Marshall Goldsmith Library

About Marshall

Contact Marshall
Free Resources

Marshall's Books

Monthly Features

Upcoming Schedule

What's New

Newsletter

Blog

Media Info

MOJO News


	3 Annoying Habits of Successful People bnet, Marshall Goldsmith and Kelly Goldsmith I once had the privilege of spending 50 days with Peter Drucker, the world’s great authority on management. During that time, he said many memorable things, but one that sticks in my mind was a comment he made about my profession. Coaches, he said, spend a lot of time teaching leaders what to do. But we don’t spend enough time teaching them what to stop.

	3 Annoying Habits of Successful People bnet, Marshall Goldsmith and Kelly Goldsmith I once had the privilege of spending 50 days with Peter Drucker, the world’s great authority on management. During that time, he said many memorable things, but one that sticks in my mind was a comment he made about my profession. Coaches, he said, spend a lot of time teaching leaders what to do. But we don’t spend enough time teaching them what to stop.

	Are You Training People to Suck Up to You? bnet, Marshall Goldsmith and Kelly Goldsmith Almost every company — and every leader — claims to want employees to honestly express their opinions. Almost everyone claims to hate “suck-ups” who just provide hollow praise to their bosses.

	Are Your Secret Superstitions Holding Back Your Career? bnet, Marshall Goldsmith and Kelly Goldsmith Walking under a ladder. Breaking a mirror. A black cat darting across your path. So what, right? As a worldly business person, you probably scorn superstitions as silly beliefs of the primitive and uneducated. Deep down inside, you assure yourself, you’re above these antiquated notions.

	Does All That Face Time Make You Wish For “Get Out of My Face” Time? Try This bnet, Marshall Goldsmith and Kelly Goldsmith You can count on them. They can count on you. You’re open, inclusive, always there for them. But could you be a little too open?

	Good Ways to Break Bad Habits bnet, Marshall Goldsmith and Kelly Goldsmith Most people I’ve coached have an annoying habit that is holding them back. You may already know you have a bad habit because you’ve been told, many times, by your spouse that you’re hypercritical. Or maybe it’s your co-worker who has the bad habit, and despite you coaching him, nothing has changed.

	Handling Colleagues Who Drive You Crazy bnet, Marshall Goldsmith and Kelly Goldsmith Almost all of us know someone who drives us absolutely crazy — one person who consistently frustrates us or makes us feel guilty or sad.

	High-Impact Performers For Tough Times: 6 Ways to Keep Them Happy bnet, Marshall Goldsmith and Kelly Goldsmith Talent is never out of fashion. But high-impact performers are in demand now more than ever. We’re speaking here of those indispensible workers who will do what it takes to help your company succeed even in the most difficult and fast-paced of times.

	How to Deal With a Coworker Who Drives You Nuts bnet, Marshall Goldsmith and Kelly Goldsmith Almost all of us work with someone who drives us absolutely crazy — one person who consistently frustrates us or makes us feel guilty or angry. Dwelling on how much we hate these coworkers is never a great idea. If you believe, as I do, that it’s our own behavior that holds us back from achieving as much as we can, then one of the larger impediments to our progress is the time and energy we waste being upset with someone else — especially someone we can’t change.

	Managers: Do You Know When to Keep Your Mouth Shut? bnet, Marshall Goldsmith and Kelly Goldsmith A classic interpersonal challenge that we often see in otherwise-intelligent managers is the desire to “add value” to their team member’s great ideas. These leaders like to display their brilliance by continually adding their input — even at the expense of other people’s ownership and commitment.

	Not Achieving Your Goals? 5 Common Mistakes bnet, Marshall Goldsmith and Kelly Goldsmith If you’re like most professionals, you’re probably very skilled at setting goals–but not quite so adept at achieving them.

	Simplest Way to Improve Your Team’s Performance bnet, Marshall Goldsmith and Kelly Goldsmith Every executive I’ve ever coached has told me that he wants to foster teamwork. “We want our people to be partners, not competitors” is the most common thing they tell me.

	Stop Chasing the Wrong Priorities bnet, Marshall Goldsmith and Kelly Goldsmith I’ve spent a lot of time studying what makes people happy, successful leaders. But some of the best suggestions I can think of came out of a study of a bunch of elderly retirees, who, as far as I know, never had been CEOs. A friend of mine had interviewed this group about what advice they’d give to younger people. What, they were asked, is the key to having a great life?

	Undercover Boss: Lucky Strike Lanes’ Steven Foster Rolls Through the Recession bnet, Marshall Goldsmith and Kelly Goldsmith In an interview with BNET, Steven Foster, co-founder and CEO of Lucky Strike Lanes & Lounge, acknowledges that it’s difficult to keep an entertainment-based business growing in a recession. Foster appears on CBS’ Undercover Boss this Sunday at 9 p.m. ET/PT.*

	What If You Were Paid Only If You Achieved Results? bnet, Marshall Goldsmith and Kelly Goldsmith The story you’re about to read is one that I tell pretty often. It is the story of how, and why, I came to use a “pay only for results” model in my coaching practice.

	What To Do When You Hate Your Job bnet, Marshall Goldsmith and Kelly Goldsmith You have the power to create significant positive change. And, there are only two things that you can change: you can change You or you can change It.

	Why Leadership Programs Don’t Work (Hint: It’s Not the Coach) bnet, Marshall Goldsmith and Kelly Goldsmith When I think about the effectiveness of corporate leadership development programs , I think of a piece I read by David Brooks, the New York Times columnist, about education reform in this country. He noted that billions have been poured into impressive, new school programs, most with negligible effect. When schools have produced dramatic gains, it’s been because the students care, the teachers care, and the parents care. In other words, it’s not about how elaborate the program is–it’s about the people.

	Why You Aren’t Happy, and How to Make Things Better bnet, Marshall Goldsmith and Kelly Goldsmith Perhaps it’s no surprise to you that survey after survey finds many people are dissatisfied with their jobs. A Conference Board survey last year reported that only 49% were satisfied with their jobs, the lowest level in 22 years since they began their survey. But let’s think about that 49%: what made this group satisfied? How do people attain contentment at work?

	Why You Should Change the Way You See Yourself bnet, Marshall Goldsmith and Kelly Goldsmith One of the interesting challenges successful people face in improving themselves is in rethinking how they define themselves. We all have a perception of ourselves that we think of as “me.” As people become successful, this definition tends to be very positive, as they feel affirmed for their intelligence, savvy, and dedication.

	You Spoke, But No One Listened bnet, Marshall Goldsmith and Kelly Goldsmith One of the great causes of corporate dysfunction is the glaring gap between “I say” and “they do.” It’s a huge mistake to assume that just because people understand, then they will do.