Marshall Goldsmith

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Marshall Goldsmith
Born (1949-03-20) March 20, 1949 (age 76)
Valley Station, Kentucky
Alma mater
Occupations
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 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]

References

  1. ↑ "Marshall Goldsmith - Businessweek". Archived from the original on 2014-10-15. Retrieved 2014-01-02.
  2. 1 2 Radio, TotalPicture. "TotalPicture Radio, TotalPicture Radio: Video and Podcast Interviews: Talent Acquisition, HR Tech, Careers, Leadership, Innovation". TotalPicture Radio. Archived from the original on 2009-02-07. Retrieved 2008-01-18.
  3. ↑ "404 - Rose-Hulman". www.rose-hulman.edu.{{cite web}}: Cite uses generic title (help)
  4. 1 2 "Office of Development & Alumni Relations : Kelley School of Business : Indiana University Bloomington". kelley.iu.edu. Archived from the original on 2017-10-17. Retrieved 2014-01-02.
  5. ↑ "2012 John E Anderson Distinguished Alumni Award - Marshall Goldsmith".
  6. ↑ "Celebrating 50 Years of Distinguished Kelley Alumni" (PDF). Indiana University's Kelley School of Business.
  7. ↑ Newberg, Andrew; Waldman, Mark Robert (2012-06-14). Words Can Change Your Brain: 12 Conversation Strategies to Build Trust, Resolve Conflict, and Increase Intima cy. Penguin. p. 127. ISBN   9781101585702.
  8. ↑ Katie Jacobs (February 3, 2016). "Marshall Goldsmith: Employees should take more responsibility for their own engagement". HR Magazine.
  9. ↑ "Managing Mojo". Business Times. 15 July 2016.
  10. ↑ "Interview Marshall Goldsmith, leiderschapsdenker" (in German). FD.
  11. ↑ Shana Lebowitz (August 26, 2016). "5 insights from a classic leadership book by an executive coach who's helped over 150 CEOs". Business Insider.
  12. ↑ E.S. Wibbeke and Sarah McArthur (2013-10-30). Global Business Leadership. Routledge. p. 117. ISBN   9781135035860.
  13. ↑ MacFarquhar, Larissa (15 April 2002). "The Better Boss". The New Yorker. Retrieved 2020-08-21.
  14. ↑ Dickerson, John (22 June 2020). "The Questions That Will Get Me Through the Pandemic". The Atlantic.
  15. ↑ "Contact Us - MARSHALL GOLDSMITH". MARSHALL GOLDSMITH. 6 April 2022.
  16. ↑ Larissa MacFarquhar (15 April 2002). "The Better Boss". The New Yorker– via www.newyorker.com.
  17. ↑ Goldsmith, Marshall (8 August 2008). "Voices on Leadership: Marshall Goldsmith" – via www.washingtonpost.com.
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