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Marshall Goldsmith
World's #1 Executive Coach | Two-Time Thinkers50 #1 Leadership Thinker | #1 NYT Bestselling Author of What Got You Here Won't Get You There | Thinkers50 Hall of Fame
Dr. Marshall Goldsmith is the world's preeminent executive coach and a two-time Thinkers50 #1 Leadership Thinker. The #1 New York Times bestselling author of What Got You Here Won't Get You There, Triggers, and The Earned Life, he has coached 200+ major CEOs. On stage, he's a funny, riveting, deeply practical storyteller who gives audiences simple, powerful tools for lasting behavioral change.
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Marshall Goldsmith biography
Dr. Marshall Goldsmith is the world’s preeminent executive coach and one of the most influential leadership thinkers of the modern era. For decades the trusted advisor behind many of the world’s most successful CEOs, he has shaped how a generation of leaders thinks about behavioral change, proving that even the most accomplished people can get measurably better, and that the habits that got them to the top are often the very ones holding them back.
Leadership speaker Marshall Goldsmith is the only two-time winner of the Thinkers50 Award for the world’s #1 Leadership Thinker and has been ranked the world’s #1 Executive Coach for well over a decade. He is a #1 New York Times bestselling author whose books have sold more than four million copies in some 36 languages, and he is the only living author with two titles, What Got You Here Won’t Get You There and Triggers, on Amazon’s list of the 100 best leadership and success books ever written. He has personally coached more than 200 major CEOs and their leadership teams.
From What Got You Here to The Earned Life
Goldsmith’s ideas have reshaped the practice of leadership. In What Got You Here Won’t Get You There, he identified the subtle interpersonal habits that quietly derail successful executives; in Triggers, he examined the environmental forces that sabotage lasting change; and in his most recent bestseller, The Earned Life, he challenged readers to let go of regret and align their choices with a deeper sense of purpose. He is the creator of the widely adopted “feedforward” technique and, through his 100 Coaches community, has trained hundreds of the world’s top coaches in a pay-it-forward mission to share his knowledge freely. A member of the Thinkers50 Hall of Fame and formerly a professor at the Dartmouth Tuck School of Business, he holds a PhD from UCLA and, at 76, has recently launched an AI tool trained on his life’s work so that anyone, anywhere, can access his coaching at no charge.
As a speaker, Marshall Goldsmith is a riveting, funny, and deeply practical storyteller who distills decades of coaching the world’s top leaders into tools any audience can use. He speaks on leadership and behavioral change, the habits that hold successful people back, creating change that lasts, and living an “earned life” of fulfillment rather than regret. Audiences leave with simple, powerful, and immediately actionable ideas for becoming the leaders, and the people, they most want to be.
Marshall Goldsmith Speaking Videos
Marshall Goldsmith - What Got You Here Won't Get You There
What Got You Here Won't Get You There | Marshall Goldsmith | Talks at Google
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Based on his landmark bestseller, Goldsmith reveals the subtle behavioral habits, the "transactional flaws" like winning too much or adding too much value, that quietly hold successful people back from the next level. He shows audiences how to identify their own career-limiting habits and gives them a proven, practical process for changing the behaviors that matter most.
Drawing on his #1 bestseller, Goldsmith explores why lasting change is so hard, and how the environment around us constantly triggers behavior that pulls us off course. He offers a practical framework, including his famous "active questions," to help leaders anticipate the triggers that derail them and become the person they want to be, at work and in life.
Based on his most recent bestseller, Goldsmith challenges our unhealthy attachment to outcomes and the "if I achieve this, then I'll be happy" trap. He shares a philosophy for living without regret, aligning the choices, risks, and effort of each moment with a deeper purpose, so that fulfillment comes from how we live rather than from fleeting achievements.
Goldsmith shares the coaching approach that made him the world's most sought-after advisor to CEOs, including his signature "feedforward" technique, a powerful alternative to traditional feedback. He shows leaders how to develop their people, solicit input that actually drives change, and build a culture of continuous growth across their organizations.
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FAQs on Booking Marshall Goldsmith
Why Marshall Goldsmith?
Booking Dr. Marshall Goldsmith brings audiences the single most recognized name in executive coaching and leadership development. The only two-time winner of the Thinkers50 #1 Leadership Thinker award, ranked the world's #1 executive coach for over a decade, and a Hall of Fame inductee, he has advised more than 200 major CEOs and sold over four million books. Yet what makes him unforgettable on stage is his rare combination of world-class credibility, disarming humor, and genuinely practical wisdom, he sends audiences home with simple tools they actually use. Generous to a fault (he shares much of his work for free), he is an ideal speaker for events on leadership, coaching, behavioral change, personal growth, and fulfillment. To bring Marshall Goldsmith to your next event, contact Aurum Speakers Bureau.
Who is Marshall Goldsmith?
Dr. Marshall Goldsmith is an American executive coach, leadership thinker, and bestselling author widely regarded as the world's #1 executive coach. He is the only two-time winner of the Thinkers50 Award for the World's Most Influential Leadership Thinker and a member of the Thinkers50 Hall of Fame. The author or editor of dozens of books, including the #1 bestsellers What Got You Here Won't Get You There, Triggers, MOJO, and The Earned Life, he has coached over 200 major CEOs, founded the 100 Coaches community, and holds a PhD from UCLA's Anderson School of Management.
What is Marshall Goldsmith's book What Got You Here Won't Get You There about?
What Got You Here Won't Get You There is Marshall Goldsmith's landmark bestseller on why successful leaders often struggle to reach the next level. Its central insight is that the higher you rise, the more your problems become behavioral rather than technical. Goldsmith identifies twenty common interpersonal habits, such as winning too much, adding too much value, or failing to give proper recognition, that hold accomplished people back, and lays out a systematic, feedback-driven process for changing them. It has become one of the most influential leadership books ever written.
What topics does leadership speaker Marshall Goldsmith cover?
Marshall Goldsmith speaks on leadership and behavioral change, the habits that hold successful people back (What Got You Here Won't Get You There), creating change that lasts (Triggers), living an "earned life" of fulfillment, and coaching and developing great leaders. His keynotes suit events on leadership, coaching, personal growth, and organizational change. To book Marshall Goldsmith as a speaker, contact Aurum Speakers Bureau.
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