Marshall Goldsmith

World’s #1 Leadership Thinker and #1 Executive Coach

Dr. Goldsmith is the author or editor of 36 books, which have sold over two million copies, been translated into 32 languages and become listed bestsellers in 12 countries.  Along with Triggers, his two other New York Times bestsellers are MOJO and What Got You Here Won’t Get You There – the Harold Longman Award winner for Business Book of the Year.  In 2016, Amazon.com recognised the ‘100 Best Leadership & Success Books’ in its To Read in Your Lifetime series.  The list included classics and newer books – management and self-help books.  Both Triggers and What Got You Here Won’t Get You There were recognised as being in the top 100 books ever written in their field.  Marshall is only one of two authors with two books on the list.

Marshall’s other professional acknowledgments include: Harvard Institute for Coaching – Lifetime Achievement Award for Leadership In Coaching, Harvard Business Review and Best Practices Institute – World’s #1 Leadership Thinker, Global Gurus, INC and Fast Company magazines – World’s #1 Executive Coach, Institute for Management Studies – Lifetime Achievement Award for Excellence in Teaching, American Management Association – 50 great thinkers and leaders who have influenced the field of management over the past 80 years, BusinessWeek – 50 great leaders in America, Wall Street Journal – top ten executive educators, Economist (UK) – most credible executive advisors in the new era of business, National Academy of Human Resources – Fellow of the Academy (America’s top HR award), World HRD Congress (India) – global leader in HR thinking. His work has been recognized by almost every professional organisation in his field.

Dr. Goldsmith is a Professor of Management Practice at the Dartmouth Tuck School of Business.  His Ph.D. is from UCLA’s Anderson School of Management, where he was the Distinguished Alumnus of the Year.  His MBA is from Indiana University’s Kelley School of Business, where he was recognised as the Distinguished Entrepreneur of the Year.  He is one of a select few executive advisors who has worked with over 150 major CEOs and their management teams. He served on the Board of the Peter Drucker Foundation for ten years. He has been a volunteer teacher for US Army Generals, Navy Admirals, Girl Scout executives, International and American Red Cross leaders – where he was a National Volunteer of the Year.

Marshall’s other books include: Succession: Are You Ready? – a WSJ bestseller, The Leader of the Future – a BusinessWeek bestseller.  He has over 850,000 followers on LinkedIn and his videos have over 2 million views on YouTube.

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