Marshall Goldsmith

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Marshall Goldsmith
Born (1949-03-20) March 20, 1949
Valley Station, Kentucky
Alma mater
Occupation
Spouse(s) Lyda Goldsmith
Website marshallgoldsmith.com
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Marshall Goldsmith (March 20, 1949) is an American leadership coach and author of management-related literature.[1][2]

Early life and education

Born in Valley Station, Kentucky, Goldsmith received a degree in mathematical economics from Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology in Terre Haute, Indiana in 1970.[3][4] Goldsmith earned an MBA from Indiana University's Kelley School of Business in 1972. He earned a PhD from UCLA Anderson School of Management in Los Angeles, California in 1977.[4]

Career

From 1976-1980, Goldsmith was an assistant professor and then Associate Dean at Loyola Marymount University's College of Business. He currently teaches executive education at Dartmouth College's Tuck School of Business.

In 1977, Marshall met Dr. Paul Hersey, a consultant in leadership development, and began teaching managers. He later co-founded of Keilty, Goldsmith and Company. He is currently a founding partner of the Marshall Goldsmith Group.

Goldsmith was a pioneer in the use of customized 360-degree feedback (confidential feedback from direct reports, peers and managers) as a leadership development tool. His early efforts in providing feedback and then following-up with executives to measure changes in behavior were precursors to what eventually evolved as the field of 'executive coaching.' In acknowledgment of his work in helping leaders change behavior, he received his first national recognition in 1993, being ranked as one of the top ten executive educators in the Wall Street Journal.

While serving as a board member of the Peter Drucker Foundation in 1996, Goldsmith co-edited his first book, The Leader of the Future (with Frances Hesselbein and Richard Beckhard). Peter Drucker wrote the foreword for this book. This book has since sold hundreds of thousands of copies and has been translated into 28 languages.

Goldsmith's work has been featured in a The New Yorker profile, Harvard Business Review interview, Forbes feature story and Business Strategy Review cover story (from the London Business School). He is one of the few executive advisors who has been asked to work with more than 150 CEOs and their management teams. In 2011 Goldsmith was named winner of the 2011 Thinkers50 Leadership Award – as the World's Most Influential Leadership Thinker, additionally ranking #7 on the overall list of Thinkers50 list.[5] In 2005 he was elected as a Fellow in the National Academy of Human Resources – and recognized in Business Week as one of the most influential practitioners in the history of leadership development. In 2004 he was recognized by the American Management Association as one of 50 great thinkers and business leaders who have impacted the field of management over the past 80 years.

Goldsmith is the author or co-editor of 32 books, including What Got You Here Won't Get You There (a New York Times best-seller, Wall Street Journal #1 Business Book and winner of the Harold Longman Award as Best Business Book of the Year). Harvard Business School has recommended six of his books in their Working Knowledge series.

Honors and awards

Along with the American Management Association and National Academy of Human Resources, Goldsmith's work has been recognized by professional organizations, including:

Bibliography

Personal life

Goldsmith lives in Rancho Santa Fe, California with his wife Lyda.[2] He has a son, Bryan, and a daughter, Kelly (who was one of the participants of Survivor: Africa).[2][8] Goldsmith has described himself as a "philosophical Buddhist."[9]

References

  1. ↑ http://www.businessweek.com/authors/1741-marshall-goldsmith
  2. 1 2 3 TotalPicture Radio - The Voice of Career Leadership | Marshall Goldsmith
  3. ↑ http://www.rose-hulman.edu/offices-services/publications/echoes/2012-winter/marshall-goldsmith-thinking-big.aspx
  4. 1 2 http://kelley.iu.edu/alumni/Awards/award_bio_v.cfm?Person_ID=439570
  5. ↑ 2011 #1 Leadership Thinker Award | Marshall Goldsmith
  6. ↑ 2012 John E Anderson Distinguished Alumni Award | Marshall Goldsmith
  7. ↑ "StrategyDriven Podcast Special Edition 11 – An Interview with Marshall Goldsmith, author of Succession". StrategyDriven.
  8. ↑ http://www.newyorker.com/archive/2002/04/22/020422fa_fact_macfarquhar
  9. ↑ http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/discussion/2008/08/01/DI2008080101117.html

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