Next Level Blog

SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

What I mean by the picking up part is that higher level leadership requires getting out of your own lane and collaborating with peers to get meaningful things done. The advice from successful executive leaders is pick up looking left, right and diagonally as you lead and let go of primarily looking up and down as you lead.

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Marshall Goldsmith

MARCH 17, 2014

“Don, our CEO, has been hearing some serious grumbling about Bill, our chief information officer,” she groaned. He has suggested that we get an executive coach to work with Bill. Because Bill is also very impatient, he won’t work with a coach who will waste his valuable time. It takes time.

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Chief Information Officer Executive Coaching COO Goal 119

Marshall Goldsmith

MARCH 16, 2015

Don, our CEO, has been hearing some serious grumbling about Bill, our Chief Information Officer,” she groaned. He has suggested that we get an executive coach to work with Bill. Because Bill is also very impatient, he won’t work with a coach that will waste his valuable time. It takes time.

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