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What Got You Here Won't Get You There: How Successful People Become Even More Successful (Audio CD)
by Marshall Goldsmith
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Professional success, Personal success, Self help |
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Marshall aims to make you a better manager, a more effective executive, and a better human being, telling you the habits you need to break to be even more successful - in business and in life. |
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Jack Covert (Jack Covert Selects, 1800CEOREAD) (MSL quote), USA
<2007-11-02 00:00>
As a guy who has had some success in my life, I especially understood and appreciated what this book taught me. The point of the book is actually the title and subtitle. He states: "The problems we'll be looking at in this book are not life-threatening diseases (although ignored for too long they can destroy a career). They're not deep-seated neuroses that require years of therapy or tons of medication to erase. "More often than not, they are simple behavioral tics 'bad habits that we repeat dozens of times a day in the workplace' which can be cured by (a) pointing them out, (b) showing the havoc they cause among the people surrounding us, and (c) demonstrating that with a slight behavioral tweak we can achieve a much more appealing effect.
One of the keys to a good business book can be found in the Table of Contents. This book is not different. The four sections are titled: The Trouble with Success; The Twenty Habits That Hold You Back from the Top; How We Can Change for the Better; Pulling Out the Stops. If you go into a bookstore to check this book out, just look at the twenty habits. They were a scary eye opener for yours truly. I used up one hi-lighter on this book and found way more bad habits I have and need to change than I care to admit. The nice thing about this book is that you can identify the flaws you didn't think you had and fix them without anybody knowing you had a problem. Now that is a huge benefit. All in all, this is an important book.
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Barbara Rose (MSL quote), USA
<2007-11-02 00:00>
Goldsmith has no interest in probing why people behave the way they do. He doesn't try to reshape their personalities. He measures success by the extent to which other people's perceptions of his clients change for the better... he teaches them how to apologize for their shortcomings - 'the most magical, healing, restorative gesture human beings can make,' he writes in his book [What Got You Here Won't Get You There]... and then to ask for help in getting better... 'It's much harder to change people's perceptions of your behavior than to change your behavior,' he says...
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Diane Donovan (Midwest Book Review) (MSL quote), USA
<2007-11-02 00:00>
What holds you back from achievement? Marshall Goldsmith is an executive coach who has worked with over eighty CEOs in the world's top organizations - so he's in the perfect position to examine how global leaders overcome self-defeating habits, translating these lessons to the modern condition and everyday man in What Got You Here Won't Get You There. From key beliefs in successful leaders to common behavior flaws, this book translates drawbacks to success, and will find an audience in any general-interest collection where self-improvement is of interest.
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Howard J. Morgan (MSL quote) , 50 Top Coaches, USA
<2007-11-02 00:00>
I have had the pleasure of working with Marshall on several projects. His simple, insightful and practical solutions offered in this book are right on target. He and I worked on a project and article based on 85,000 responses and all of the solutions that he offers are entirely consistent with our findings in that study. He has taken the research and made it easy to understand and, in the usual practical approach offered by Marshall, highly relevant and implementable. Well done Marshall. |
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Patrice (MSL quote), USA
<2007-11-02 00:00>
Marshall Goldsmith has managed to sustain his edge as a thought leader without unnecessary academic hyperbole. This book is an excellent read for people leaders at all levels (and even those who are not.) It provides thoughtful lessons on professional (and personal) development that will resonate with all. I will share it with all of my clients. |
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Jim Moore (MSL quote), USA
<2007-11-02 00:00>
The same concepts that make Marshall one of the most outstanding classroom teachers on the planet come alive in this book. His concepts are clear, focused, and insightful and he illustrates them with entertaining & memorable stories. For most of us, the key to becoming a more effective leader is not about learning some new, complex theories about leadership. It's about being more self aware, focusing on a few things to change, and actually doing it. Marshall's book helps you do all three. If you read the book, pick a few items to change, and follow Marshall's advice, you will become an even more effective leader, colleague, spouse, partner, parent, friend. If you don't, you will at least have a quick and very fun read. |
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Erica K. Volpe (MSL quote), USA
<2007-11-02 00:00>
Marshall is not only an amazing leader and coach, he has the ability to put his strategies into words in a way that makes becoming successful seem so easy. It is because of this book that I truly feel that I can make a great step in the right direction of focusing my energy on what really matters in my life. As a graduate student, I am especially grateful for his wisdom that I will use throughout the entirety of my PhD program and beyond. I strive to become as influential a leader as Marshall as I take my own steps into the world of business. |
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Marc Effron (MSL quote), USA
<2007-11-02 00:00>
Marshall's wonderfully simple and deceptively powerful approach to coaching is presented in a highly entertaining book. You'll instantly recognize in yourself a few (or more) of The 20 Things that Got You Here and be offered practical advice for how to move past them. The organization of the book allows you to start reading any of the 20 Things without having to read through all of them. Odds are if you read through this book once a month, pick out one behavior to change and really follow Marshall's advice, your co-workers (and family) will notice the positive change.
