Marshall Goldsmith, a world-renowned executive coach and author, shares unique insights from coaching top CEOs. He discusses the surprising ease of changing behavior compared to perceptions, emphasizing that leadership is a collaborative journey rooted in service. Goldsmith reveals how words can derail conversations and promotes daily self-reflection for personal growth. He highlights the necessity of community in leadership, especially during challenging times, and encourages leaders to focus on meaningful connections and the joy of the process rather than just results.
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Leadership Development
Leaders can improve their effectiveness through coaching and self-reflection.
Focus on making a positive difference, rather than just being right or smart.
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Overcoming Self-Limiting Beliefs
Avoid self-limiting beliefs about your abilities, like "this is just the way I am".
Changing your beliefs alongside behavior is key for authentic change.
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Changing Perceptions
To change perceptions, follow up consistently with those who gave feedback.
Regularly ask how you're doing and how you can continue improving.
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This book by Marshall Goldsmith focuses on helping successful individuals recognize and change the behavioral habits that are holding them back from achieving even greater success. Goldsmith identifies 20 common bad habits, such as speaking when angry or adding too much value, and provides a systematic approach to changing these behaviors. He emphasizes that it is not technical skills but behavioral changes that separate the great from the rest. The book offers practical advice on how to eliminate these dysfunctions and improve interpersonal relationships, which is crucial for advancing in one's career and personal life.
The Earned Life
Lose Regret, Choose Fulfillment
Marshall Goldsmith
Mark Reiter
In 'The Earned Life,' Marshall Goldsmith offers a practical approach to achieving fulfillment and minimizing regret. The book emphasizes the importance of living in the present and aligning daily choices, risks, and efforts with a broader life purpose, regardless of the eventual outcome. Goldsmith provides various strategies, including the 'Every Breath Paradigm,' the 'Action, Ambition, and Aspiration' model, and the 'credibility matrix,' to help readers shed obstacles to fulfillment and avoid the trap of existential regret. The book is divided into two parts: 'Choosing Your Life' and 'Earning Your Life,' covering both the theory and practice of living an earned life.
Loonshots
How to Nurture the Crazy Ideas That Win Wars, Cure Diseases, and Transform Industries
Safi Bahcall
Loonshots by Safi Bahcall offers a new perspective on innovation by applying the science of phase transitions to team behavior. It highlights how small structural changes can significantly impact a team's ability to innovate. The book provides practical lessons for creatives and entrepreneurs to foster groundbreaking ideas, using examples from history and industry.
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How We Can Stop Reacting and Start Healing
David Richo
My guest today is Marshall Goldsmith, one of the world’s leading executive coaches.
We discuss the surprising lessons he’s learned coaching some of the best CEOs in the world, where confidence comes from, common mistakes leaders make, why changing behavior is easier than changing perception, how to change others’ perceptions when you change your behavior, the three words that kill any conversation, the relationship between intensity and consistency, and so much more.
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