Marshall Goldsmith

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Team Building without Time Wasting

Marshall Goldsmith

I would suggest a very simple and practical process that I call "team building without time wasting." In a team meeting ask each team member to rate "How well are we doing?" One a 1-10 scale -- with 10 being the highest score -- the average evaluation from over 1,000 teams is "We are a 5.8. in terms of teamwork.

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How to Lead People Who Know More Than You Do!

Marshall Goldsmith

It also presents challenges to modern-day leaders that their counterparts in years gone by were not called to address: “How do you help your team members achieve their goals when you – as a leader– are not an expert on the topic?”

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Staying Focused When Tough Times Are Ahead

Marshall Goldsmith

When you assume a leadership role, you take on an important responsibility -- being a role model for your team. When the future is very uncertain, your team members are going to be looking at your face and listening to your tone of voice, as much as they are hearing the words that you say. He kept saying, "That's not good enough!"

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Employee Engagement Isn’t Working. Now What?

Marshall Goldsmith

Engaged employees translate into a productive and successful organization, which is the goal of most every leader and organization I know. At that meeting, the entire team assessed each of their priorities as green (good!). Alan told the team that if a $17 billion loss was their plan, then they were right on target.

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Expand Your Coaching

Marshall Goldsmith

Although I am not sure how much Joe learned from me, I learned a lot from him and from his team. I hope that the great work done by Joe and his team gives you a few ideas that you can use. This real-life case study shows how an executive can expand a simple coaching assignment to benefit his team and company. Getting Started.

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Why Your Boss Is a Lousy Coach

Marshall Goldsmith

I’ve seen it work for countless teams across the world, and I bet it can work for you too. Your boss outlines where the larger organization is going in terms of vision, goals, and priorities, then asks you where you think the larger organization should be going. How do you turn him or her into your coach? Where are you going?

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Effectively Influencing Decision Makers

Marshall Goldsmith

In the same way, effective influencers relate to the larger needs of the organization, not just to the needs of their unit or team. Be especially sensitive to the need to win trivial non-business arguments on things like restaurants, sports teams, or cars. You are not paid to win arguments on the relative quality of athletic teams.

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