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Marshall Goldsmith

Marshall

Goldsmith

My mission is simple: I help successful leaders achieve positive, measurable, long-term change in behavior for themselves, their people, and their teams.

With over 40 years of experience helping top CEOs and executives overcome limiting beliefs and behaviors to achieve greater success, I hope I have learned a few things that are useful for you.

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You will find many free resources to help you become a better leader and have a little better life on this website, including articles, interviews, my documentary video, a leadership and coaching course, and MarshallGoldsmith.AI—my interactive AI coaching tool.  Please read, listen, watch, download, copy, and send these materials to anyone you think might benefit. Even better, please share with your favorite charity or non-profit organization. Please also follow me on LinkedIn for my latest leadership insights and updates.

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If you or anyone you know finds value in these resources, it will make me feel great!

Life is good.

Dr. Marshall Goldsmith is widely recognized as the world's number one executive coach and leadership thinker by many professional organizations and publications, including the Harvard Business Review, the Best Practices Institute, Global Gurus, and Thinkers50. He has coached more than 200 top CEOs and executives. Many of the world’s leading organizations have trusted Marshall to coach their most critical leaders, including Ford, Goldman Sachs, McKinsey, MetLife, May Clinic, IBM, Merck, Pfizer, Intel, Northrop Grumman, Best Buy, Kraft Heinz, General Mills, the US Army, the US Navy, the World Bank and more, including multiple leaders recognized as CEO of the Year in the United States.

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Marshall is the author or editor of over 60 books, including four New York Times Bestsellers, What Got You Here Won’t Get You There, MOJO, Triggers, and The Earned Life. His books have sold over 4 million copies and have been published in 36 languages. Two of his books have been recognized by Amazon as among the Top 100 Leadership and Success Books ever written.

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Today, Marshall coaches senior executives at the world’s leading organizations through Marshall Goldsmith Advisors, drawing on over 50+ years in leadership development and education. A pioneer in the coaching industry and highly respected in his field, Marshall has developed a premier network of coaches, former executives, and leadership thinkers. Organizations often choose Marshall to coach their most critical leader. For other leaders, he partners with the 100 Coaches Agency, an organization he co-founded that is designed to match top leaders to top coaches. Marshall also devotes himself to Knowledge Philanthropy through the 100 Coaches Pay it Forward Institute, a charity with the mission to make leadership resources available to all for free.

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We were a very successful team who took our performance to the next level. With Marshall's help, we identified our two areas and went to work. We used everyone's help and support, exceeded our improvement expectations, and had fun! A team's dedication to continuous improvement combined with Marshall's proven process ROCKS!

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Alan Mulally

Former President and CEO, Ford Motor Company

Former President, Boeing Commercial Airplanes

I have had the great fortune of working with Marshall for several years. He has helped me in so many ways. Triggers represents a natural progression in Marshall's work and many of the ideas in it have already helped me and many of his other clients. As with all of his books, I know that Marshall's focused, practical, and insightful approach will help you in leadership, but even more important, it can help you in life!

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Jim Yong Kim

Vice Chairman and Partner at Global Infrastructure Partners

Former (12th) President of the World Bank

Marshall's coaching invites leaders to focus relentlessly on their behavior. The leader's behavior as well as the team's behavior become the basis for great results and continuous improvement. This will be key to success for the connected, global, knowledge-driven companies of the future

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Aicha Evans

CEO, Zoox

Fortune Top Ten Next Generation of Female Leaders

I’ve been incredibly fortunate to have met Marshall, to have him as part of my life and to have been able to learn from him - along with learning from the many other exceptional people in his 100 coaches community. He has played a very important role in my transition from being a professional athlete to the next chapter in my life.

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Pau Gasol

President of the Gasol Foundation

2x National Basketball Association world champion

5x Olympian (3 medals)

You can't teach an old dog new tricks... without Marshall Goldsmith's help. With his coaching, you can change your old behavior to create new outcomes.

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Deanna Mulligan

CEO, Purposeful

Board Member, DuPont & NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital

Former CEO, Guardian Life

Fortune 50 Most Powerful Women in Business

How do we create the change we need for our organizations and for ourselves? Marshall Goldsmith is the master of helping us all find that path, avoiding the negative triggers, and building upon the triggers that bring out our best.

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Tony Marx

President, The New York Public Library

Through his wonderful coaching and friendship, Marshall Goldsmith has, without a doubt, helped me become both a better leader and a happier person.

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Hubert Joly

Faculty, Harvard Business School

Former CEO, Best Buy

For anyone who wishes to align their efforts with a life of meaning, Marshall Goldsmith is a fabulous companion, guide, and cheerleader.

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John Dickerson

Co-anchor, CBS Evening News

Chief Political Analyst, Senior National Correspondent at CBS

Contributing Writer, The Atlantic.

Marshall has taught me the importance of making a positive difference in every aspect of my life. His coaching techniques and valuable lessons empower you to extract greater meaning from interpersonal relationships and provide a superior understanding of the great results that can be achieved through positive leadership.

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David Kornberg

Board Member, Pillow Cube, &Collar

Former CEO Maurices and Express Inc.

Marshall Goldsmith is a great author and world-renowned executive coach. His contribution to our group has been immense, and we have greatly benefited from his unparalleled experience and his knowledge.

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G.M. Rao

Founder & Chairman, GRM Group

Indian Entrepreneur of the Year

No one can match Marshall's massive footprint in helping people become who they want to be. He is the top thought-leader in executive coaching because he drives new thinking about self-motivation. The importance of self-awareness, self-engagement, and positive behavioral change is best captured in Triggers. It will help light up many lives!

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Fred Hassan

Managing Director, Warburg Pincus

Former CEO, Schering-Plough

Former Chairman & CEO, Pharmacia Corporation

We place a premium on developing strong leaders at McKesson and over the years, we have relied greatly on Marshall's leadership insights to support our executive talent development across the company.

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John Hammergren

Former Chairman & CEO, McKesson

Harvard Business Review 100 Top Performing CEOs in the World

I had the great privilege of being coached by Marshall. He has been able to trigger change in my life and help me move to the next level in leadership. He has changed my life and career. 

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Régis Schultz

CEO, JD Group

Former President of Retail, Al-Futtaim

Former CEO, Darty Group

Marshall is a great coach and teacher. He has done a lot to help both me and our high-potential leaders. His approach is practical, useful, helpful, and fun!

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JP Garnier

Former CEO, GlaxoSmithKline (GSK)

The Earned Life is a great addition to Marshall's body of work. The advice in this book can help you keep on achieving and, at the same time, do a better job of finding peace and happiness in the process.

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Amy Edmondson

Professor, Harvard Business School

2021 Thinkers50 #1 Most Influential Management Thinker

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