Executive Coaching 116

Marshall Goldsmith

OCTOBER 4, 2016

My latest book, Triggers, was a #1 New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestseller. This year, the editors at Amazon.com listed my books, What Got You Here Won’t Get You There and Triggers as two of the top 100 leadership and success books ever written (in their ‘to read in your lifetime’ series).

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Beckhard Hersey Webinar Magazine 70

Marshall Goldsmith

SEPTEMBER 8, 2014

My mission is to help successful leaders achieve positive, long-term, measurable change in behavior. When these steps are followed, leaders almost always achieve positive, measurable results in changed behavior – not as judged by themselves, but as judged by pre-selected, key co-workers. Stakeholders will appreciate the follow-up.

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Marshall Goldsmith

OCTOBER 7, 2013

My mission is to help successful leaders achieve a positive change in behavior: for themselves, their people and their teams. We then get paid only after our coaching clients have achieved a positive change in key leadership behaviors as determined by key stakeholders. Our “Pay for Results” Behavioral Coaching Approach.

Leadership 117

Leadership 360-Degree Feedback Follow-up Learning-by-Doing 117

Marshall Goldsmith

MAY 19, 2014

The classic mistake made in leadership development, coaching, and self-help books is the promise that “This will make you better!” The ultimate driver for change has to come from inside you – not from the program, book, or coach.Never begin a change program with the thought “This sounds like an interesting plan.

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Marshall Goldsmith

JUNE 24, 2014

Respond: Respond positively when receiving input. Follow-up: Follow up regularly and stakeholders will notice the positive actions you’re taking based their input. Marshall’s exciting new research on engagement will be published in his upcoming book Triggers (Crown, 2015).' Change: Change isn’t an academic exercise.

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Marshall Goldsmith

MAY 26, 2014

Any human, in fact, any animal will tend to repeat behavior that is followed by positive reinforcement. The more successful we become, the more positive reinforcement we get – and the more likely we are to experience the success delusion. Our positive beliefs about ourselves help us become successful. I behave this way.

Succession 181

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Marshall Goldsmith

NOVEMBER 11, 2013

Positive behavioral change is much more likely to last if the individual who is trying to change has a “support group” (or at least “support person”) who is assisting in the change process. In helping you achieve a positive, measurable change in behavior. They may be people who impact your life daily.

360-Degree Feedback 146

360-Degree Feedback Follow-up Resistance Construction 146

Marshall Goldsmith

SEPTEMBER 26, 2011

A: Every company that sells products or services "spins" these in a positive way to clients. The sender describing the benefits truly believes that the overall impact to the receiver of the message is positive. In the short-term, positive projections for the future may motivate people to buy products, services or stocks.

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Marshall Goldsmith

APRIL 26, 2019

You’ve done a fantastic job of helping people achieve positive long-term change in behavior. To me, the definition of a great coach is not how many degrees you have, or how many books you write, but do you get positive results for your clients. You don’t have a Ph.D.

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Marshall Goldsmith

JULY 27, 2016

Drucker said, “Our mission in life should be to make a positive difference, not to prove how smart or right we are.”. M: Peter Drucker saw throughout his long and expansive career how important it is to make a positive difference, for real, in other people’s lives. G: That session really had a positive effect on me.

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Marshall Goldsmith

OCTOBER 3, 2011

For successful people, most of these characteristics can be described by very positive words, such as: "intelligent," "dedicated," "results oriented," or "winner." Here is a quick exercise that may help you determine how your own self-definitions are propelling you to success - or inhibiting you from positive change.

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Marshall Goldsmith

JANUARY 30, 2017

Quickly promoted to a management position, his first employee quit! Alan took this feedback to heart and realized he was acting out Habit #2 (Adding too much value) and Habit #6 (Telling the world how smart we are) from my book What Got You Here Won’t Get You There. Alan started out as an engineer at Boeing.

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Marshall Goldsmith

MARCH 11, 2013

The classic mistake made in leadership development, coaching, and self-help books is the promise that “This will make you better!” The ultimate driver for change has to come from inside you – not from the program, book, or coach. As sales of diet books have increased, Americans keep gaining weight.

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Short-term Long-term Crisis Goal 143

Marshall Goldsmith

APRIL 8, 2017

If you’ve read my best-selling book, What Got You Here Won’t Get You There , you know that most of us are successful in spite of certain behaviors. If we put other people down, it’s our way to position them beneath us (again, winning). For instance, most highly successful people have the bad habit of Winning Too Much.

