Marshall Goldsmith

APRIL 8, 2017

And, “better” means my clients achieve positive, measurable change in behavior, not as judged by themselves but by their key stakeholders. Here it is in brief: My mission is to help successful leaders achieve positive, long-term, measurable change in behavior: for themselves, their people and their teams.

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Marshall Goldsmith

MAY 26, 2014

Any human, in fact, any animal will tend to repeat behavior that is followed by positive reinforcement. The more successful we become, the more positive reinforcement we get – and the more likely we are to experience the success delusion. Our positive beliefs about ourselves help us become successful. I behave this way.

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Marshall Goldsmith

SEPTEMBER 21, 2018

For example, my own mission is to be the world authority in helping successful leaders achieve positive, lasting change in behavior. First, he taught me that our mission in life is to make a positive difference. The benefits though are extraordinarily high, as this exercise will help you focus and become very clear on your mission.

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Marshall Goldsmith

NOVEMBER 2, 2014

You can make a positive difference, even when you do not have direct line authority. Make a positive difference—don’t just try to “win” or “be right.” An important guideline in influencing up is to always remember your goal: making a positive difference for the organization. ”—Peter Drucker.

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Marshall Goldsmith

JUNE 28, 2017

Everything I share on YouTube, LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter is focused on my mission: helping successful leaders achieve positive lasting change in behavior, for themselves, their people, and their teams. Always, before sharing on social media I ask myself, “Will this help successful leaders achieve positive lasting change in behavior?”

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Marshall Goldsmith

JUNE 13, 2016

Perhaps it’s an issue with your boss or co-workers, or the responsibilities and focus of the position just doesn’t thrill you like you thought it would when you took the job. All the while you’re in the position you make everyone around you nearly as miserable as you are, repelling potential customers, and bringing the company down.

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Marshall Goldsmith

NOVEMBER 11, 2013

Positive behavioral change is much more likely to last if the individual who is trying to change has a “support group” (or at least “support person”) who is assisting in the change process. In helping you achieve a positive, measurable change in behavior. They may be people who impact your life daily.

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Marshall Goldsmith

AUGUST 10, 2016

Now, let’s change this question to an active question, such as “Did I do my best to build positive relationships at work?” This question challenges me to describe or defend my actions with regards to whether or not I did my best to build positive relationships that day. Did I do my best to build positive relationships?

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Marshall Goldsmith

OCTOBER 13, 2014

We get positive reinforcement from our successes and we think they are predictive of a great future. So, as you can see, while your boss’s positive beliefs about herself helped her become successful. Many of our delusions come from our association with success, not failure. Our belief in our wonderfulness gives us confidence. “Why

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Marshall Goldsmith

SEPTEMBER 8, 2014

My mission is to help successful leaders achieve positive, long-term, measurable change in behavior. When these steps are followed, leaders almost always achieve positive, measurable results in changed behavior – not as judged by themselves, but as judged by pre-selected, key co-workers. Stakeholders will appreciate the follow-up.

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Marshall Goldsmith

MAY 1, 2012

Change in this behavior should make a significant, positive difference in their lives. It can be done quite simply, e.g., "I want to be a better listener." - Ask for FeedForward that might help them achieve a positive change in their behavior. FeedForward helps people envision and focus on a positive future, not a failed past.

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Marshall Goldsmith

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

What are you looking for, what do you want, and how do you move from this position to the next? Don’t look on this planning as a negative, look at it as a positive, because clearly if you have a great exit strategy, the one thing you won’t have is regret! If you’re in the mid-phase of life, think about the next job you might want.

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Marshall Goldsmith

DECEMBER 2, 2013

Executive coaching is one tool in performance appraisal, compensation, and promotion that reinforces positive behavioral change. Once you determine the behavioral characteristics of a successful manager in a given position, ask that manager if he or she agrees that these are the right behaviors. by Marshall Goldsmith. Life is good.

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Marshall Goldsmith

OCTOBER 23, 2016

As an author, I try to help my readers achieve positive, lasting change in behavior. This little exercise changed my life in a very positive way! Dear Friends, Thank you so much for your incredibly positive response to my 15 Coaches – Pay It Forward project. I have received thousands of positive notes.

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Marshall Goldsmith

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

Learn more about this amazing group of people who are dedicated to making a positive difference in the world at www.marshallgoldsmith.com/Welcome. This group will be selected on their potential to make a positive difference and pay it forward in the future. In 2018, Marshall plans to select an additional 100 Aspiring Coaches.

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Marshall Goldsmith

AUGUST 3, 2015

As an executive coach, I’ve been helping successful people achieve positive lasting change in behavior for more than thirty-five years. I help my clients achieve positive, lasting change in the behavior that they choose as judged by key stakeholders that they choose. If the key stakeholders do not see positive change, I don’t get paid.

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Marshall Goldsmith

DECEMBER 29, 2016

In actuality, what can the senior VP do to damage the administrative assistant’s position? 5) Legitimate – based on the position held by the leader. 9) Make a positive difference–don’t just try to ‘win’ or ‘be right’. In theory the SVP has a lot more power than the administrative assistant. This is “what should be”.

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Marshall Goldsmith

FEBRUARY 1, 2012

Change in this behavior should make a significant, positive difference in their lives. It can be done quite simply, e.g., "I want to be a better listener." - Ask for FeedForward that might help them achieve a positive change in their behavior. FeedForward helps people envision and focus on a positive future, not a failed past.

