"The executive coach who gets paid only if you get better."
Marshall Goldsmith is an American executive coach and author who spent decades sitting with CEOs whose results were already excellent and whose interpersonal habits were not. He grew up in Kentucky, earned a PhD at UCLA, taught leadership at Dartmouth’s Tuck School, and became one of the first coaches whose fee was tied to whether colleagues actually saw the client get better.
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Marshall Goldsmith’s 20 interpersonal habits, feedforward, and a 7-day plan for successful people whose winning style is now stalling the next level…
Read Summary →The need to win arguments that do not matter is the master habit that stalls successful people.
Ask for two future suggestions, write them down, say thank you. Do not debate the past.
Monthly check-ins with stakeholders change the scoreboard. Insight without follow-up keeps the habit.
"What got you here won’t get you there."— What Got You Here Won’t Get You There
"Successful people become great leaders when they learn to shift the focus from themselves to others."— What Got You Here Won’t Get You There
Marshall Goldsmith’s 20 interpersonal habits, feedforward, and a 7-day plan for successful people whose winning style is now stalling the next level of work.
