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7 Steps to Boost Your Leadership Self-Confidence

Marshall Goldsmith

Q: What advice do you have for a leader whose bosses say needs to exhibit more self-confidence while still being collaborative and authentic? In 2009 Marshall's friend the late CK Prahalad was ranked #1 and Marshall was ranked #14. A: Thank you for this great question. To participate in the 2011 Thinkers 50, visit [link].

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When Leadership Coaching Works (And When It Doesn't)

Marshall Goldsmith

Q: When does leadership coaching work? CK Prahalad or Vijay Govindarajan), most - including me - are not. When will coaching aimed at changing leadership behavior be most effective? Advice that is never implemented will not do much good. When is it a waste of time? Although some are experts at strategy (e.g. Life is good.

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Go for It, Brett; Retiring Successfully Is Harder Than It Looks

Marshall Goldsmith

The fact is, after being a huge success in a career that has brought benefits like leadership, relationships, contribution, meaning and happiness, playing mediocre golf with a bunch of old men at the country club isn't really that great. My advice for Brett Favre is - go for it. For him, football provides meaning. It makes him happy.

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Become a More Effective Leader by Asking One Tough Question

Marshall Goldsmith

I may be the only executive educator who actually measures whether the participants in my leadership development courses actually do what I teach--and then measures if they are seen as becoming more effective leaders. In 2009 Marshall's friend the late CK Prahalad was ranked #1 and Marshall was ranked #14. Great question.

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Possibility Maximizer: Fast Company's 30 Second MBA

Sales Wolf Blog

  Weekly topics are wide and varied and include just about everything from innovation and communication to leadership and corporate social responsibility.  Each day you can receive an email update with video of the guest speaker providing you with a thoughtful tidbit of advice that you can use to improve your performance at work.

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The Timeless Strategic Value of Unrealistic Goals

Harvard Business Review

Prahalad's 1989 HBR article "Strategic Intent" brought about a discontinuous shift in my career — from a professor of accounting to a researcher on strategy and innovation. If Canon had followed that advice in the early 1970s, it would have never taken on Xerox. Hamel and Prahalad have an entirely different point of view.

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