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Marshall Goldsmith

JUNE 20, 2016

According to the Institute for Outdoor Learning , benefits of outdoor learning include: Developing self esteem, taking personal responsibility, cooperating with and respecting the needs of others, Enhancing practical problem solving and team work skills, Promoting a positive and knowledgeable response towards personal health and well being.

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Marshall Goldsmith

FEBRUARY 9, 2015

As an executive coach, I’ve been helping successful leaders achieve positive, lasting change in behavior for more than 35 years. TO MAKE A POSITIVE DIFFERENCE. This delay gives us time to consider a more positive response. To make a positive difference” places the emphasis on the kinder, gentler side of our nature.

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Marshall Goldsmith

NOVEMBER 30, 2017

In the most positive sense, learning is power, and those of us engaged in lifelong learning—whether seven or seventy—are constantly enhancing our power. Our position is that just as no one should consume wealth without creating wealth, no one should consume happiness without creating happiness.,

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Marshall Goldsmith

JULY 28, 2014

You want your response to be positive, simple, focused, and fast. 1) Positive: Thank your stakeholder for taking the time to provide you feedback. 2) Simple: Mention to your stakeholder that there were many positive characteristics that were noted in the feedback and this is helpful and makes you feel good!

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Marshall Goldsmith

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

Learn more about this amazing group of people who are dedicated to making a positive difference in the world at www.marshallgoldsmith.com/Welcome. In 2018, 100 Aspiring Coaches will be selected based on their potential to make a positive difference and pay it forward in the future.

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Marshall Goldsmith

JUNE 28, 2017

When it is approaching time to leave or move on to a new position, face reality — you will become a lame duck. Talk to your successor so you can leave them in a position to succeed. Be more focused on putting your successor in a position where she will succeed, than finishing in a way that will make you look good.

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Marshall Goldsmith

MAY 19, 2013

In the “old days,” a person was hired into a position, learned the job, and – usually because of some form of functional proficiency – received a promotion into management. Managers rated as doing some follow-up experienced a very positive shift in scores, with 89 percent being rated as more effective.

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Marshall Goldsmith

DECEMBER 1, 2014

Your Mojo is “that positive spirit toward what you are doing now that starts from the inside and radiates to the outside.” Is it positive or negative? To understand how you are relating to any activity, person, place, or thing, you need to understand your identity—who you are. What Is Mojo? What is your attitude toward what you do?

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Marshall Goldsmith

JULY 27, 2016

Drucker said, “Our mission in life should be to make a positive difference, not to prove how smart or right we are.”. M: Peter Drucker saw throughout his long and expansive career how important it is to make a positive difference, for real, in other people’s lives. G: That session really had a positive effect on me.

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Marshall Goldsmith

SEPTEMBER 16, 2013

My mission is to help successful leaders achieve positive, long-term, measurable change in behavior: for themselves, their people and their teams. 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.

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Learning-by-Doing Long-term CEO Follow-up 123

Marshall Goldsmith

NOVEMBER 9, 2015

We get positive reinforcement from our successes and we think they are predictive of a great future. So, as you can see, while your positive beliefs about yourself helped you become successful. Many of our delusions come from our association with success, not failure. The fact that successful people tend to be delusional isn’t all bad.

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Marshall Goldsmith

OCTOBER 3, 2011

For successful people, most of these characteristics can be described by very positive words, such as: "intelligent," "dedicated," "results oriented," or "winner." Here is a quick exercise that may help you determine how your own self-definitions are propelling you to success - or inhibiting you from positive change.

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Marshall Goldsmith

MAY 16, 2016

For those in leadership positions, this means closely monitoring how you hand out encouragement and how you “help” others improve. These are people who are incapable of saying something positive or complimentary to any of your suggestions. This is a hard concept for people who like to win to grasp. This is the secret to winning big.

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Marshall Goldsmith

AUGUST 5, 2012

Change in this behavior should make a significant, positive difference in their lives. ” - Ask for FeedForward that might help them achieve a positive change in their behavior. The words selected are almost always positive, such as “great,” “energizing,” “useful,” or “helpful.”

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360-Degree Feedback Participative Committee Positioning 89

Marshall Goldsmith

NOVEMBER 30, 2017

How do you progress, let alone hold your position, against these headwinds? This group will be selected on their potential to make a positive difference and pay it forward in the future. Huge pressure on attention spans. Virtual reality in business and personal pursuits. You can certainly add many more. How does one cope?

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Marshall Goldsmith

SEPTEMBER 26, 2011

A: Every company that sells products or services "spins" these in a positive way to clients. The sender describing the benefits truly believes that the overall impact to the receiver of the message is positive. In the short-term, positive projections for the future may motivate people to buy products, services or stocks.

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Marshall Goldsmith

DECEMBER 14, 2015

With her I was in the role of a positive and supportive coach – helping a great young person on the way up. I need to be positive in projecting the future of our firm, but very careful to be realistic and not over-promise. I am the mentor of one of the brightest, most enthusiastic young leaders in our firm. It felt great.

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Marshall Goldsmith

NOVEMBER 7, 2011

A: In my work as an executive coach, I only get paid if my clients achieve a positive, lasting change in behavior - not as judged by themselves, but as determined by their key stakeholders. If clients are willing to do the work needed to achieve positive, lasting change - they can definitely improve. When is it a waste of time?

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Marshall Goldsmith

OCTOBER 7, 2013

My mission is to help successful leaders achieve a positive change in behavior: for themselves, their people and their teams. We then get paid only after our coaching clients have achieved a positive change in key leadership behaviors as determined by key stakeholders. ” and “How much time did I spend in coaching?”

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