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An Ordinary Man: Gerald R. Ford

Leading Blog

Ford possessed what Pulitzer Prize-winning author John Hersey called a “stubborn calm at the center” and “a glacial caution.” ☙ Representative Charles Goodall on Ford as Minority Leader: “Of course, he was a nice guy. Teamwork and grueling preparation were educational values in themselves.

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9 Tips for Hi-Po’s to Start Their Careers Off Right!

Marshall Goldsmith

Why I realize we cannot all be entrepreneurial in the sense that we can’t all start our own companies, I believe we can all be entrepreneurial in terms of how we approach our careers. I wanted to become a university professor but through my course of study and jobs I took, I found my passion was in helping people become better leaders.

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A Moment of Reflection on 50 Years

The Center For Leadership Studies

Our founder, Dr. Paul Hersey, had seen to that. In so doing, he wound up teaching a course at Ohio University in the late 1960s that everybody wanted to take. In so doing, he wound up teaching a course at Ohio University in the late 1960s that everybody wanted to take. What impact has it had on your life/career?

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Rethinking Situational Leadership®

The Center For Leadership Studies

When you actively consider the people that have made contributions of significance to the field of global leadership development over the years, you don’t get too far down that list before Marshall Goldsmith’s name appears. Dr. Hersey gave Marshall his first professional opportunity in the early 1970s.

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Meet My Next Group of Coaches!

Marshall Goldsmith

Herminia Ibarra – Thinkers 50 #8 Management Thinker 2015-17, #1 Leadership Thinker 2013-15, Professor at London Business School, former professor Harvard, best-selling author of Working Identity: Unconventional Strategies for Reinventing Your Career. Then Ayse asked us to describe what made us think of them as heroes. Behavior Sciences.

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Introducing 100 Coaches: Pay It Forward Champions

Marshall Goldsmith

14th Administrator, United States Agency for International Development. Bill began his career with Hyatt Hotels Corporation. Rod MacKenzie – Executive Vice President, Chief Development Officer for Pfizer, member of Pfizer’s Executive Leadership Team. HR and talent development roles with General Motors Australia.

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14 Leadership Studies – Quick Overview of Leadership

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It isn’t hard to see how this could apply in the workplace, and that’s just what organizational scholars did, showing that leaders develop different relationships with each subordinate as each party defines their respective roles. The Path-Goal Theory of Leadership was developed in the mid-’70s by Martin G. Evans and Robert J.