Marshall Goldsmith

MARCH 16, 2015

If you want to know why so many goal setters don’t become goal achievers, you can pore over a bunch of enlightening academic studies about goals or you can watch these ads for 15 minutes. We all set goals to get some aspect of our lives in shape. Competing goals: I had no idea I would be so busy this year.

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Marshall Goldsmith

SEPTEMBER 16, 2013

We then get paid only after our coaching clients have achieved positive change in key leadership behaviors – and become more effective leaders – as determined by their key stakeholders. I believe that many leadership coaches are paid for the wrong reasons. We do not work with leaders who are not really motivated to change.

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Marshall Goldsmith

JULY 19, 2016

Engaged employees translate into a productive and successful organization, which is the goal of most every leader and organization I know. If all of the employee engagement programs are working so well, why is employee engagement at an all-time low, unless that is the goal?). Every company and leader wants the answer to this “Now what?”

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Marshall Goldsmith

MAY 10, 2011

On the surface, 'purpose' and 'goal' seem to be similar, if not synonymous, terms. Goals are specific objectives we strive to achieve, usually within defined parameters of space, time and resources. Purpose is not about achieving a goal--it's more of a way of life. Purpose should be what the goals serve.

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Marshall Goldsmith

MARCH 31, 2014

In this article, we focus primarily on behavioral goals, such as becoming a better listener or more effective at involving team members in decisions. Much of the published research in the field of goal setting involves health-related goals … by Marshall Goldsmith and Kelly Goldsmith. What goes wrong? Ownership.

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Marshall Goldsmith

DECEMBER 23, 2013

After I reviewed the report of the interviews with Joe, he agreed to work on “reaching out across the company and building partnerships with colleagues” as a personal goal. He also expanded the goal to include his entire team. Joe checked in with Bruce, and both agreed that these were worthwhile goals.

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Marshall Goldsmith

MAY 26, 2014

They see their success as a function of their own motivation and ability – not luck, random chance or fate. Successful people tend to believe that good fortune is ‘earned’ through an individual’s motivation and ability, even when it is not. Given the choice, they bet on themselves. In other words, they do not feel like victims of fate.

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Marshall Goldsmith

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

Jim Kim (President of the World Bank), Peter Drucker (founder of modern management), Paul Hersey (noted author, teacher, and personal mentor of mine), and Warren Bennis (one of the world’s greatest leadership thinkers of his time). Has been recognized as the World’s #1 Leadership Thinker. Author of two best-selling leadership books.

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Marshall Goldsmith

MARCH 18, 2013

They see their success as a function of their own motivation and ability – not luck, random chance or fate. Successful people tend to believe that good fortune is ‘earned’ through an individual’s motivation and ability, even when it is not. Given the choice, they bet on themselves. Most do, and they get better!

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