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Be a Better Leader – Be More Like Your Heroes!

Marshall Goldsmith

During the program, Ayse asked us (the participants) to list our heroes. Frances Hesselbein, Former Girl Scout CEO. Alan Mulally, Former Ford CEO. Richard Beckhard, World Leading Organizational Development Consultant. Richard Beckhard — extremely generous, great teacher. I made my list. Read more here.

Beckhard 101
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Giving Away All I Know – ‘Pay It Forward’!

Marshall Goldsmith

Over my nearly 40 years in Executive Education, I have had the privilege of working with over 200 major CEOs. We will be joined by several fantastic leaders and thinkers, including Alan Mulally, former CEO of Ford. Even if you are not selected, you can participate in the webinars. My new project is called 15 Coaches.

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Team Building Without Time Wasting

Marshall Goldsmith

Research involving thousands of participants has shown how focused feedback and follow-up can increase leadership and customer service effectiveness (Hesselbein, Goldsmith, and Beckhard, 1996). For example, if there are seven team members, each team member will participate in six brief one-on-one dialogues. Leadership'