Marshall Goldsmith

If you aren't opening doors for people, you are closing them!

— Marshall Goldsmith

“No one expects you to act on every piece of advice.”

— Marshall Goldsmith

The only way to cure the disease is to find happiness and meaning now.

— Marshall Goldsmith

To help others develop, start with yourself.

— Marshall Goldsmith

Never confuse acquiring degrees with wisdom.

— Marshall Goldsmith

I have a lot of deficiencies, but gratitude is not one of them.

— Marshall Goldsmith

The best knowledge workers are working for more than money.

— Marshall Goldsmith

“If you keep your mouth shut, no one can ever know how you really feel.”

— Marshall Goldsmith

Change is not a one-way street- it involves two parties: the person who is changing and the people who notice it.

— Marshall Goldsmith

Treat every piece of advice as a gift or a compliment and simply say, “Thank you.

— Marshall Goldsmith

“If you press people to identify the motives behind their self-interest it usually boils down to four items: money, power, status, and…

— Marshall Goldsmith

“the best solicited feedback is confidential feedback. It’s good because nobody gets embarrassed or defensive.”

— Marshall Goldsmith

Remember that when criticism is difficult to accept, there is probably some truth to it.

— Marshall Goldsmith

A leader who is self-aware enough to know that he or she is not adept at everything is one who has taken…

— Marshall Goldsmith

If the CEO is not going to give you a fair chance, you're probably not going to win.

— Marshall Goldsmith

It can be more productive to help people learn to be 'right' than prove they were 'wrong.'

— Marshall Goldsmith

“Overcommitment can be as serious an obstacle to change as believing that you don’t need fixing or that your flaws are part…

— Marshall Goldsmith

The more we are committed to believing that something is true, the less likely we are to believe that its opposite is…

— Marshall Goldsmith

People will do something—including changing their behavior—only if it can be demonstrated that doing so is in their own best interests as…

— Marshall Goldsmith

“Warren Buffett advised that before you take any morally questionable action, you should ask yourself if you would want your mother to…

— Marshall Goldsmith

Our inner beliefs trigger failure before it happens. They sabotage lasting change by canceling its possibility. We employ these beliefs as articles…

— Marshall Goldsmith

One of the most important actions, things a leader can do, is to lead by example. If you want everyone else to…

— Marshall Goldsmith

Be happy now. It's a great Western disease that we'll be happy in the future - when we get higher status or…

— Marshall Goldsmith

Every decision that affects our lives will be made by the person who has the power to make that decision, not the…

— Marshall Goldsmith

The great Western disease is, ‘I'll be happy when... When I get the money. When I get a BMW. When I get…

— Marshall Goldsmith

Active questions are the alternative to passive questions. There is a huge difference between, 'Do you have clear goals?' and 'Did you…

— Marshall Goldsmith

If we can stop, listen, and think about what others are seeing in us, we have a great opportunity. We can compare…

— Marshall Goldsmith

“If you want to succeed at goal setting, you have to face the reality of the effort and the payoff before you…

— Marshall Goldsmith

“1. Winning too much: The need to win at all costs and in all situations—when it matters, when it doesn’t, and when…

— Marshall Goldsmith

“a changing environment changes us. The”

— Marshall Goldsmith

“We think we control our environment but in fact it controls us.”

— Marshall Goldsmith

What got you here won't get you there.

— Marshall Goldsmith

“people only change their ways when what they truly value is threatened.”

— Marshall Goldsmith

Anybody can change, but they have to want to change.

— Marshall Goldsmith

I regard gratitude as an asset and its absence a major interpersonal flaw.

— Marshall Goldsmith

“Our quest for a successful outcome may end up doing more harm than good to our organizations, our families, and ourselves.”

— Marshall Goldsmith

Leadership is providing inspiration and vision, then developing and empowering others to achieve this vision.

— Marshall Goldsmith

After living with their dysfunctional behavior for so many years, people become invested in defending their dysfunctions rather than changing them.

— Marshall Goldsmith

The only thing I don't think people don't understand about good leaders is that they're both good and lucky. A lot of…

— Marshall Goldsmith

Once you get a reputation for emotional volatility, it can take years of model behavior to change how others see you.

— Marshall Goldsmith