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Marshall Goldsmith

MAY 1, 2012

Change in this behavior should make a significant, positive difference in their lives. It can be done quite simply, e.g., "I want to be a better listener." - Ask for FeedForward that might help them achieve a positive change in their behavior. FeedForward helps people envision and focus on a positive future, not a failed past.

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360-Degree Feedback Participative Committee Efficiency 127

Marshall Goldsmith

SEPTEMBER 21, 2015

And, worse yet, not only do leaders often assume the know-it-all position, many of us work with people who think they know everything. The amazing story of Ford is well documented in the book, American Icon. I am the author of editor of 35 books. Someone who seems to have all the answers – even when they’re not asked!

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Marshall Goldsmith

NOVEMBER 26, 2010

He finally asked: "I have read your book, What Got You Here Won't Get You There. In the book you talk about classic challenges faced by your clients. Great leaders communicate with a sense of belief in what they are doing and with positive expectations toward the achievement of their vision. After you make the final decision.

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Marshall Goldsmith

JUNE 23, 2014

For those in leadership positions, this means closely monitoring how you hand out encouragement and how you “help” others improve. These are people who are incapable of saying something positive or complimentary to any of your suggestions. This is a hard concept for people who like to win to grasp. We all know negative people.

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Marshall Goldsmith

APRIL 30, 2012

To make things even worse, he swore to his boss that his unrealistic, positive target would be met. In teams meetings, keep asking, "Given the business reality that exists, how can we make the most positive, possible difference in our future?" He kept saying, "That's not good enough!" when he got troubling forecasts. Life is good.

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Marshall Goldsmith

FEBRUARY 27, 2012

I ask them, "At home, who gets the most unqualified positive recognition? My next question, "Why does the dog get the most unqualified positive recognition?" How much positive personal recognition do I give them? Big smiles cross the faces of these leaders as they wave their hands in the air. Then we have a little contest.

Engineering 121

Engineering Class Learning-by-Doing Participative 121

Marshall Goldsmith

JULY 1, 2014

Most of them boil down to the fact that it focuses on failures of the past not positive actions for the future. Feedback can reinforce our feelings of failure, and our reactions to this are rarely positive. Marshall’s exciting new research on engagement will be published in his upcoming book Triggers (Crown, 2015).'

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Sports Leadership Advice Executive Coaching 169

Marshall Goldsmith

JUNE 19, 2014

Probably most prominent is the fact that leaders and organizations focus on demonstrating commitment to positive action to maintain forward momentum. In my book What Got You Here Won’t Get You There, I discuss the 20 bad habits of leaders. They need to learn what to stop.”. There are a lot of good reasons for this. Review the list.

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Drucker Video Learning-by-Doing Executive Coaching 135

Marshall Goldsmith

NOVEMBER 18, 2013

” More effort needs to be placed on the follow-up required to ensure positive, long-term change. Even a little follow-up has a positive impact. What Got You Here Won’t Get You There has just been listed as the #2 bestselling business book for 2012 by INC magazine / 800 CEO Read. ” He replied, “Tens of dollars!”

Leadership 132

Leadership Follow-up Report Drucker 132

Marshall Goldsmith

FEBRUARY 1, 2012

Change in this behavior should make a significant, positive difference in their lives. It can be done quite simply, e.g., "I want to be a better listener." - Ask for FeedForward that might help them achieve a positive change in their behavior. FeedForward helps people envision and focus on a positive future, not a failed past.

360-Degree Feedback 114

360-Degree Feedback Participative Committee Efficiency 114

Marshall Goldsmith

JANUARY 11, 2011

Go out of your way to build a positive transition. The positive role modeling by Kent and his executive team did more to encourage other leaders to focus on their own improvement than any amount of 'preaching' or courses on leadership. Your predecessor probably did many things right. Your predecessor knows. perhaps more than anyone.

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Marshall Goldsmith

JUNE 22, 2014

Stop trying to defend your position and start monitoring how many times you begin remarks with “no,” “but,” or “however.” Marshall’s exciting new research on engagement will be published in his upcoming book Triggers (Crown, 2015). This is the moment when a serious talk about changing behavior begins.

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