Marshall Goldsmith

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Marshall Goldsmith
Born (1949-03-20) March 20, 1949 (age 75)
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SpouseLyda Goldsmith
Children Kelly Goldsmith, Bryan Goldsmith
Website marshallgoldsmith.com

Marshall Goldsmith (born March 20, 1949) is an American executive leadership coach and author. [1] [2]

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Early life and education

Goldsmith was born in Valley Station, Kentucky, and received a degree in mathematical economics from Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology in Terre Haute, Indiana in 1970; where he was also a brother of the Theta Xi Kappa Chapter Fraternity. [3] [4] He then earned an MBA from Indiana University's Kelley School of Business in 1972, and a PhD from UCLA Anderson School of Management in Los Angeles, California in 1977. [4]

In 2012, Goldsmith was awarded The John E. Anderson Distinguished Alumni Award, the highest accolade that the UCLA Anderson School of Management bestows upon alumni. [5] Indiana University's Kelley School of Business also awarded Marshall the Distinguished Entrepreneur of the Year in 2010. [6]

Goldsmith with fellow author & coach Nigel Cumberland in Dubai on 6 September 2015 Marshall Goldsmith and Nigel Cumberland.JPG
Goldsmith with fellow author & coach Nigel Cumberland in Dubai on 6 September 2015

Career

From 1976 to 1980, Goldsmith was an assistant professor and then associate dean at Loyola Marymount University's College of Business. [7] He later served as a professor of management practice at Dartmouth College's Tuck School of Business. [8] In 1977, he entered the field of management education after meeting Paul Hersey, and Goldsmith later co-founded the management education firm Keilty, Goldsmith and Company. [9] He became a founding partner of the Marshall Goldsmith Group, an executive coaching group. [10] Throughout Marshall's career, he has worked with CEOs from over 200 companies. [11]

According to ES Wibbeke and Sarah McArthur, Goldsmith was the pioneer in the use of 360-degree feedback. [12]

Marshall's work was profiled in The New Yorker in an article titled, "The Better Boss," [13] and in The Atlantic by John Dickerson in an article titled "The Questions That Will Get Me Through the Pandemic." [14]

Books

Personal life

Marshall currently lives in Nashville, Tennessee with his wife, Lyda. [15] He has a son, Bryan Goldsmith, and a daughter, Kelly Goldsmith. [2] [16] Goldsmith has described himself as a "philosophical Buddhist." [17]

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