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LeadershipNow 140: September 2013 Compilation

Leading Blog

Here are a selection of tweets from September 2013 that you might have missed: When You Need a Coach : Blind Spots Are Less Obvious When Things Are Going Well from @ChiefExecGrp. wallybock says, " Being a boss is a team sport.". FT: Zen and the art of management by By John Paul Rathbone. FT: Why are good managers so rare?

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Leadership Is a Contact Sport

Marshall Goldsmith

I had coached many groups of mid-level managers who were on the verge of success, but never an individual who was already very successful and needed to make a change to be blasted into the stratosphere. Since then I’ve worked with more than 150 CEOs and their management teams. I was intrigued by this challenge. What does it mean?

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Leadership Is a Contact Sport: Ask

Marshall Goldsmith

The reason we don’t want to give it is because our leaders and managers have power over us, our paychecks, advancement, and job security. Marshall Goldsmith was selected as one of the 10 Most Influential Management Thinkers in the World by Thinkers50 in both 2011 and 2013.

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Leadership Is a Contact Sport: Listen

Marshall Goldsmith

Marshall Goldsmith was selected as one of the 10 Most Influential Management Thinkers in the World by Thinkers50 in both 2011 and 2013. Marshall was the highest rated executive coach on the Thinkers50 List in both 2011 and 2013. He was also selected as the World’s Most Influential Leadership Thinker in 2011.

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Leadership Is a Contact Sport: Think

Marshall Goldsmith

Some people use anger as a management tool to some success. Marshall Goldsmith was selected as one of the 10 Most Influential Management Thinkers in the World by Thinkers50 in both 2011 and 2013. Marshall was the highest rated executive coach on the Thinkers50 List in both 2011 and 2013. It can get people’s attention.

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Respond: Leadership Is a Contact Sport

Marshall Goldsmith

A pioneer in the use of customized, 360 degree feedback (confidential feedback from direct reports, peers and managers) as a leadership development tool, I’ve spent the last 30 years using feedback to help people change for the better. Marshall was the highest rated executive coach on the Thinkers50 List in both 2011 and 2013.

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End Well on a Low Note

Lead Change Blog

This is true in sports, education, business, family life—anywhere goals are set and achieved. You don’t need video play-by-play to know that Chicago Cubs management and players don’t always get along. Arrieta played for the team starting in 2013, and as the saying goes, “Baseball is family.”

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