Marshall Goldsmith
MAY 23, 2016
I travel constantly. Frances Hesselbein was the head of the Girl Scouts and Peter Drucker said she is the greatest leader he ever met. For years now I’ve done three things: I give talks, I coach executives, and I write books and articles. On one airline alone, I have 12 million frequent flyer miles.
Management Excellence
AUGUST 4, 2012
An extended weekend and then some productive business travel reduced the writing and posting time to a dull roar. Nonetheless, these two posts reflect my current reading.from Drucker to neuroscience. Your thoughts and ideas are always appreciated her.
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The Practical Leader
AUGUST 23, 2023
Like someone traveling in a foreign country who can’t speak the local language, he’ll talk louder to be understood. Joel uses position power to make people have to. Denise builds a cause and case for change appealing to the head and heart to get buy-in. Joel tries to overpower resistance to change with facts and force.
Harvard Business Review
NOVEMBER 11, 2015
Why do we travel? Evolution made us ever more curious, and so we traveled to learn more. Travel allows us to, a Montaigne put it, “rub and polish our brains” against people from different regions and cultures. The trick is to travel with purpose and planning. Is this still true today? First, some background.
Marshall Goldsmith
JANUARY 6, 2014
One of the greatest thinkers in my field (and in my time) was a man named Peter Drucker. Larissa spent two months traveling around and talking with me. Greetings from the past! I am very lucky. I got to spend a lot of time with Peter. He always encouraged people to ask, “Who is the customer?”
Lead from Within
JUNE 10, 2018
Being an entrepreneur means you are willing to take the less traveled path, embrace ambiguity, and take on challenges, but it’s not an easy path, even if you feel you are all ready, geared up, and excited. Peter Drucker. Peter Drucker. Entrepreneurs are initiators, challengers, and drivers. Leonardo da Vinci. Josh James.
Marshall Goldsmith
APRIL 21, 2014
Peter Drucker has defined knowledge workers as people who know more about what they are doing than their boss does. I will do it when I quit traveling so much. Why is asking so important? In the Information Age, leaders must manage knowledge workers. I managed to avoid this exam, for not one or two years, but seven years.
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