Marshall Goldsmith

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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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The Best of Marshall Goldsmith 2014

Marshall Goldsmith

Another great blog for this special time of year when so many of us are stressed finishing year-end projects, shopping for the holidays, preparing for festivities, traveling to distant places, and visiting family and friends. The good news is that the “uncoachables” are easier than you think to spot. July 15, 2014.

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Is It Time to Retire Yet?

Marshall Goldsmith

It can be scary to step from the familiar and comfortable into the uncertain and unknown and this stress can make departing your job a difficult and emotional transition. Whatever you call it — leaving, retiring, or moving on — it’s a really hard thing to leave your organization, especially if you love your job!

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Leave It at the Stream

Marshall Goldsmith

How much internal stress do we generate reliving real or imagined slights? No one is allowed to critique suggestions or to bring up the past. How many hours of organizational time and productivity are lost in the endless retelling of our coworkers’ blunders?

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6 Reasons to “Fire” Clients!

Marshall Goldsmith

If we don’t accept the things we can’t change, we’ll forever be stressed and unhealthy. Unless we decide we’re going to cut them off forever, we have to find a way to accept the feuds at family gatherings—or the other trouble they tend to cause. We can anticipate these dynamics, prepare for them, and be at peace in our tolerance of them.

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The One Question You Need to Ask Yourself before You Say Anything

Marshall Goldsmith

Follow it, and you will dramatically shrink your daily volume of stress, unpleasant debate and wasted time. My experience with great leaders has led me to develop a simple formulation, one that can help you avoid pointless skirmishes and help you take on the challenges that really matter. I phrase it as a question: AM I WILLING. AT THIS TIME.

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Why CEOs Can't Let Go

Marshall Goldsmith

Though as a CEO or leader, one may have faced an incredible amount of stress and pressure, the job naturally also came with many great benefits. When it comes down to it, however, it's smarter to accept and make peace with the fact that it will be difficult to let go.

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