Marshall Goldsmith

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Why Your Boss Is a Lousy Coach

Marshall Goldsmith

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. Question two deals with your vision, goals and priorities for your part of the organization. You tell your boss where your part of the organization is going.

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Millennials Speak! 5 Future Leadership “Must Haves”

Marshall Goldsmith

What are the chances that the typical current CEO, most likely a baby boomer, is well positioned to identify all the characteristics of the organizations’ future leaders? We engaged in a multi-country research project aimed at helping global organizations understand the most important characteristics of the leader of the future.

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Effectively Influencing Decision Makers

Marshall Goldsmith

They worry over what the organization and their superiors ‘owe’ them and should do for them. In the same way, effective influencers relate to the larger needs of the organization, not just to the needs of their unit or team. Every organization has limited resources, time, and energy. ”—Peter Drucker.

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PALEOVENTURES Takes Teams Back to Nature

Marshall Goldsmith

Founded and facilitated by Jack Foley, an experienced outdoor educator and Trudy Triner, an organization development expert, PALEOVENTURES provides high engagement, low impact training which stresses that teamwork in an organization is just as important as being the person with all the right answers.

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Do You Love Where You Work?

Marshall Goldsmith

What I’ve noticed in my travels from organization to organization is that there are many, many talent people who work at organizations where they were never a good “fit” or are no longer a fit at the company. The result is high turnover and lackluster employees.

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Retain Your Top Performers

Marshall Goldsmith

But too often we overlook the profound impact these changes have on our organizations. The new work contract – where employees take responsibility for their own careers and corporations provide them with career-enhancing but impermanent opportunities – can be as difficult for organizations to manage as it is for individuals.

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5 Great Ways to Keep Your Superstars!

Marshall Goldsmith

If they truly are valued by you and the organization, give them the thoughtfulness, respect, and time that they deserve. Specify the value that these performers bring to you and to the organization. Express the cause and effect of their contributions/role in the organization and the appreciation that you personally feel.