I had lunch today with a friend of mine who quit her steady, high paying job to be an independent consultant and coach based the methodology and teachings of Marshall Goldsmith. Wow, I thought, I had never heard of Marshall Goldsmith, apparently one of the world’s authorities in "helping successful leaders get even better", and I am big into self improvement and coaching. My friend is a serious person, so I thought this must be powerful stuff.
I am blown away. I just spent two hours looking at some free documents on his site http://www.marshallgoldsmithlibrary.com and watching a few videos. There is a wealth of information there which will add tons of weight to my already massive reading list. This guy has 20 books. I found the following interview “Be Happy Now� published on June 8th, 2006 really great. It is only 10 pages. If anyone else has done his training I’d love to hear about it. And if you need a coach in this area, I got someone I can recommend.
Posted over 3 years ago
If you were blown away by the information on Marshall's website you should read his newest book, What Got You Here Won't Get You There. I just finished it and found it to be very thought-provoking. I was introduced to the book by a businessweek article (http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/07_02/b4016088.htm?chan=search). I would highly suggest it to you and your readers. I think his list of 20 habits successful people need to break could lead to some great discussion (http://www.businessweek.com/playbook/06/1228_1.htm). If you get a chance, check it out. Joe
Posted over 4 years ago
Dear Friends, I am glad that you like my website. As Gary said, nothing that I am teaching is hard to understand - it is just hard to do. Please send the link to my website, www.MarshallGoldsmithLibrary.com to your friends. It is all free - so you have nothing to lose (unless you - like Pat - get bored)! Life is good. Marshall PS - I was on the Board of the Peter Drucker Foundation for 10 years.
Posted over 4 years ago
Yawn... There are no new management rules under the sun. Peter Drucker said most of what was worth saying on how to manage a long time ago. Since then it has all been endless repetition, including the stuff from Goldsmith
Posted over 4 years ago
Great article Vidal! It seems Mr. Goldsmith has a powerful approach. He gets his subject's colleagues to buy-into certain breakthru's... then coaches how to acheive them. It is more powerful with a receptive group. When he found a group deadlocked with too much bad water under the bridge... he had to throw in the towel. Also reminiscent of Landmark's "someday" lecture... someday never comes... be happy now! It's easy to see the logic: e.g. eat less, exercise more... but often hard to put it into practice! The first situp is the hardest... good stuff!