Given the fees that Marshall charges for coaching (well into 6 figures per person), the ability to get the same advice for the price of lunch is the best bargain ever. |
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Susan Schaefer (MSL quote), USA
<2007-11-02 00:00>
Marshall Goldsmith is the most fun, pragmatic, generous person I have ever met. I had the privilege of having him coach me 6 years ago. His approach to teaching me how to be a better leader and human being was awesome. He has a unique ability to help all of us see the absurdity of our own behaviors, laugh at them, understand them better and want to do things differently.
Marshall's new book, What Got You Here Won't Get You There is the next best thing to being coached by him personally. He starts by explaining why we resist change, describes 20 behaviors that hold people back from success, tells us how to go about choosing what we want to change, and then, how to change.
The part of the book I most enjoyed is the section he calls The Twenty Habits That Hold You Back From The Top. He talks about all those annoying habits that interfere with our success. In each and every situation I saw myself, former colleagues/bosses or behaviors highlighted in the successful show, The Office (which, I must say, is almost too painful and realistic to watch).
The examples that Marshall uses are things we can all relate to and he encourages us along the way to commit to getting better - a little at a time. |
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Craig R. Cornelius (MSL quote), USA
<2007-11-02 00:00>
Leadership books can be difficult for young leaders in government to digest, since the aphorisms and illustrations used in these books often focus on contexts that are either foreign to government or to the challenges faced by young leaders in government. But Marshall Goldsmith's What Got You Here Won't Get You There doesn't fall into this trap. By inviting the reader to reflect on personal habits that limit the effectiveness of evolving leaders, the book serves as a mirror for the experiences of any individual whose professional duties are nested within a larger organization.
Over the last two years, I have had the privilege of being counseled by Marshall on numerous occasions and in every instance I have been struck by his ability to get me to engage in constructive introspection. In our conversations, Marshall's technique has always begun with simple questions about the interpersonal relationships that present problems for me in the workplace. With my answers in hand, he has always been able to provide me with simple normative suggestions that are rooted in an assuredness that I could change my behavior for the better. So I wondered if a book written for a broad audience would have the same effect on me. I am pleased to say that Marshall's teachings come across in book form with an impact that was just as personal and, in fact, more comprehensive.
What Got You Here begins by communicating a set of beliefs that will be familiar to almost any leader - they are the truisms that we build into our professional self-image as we rise through experiences in leadership. This discussion of beliefs then gives way to a series of illustrations that help the reader understand how these beliefs influence their behavior in the workplace. Strikingly, the reader will find that these illustrations are just as effective in creating a context for reflection as they would be if the reader has related them from personal experience. With these familiar scenes in mind, the reader is then treated to a revealing set of lessons about the way they relate with their coworkers (habits) - each of which affect their professional efficacy in different ways. Marshall's lessons about the "20 Habits of Successful People" are poignant and - for most of us - universal, and are related in a way that leave the reader motivated to do something about them. And that's where Marshall's book does the most for you - in closing with a series of chapters that will help the reader be even more successful by making their approach to leadership more constructive and less characterized by dominance and negativity.
So as a beneficiary of a great learning relationship with Marshall Goldsmith - and now as a reader of his latest book - I would highly recommend "What Got You Here" to anyone who feels a desire to accomplish more in their career and to be happier doing it. |
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