Marshall Goldsmith

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Does Anyone Ever Really Change?

Marshall Goldsmith

I was first asked this perfectly reasonable, and for me life-altering, question by a Fortune 100 company executive vice president for whose company I was preparing training sessions. Perhaps he had an eye on the training budget? Executive development is more than an event, training program, motivating speech or inspiring retreat.

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Reducing Negativity in the Workplace

Marshall Goldsmith

According to a survey done by badbossology.com and Development Dimensions International, a majority of employees spend 10 or more hours per month complaining -- or listening to others complain -- about their bosses or upper management. Train everyone to think before speaking and to ask themselves, not just, "Is this comment what I believe?"

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If They Understand, They Will Do

Marshall Goldsmith

All were trained to respond to co-workers on their feedback using a very simple follow-up process. At the end of the training, leaders were asked in a confidential survey if they were going to do what was taught in the program. A year later, the same leaders and their co-workers were surveyed to see what happened.

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Bashing the Boss

Marshall Goldsmith

According to a survey by Badbossology.com and Development Dimensions International, a majority of employees spend 10 or more hours per month complaining or listening to others complain about bad bosses – and almost one-third spend 20 hours or more per month. When you boss bash: You waste time.

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6 Questions that Will Set You Up to Be Super Successful

Marshall Goldsmith

Kelly and I were discussing one of the mysteries of my field – why is there such a poor return from American companies’ $10B investment in training programs to boost employee engagement. For instance, “Managers need to be trained in goal setting” or “Our executives need to be more effective in communicating our vision” are typical responses.

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Make Me Better, Please!

Marshall Goldsmith

Kelly and I were discussing one of the mysteries of my field – why is there such a poor return from American companies’ $10B investment in training programs to boost employee engagement. For instance, “Managers need to be trained in goal setting” or “Our executives need to be more effective in communicating our vision” are typical responses.

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How Good Do You Want to Be?

Marshall Goldsmith

A few decades ago, my friends and colleagues Frank Wagner and Chris Coffey took the lead in creating Stakeholder Centered Coaching® , a training certification to help coaches learn and apply the philosophy, principles, and practices that I had developed to help successful leaders get better.