Marshall Goldsmith

JUNE 24, 2014

My career as an executive coach began many years ago with a phone call from the CEO of a Fortune 100 company. I had coached many groups of mid-level managers who were on the verge of success, but never an individual who was already very successful and needed to make a change to be blasted into the stratosphere. What does it mean?

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Leading Blog

APRIL 5, 2019

We tend to see situations in one of two ways: either events are certain and can, therefore, be managed by planning, investment, and reliable budgets; or they are uncertain, and we cannot manage them. Ankersen’s insight was this: soccer is one of the world’s unfairest sports. Let’s consider a few examples.

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Rich Gee Group

SEPTEMBER 18, 2014

Today, work is weird, complex, and ever-changing — but you have the talent and tools to take advantage of this situation and grow your career. Past and present contacts, colleagues and friends are the lifeblood of any career (“It’s not what you know, it’s who you know.”). This may be a sports cliche, but right now, it rings true.

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Terry Starbucker

OCTOBER 9, 2011

Recently a survey was conducted that asked preteens about their long term career aspirations - the top three were sports star, pop star and actor. The distinction of famous vs. infamous has been blurred, and recognition for recognition sake is now the norm.

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Leading Blog

JUNE 1, 2024

These professional risk-takers—poker players and hedge fund managers, crypto true believers and blue-chip art collectors—can teach us much about navigating the uncertainty of the twenty-first century. More specifically, his success in his military and corporate careers was predicated on the people who worked with him, and for him.

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Tanveer Naseer

MAY 31, 2011

Being Canadian, I’m sure it comes as little surprise that I’m not much of a baseball fan (growing up, hockey, football and soccer were the sports I preferred playing). When it comes to baseball heroes, few are as well-known and revered as Babe Ruth, or as he’s affectionately known by baseball fans “the Bambino”.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 18, 2010

In most sports I’m aware of you cannot play if you don’t suit-up and show-up. Leadership is a participation sport and never works well in absentia. Show-up : You can’t make a difference if you don’t show-up. It requires zero talent to be present mentally and physically.

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Leading Blog

MARCH 27, 2023

It is rife with struggles related to managing the emerging responsibilities of adult life. If ownership or management of a family enterprise is an expectation, the pressures only mount. One family professionally designed “family trading cards” similar to those popular in sports, creating experience across generations.

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N2Growth Blog

MARCH 31, 2010

In today’s post I’ll examine how managing appearances can have a substantial impact on your personal brand and your success. While I will dress in a suit and tie when appropriate, you’re much more likely to find me in jeans and casual sport coat.

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Rich Gee Group

DECEMBER 22, 2010

Their ‘elite belief’ in a sport requires a mental focus and intensity that is different from the way that many others approach tasks. It’s a radio show and podcast from NPR that delves into the areas where the boundaries blur between science, philosophy, and human experience. It’s a cool show. So to push themselves — they lie.

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Michael Lee Stallard

JUNE 4, 2014

Will Jackson end his career in a blaze of glory or will the Knicks and New York City reduce him to smoldering ashes? connection culture employee engagement leadership connection Culture E Pluribus Partners michael lee stallard Organizational Management Phil Jackson Relationship Excellence Sports Examples Sports Management Team Management'

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Chartered Management Institute

MARCH 13, 2025

Dervan is now director of public and sport lighting solutions across the UK and Ireland for Signify. He worked his way up to branch manager and enjoyed the management side, but he wanted to take it to another level. Just one of those days It was a chance moment in my career where I took a different direction, says Dervan.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

These Human Resource leaders represent the top 25 human resources leaders shaping careers, culture, and talent at the world’s most innovative people driven companies. and a development manager at Oracle Corp. Prior to joining Apollo, he was Managing Director and Chief Talent Officer at BlackRock. CHRO for HSBC.

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Rich Gee Group

OCTOBER 29, 2010

In addition, look at your goal, if it is too big or unwieldy, break it up into manageable steps. An example might be, “I want to own a BMW Z4 sports car&#. Steps - Chunk out each goal into simple and realistic tasks or activities. Normal steps might be save money, research best way to purchase, buy car. Unported License.

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Leading Blog

APRIL 26, 2019

I T SHOULD go without saying that coaching as opposed to just managing people, is the key to developing high-performance organizations and teams. These primary environments could represent one’s dorm room, home, place of work, government, sports team, nature, and especially one’s body and mind. Leaders must be coaches.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 11, 2010

Leadership is a full-contact sport, and if you cannot address conflict in a healthy, productive fashion then you should not be in a leadership role. elliotross So well said Mike, I know for myself that managing conflict is not a 'natural' for me. If so, you likely have issues with conflict.

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Great Leadership By Dan

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

I have grown up around high-performance sport. High-performance in the context of sport covers a process that goes like this. It is the same in every sport where high-performance is the ticket to the dance. Leadership gets the team going and management keeps it going. It is no different with leadership. We are not.

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Lead on Purpose

MAY 18, 2010

This is the career record of Larry Gelwix, coach of the Highland High rugby team (Salt Lake City) for more than three decades. What struck me the first time I listened to this podcast is how beautifully these principles apply to product management, to leadership and to life in general.

