Marshall Goldsmith

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Leadership Effectiveness

Marshall Goldsmith

Recently, one executive was asked, “How much do you spend each year on leadership development programs?” When we designed and implemented a leadership development process for one company, every manager received anonymous feedback. Peter Drucker has said, “The leader of the past was a person who knew how to tell.

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Millennials Speak! 5 Future Leadership “Must Haves”

Marshall Goldsmith

You need an “equal say” in your company’s future leadership. Those companies are much less likely to find the best and most comprehensive leadership qualities and candidates, because they are limiting their view of the world. My proof is based upon work between Accenture Consulting (with the Alliance for Strategic Leadership).

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How to Lead People Who Know More Than You Do!

Marshall Goldsmith

Peter Drucker presented a very simple definition: “Knowledge Workers are people who know more about what they are doing than their boss does.” Fundamentally, the ever-increasing presence of the Knowledge Worker threatens to render our traditional assumptions about top-down leadership obsolete.

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Your Leadership Mission Should Fit on a T-Shirt!

Marshall Goldsmith

Peter Drucker instilled this short phrase in me, “Your mission statement should fit on a T-Shirt,” as he did with so many others, and it has guided my career for many decades. Today, most people who call themselves executive coaches are coaches in the area of leadership behavior. My mission is simple.

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Be a Better Leader – Be More Like Your Heroes!

Marshall Goldsmith

Paul Hersey, Co-creator of Situational Leadership®. Peter Drucker, Father of Modern Management. Warren Bennis, Renowned Leadership Expert. Peter Drucker – extremely generous, great teacher. Here are some of the people who were on my list. Frances Hesselbein, Former Girl Scout CEO. Alan Mulally, Former Ford CEO.

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The Key to a Happy Life Isn’t What You Think

Marshall Goldsmith

G: Our mutual friend Peter Drucker had a point of view on this subject, didn’t he? Drucker said, “Our mission in life should be to make a positive difference, not to prove how smart or right we are.”. At a high level, it’s love, or leadership on a large scale. When I get an award. When I complete some task.

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Teaching Leaders What to Stop

Marshall Goldsmith

As a 10-year board member of the Peter Drucker Foundation, I had many opportunities to listen to Peter Drucker, the world’s authority on management. During this time, Peter taught me some very important lessons about life and leadership. How do you use “What to Stop” in coaching and leadership development?

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