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Leading Blog

JANUARY 29, 2020

No matter what industry or organizational structure—business, politics, nonprofit, religious, entertainment or sports—examples abound where leaders have violated their trusted role and experienced a public downfall. All leaders face adversity at some point in their careers. What is responsive leadership?

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Lead Change Blog

OCTOBER 2, 2014

In the history of every industry – manufacturing, tech, entertainment, sports, all industries – there have been many examples of talent that was overlooked only to be discovered at a later moment. Lucille Ball – This failed actress was told to pursue another career.

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In the CEO Afterlife

NOVEMBER 30, 2011

Sports teams with momentum go on inexplicable winning streaks while opponents can’t seem to string two wins together no matter how hard they try or how ‘talented’ their roster. Leaders who suffer the tough days of turnarounds and manage to resurrect a business are the ones who think about momentum in strategic terms. Let me tell you.

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Rich Gee Group

NOVEMBER 5, 2010

According to a recent Wall Street Journal article, managers who do not exude an all encompassing self-confidence, style, poise, and energy, in short, “executive presence,” are highly unlikely to make it to the corner office. at 2:14 PM I was surprised at how useful the Rhinoceros Success series was, and The One Minute Manager.

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Leading Blog

MAY 10, 2019

Great leaders take the time to identify each person’s strengths and then align opportunities and career path options to take advantage of them.”. But people who perform better and are more engaged deserve to be treated better and have their strengths developed. Reveal Everything (Even Salaries). How will you lead today?

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Terry Starbucker

APRIL 8, 2018

Back in 1987, when I was hired by Jack Kent Cooke at the ripe young age of 27 to be the COO of a cable TV company, he wasted very little time to initiate me into the world of executive management. At the time Cooke was a very successful serial entrepreneur, in the media and sports arenas. Which one will you be?”.

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In the CEO Afterlife

APRIL 23, 2012

As a kid in sports, I played my heart out, hated my opponents and cried when I lost. The late French author Andre Maurois once said, “Business is a combination of sport and war.” For most of my career, I operated within intensely competitive arenas where fractions of market share points were worth millions of dollars.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 17, 2010

Real life is not a spectator sport – it’s a participation sport, and in fact, I submit to you that it’s a full contact participation sport. When black & white becomes permanently blurred so that everything reads as shades of grey, things can become dicey.

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Chartered Management Institute

APRIL 3, 2025

His multifaceted role at further education (FE) institute Exeter College combines two things hes passionate about: management, and teaching and learning. After a degree in sport and recreation management, Simon started his career in health clubs before moving to the University of Exeter sports centre as a duty manager and then acting manager.

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Great Leadership By Dan

MARCH 16, 2017

Employers underestimate the importance of personal and career development on employee retention, vastly overestimating the importance of salary and benefits. The co-head of investment banking at Goldman Sachs said, “The goal is for our analysts to want to be here for a career. This is a marathon, not a sprint.”

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LDRLB

SEPTEMBER 3, 2012

But with competitive career stakes down the road, students need to continually be looking for leadership opportunities on campus. During their first year, students are encouraged to declare majors for study, and explore future career potential in certain fields. Allow for possible job acceptance in desired career field.

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Great Leadership By Dan

AUGUST 6, 2020

But in the very best leaders McClelland discovered three critical characteristics that acted as controls on their use of power and control that made all the difference – greater emotional maturity, high self-management and a participative, coaching leadership style (think of great professional sports coaches).

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Leading with Trust

JANUARY 24, 2021

As a manager you may have never thought of it this way, but there are times when you cheat your employees. Here are four common ways manager’s cheat their team members: 1. Here are four common ways manager’s cheat their team members: 1. Solving their problems.

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Eric Jacobson

MARCH 24, 2025

Profiled in the book are individuals in fields as diverse as politics, religion, medicine, business, sports, entertainment, and the military, including: Nelson Mandela Eleanor Roosevelt Susan B.

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Tanveer Naseer

APRIL 25, 2017

Leadership programs often emphasize the operational mechanics of leading – planning, organizing, budgeting, or content that leans more toward management, such as delegating, time management, and giving feedback. Get over yourself At this stage in your leadership career, you don’t have enough of a track record to be bragging.

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HR Digest

MARCH 12, 2020

Are you seeking career growth in human resources? Here we have listed top careers for HR professionals to help you carve a niche in the industry you desire. If you want to follow a career in human resources, there are many options open to you. Careers for HR Professionals . Training and Development Manager.

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N2Growth Blog

JULY 6, 2010

Marshall Goldsmith : Leadership is a contact sport and it’s often messy. All three of these individuals have had a profound and positive impact on those individuals and organizations which they have led. Mike Myatt : If you could offer any of our readers’ specific advice about leadership what would that be?

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Career Advancement

APRIL 20, 2020

Prioritize your own wellbeing and learn how to best manage high-stress situations in order to lead your people through these trying times. Stay connected with coworkers even while working remotely, talking about how you manage the challenges you’re all facing. Play sports with your kids. Limit your news consumption.

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Lead on Purpose

MAY 23, 2009

This is the time when most people focus more on their careers and less on others (and other significant causes). Bob talks about how his career (in TV station business) took off. He compares it to halftime in sports (games like basketball and American football) that have a break during games.

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