To me, the #1 key to success is 'creating lasting positive change in yourself and others.' That is what is most rare, most difficult, and most valuable about leading people. Marshall Goldsmith More Quotes by Marshall Goldsmith More Quotes From Marshall Goldsmith Successful people become great leaders when they learn to shift the focus from themselves to others. Marshall Goldsmith leader successful people Leadership is providing inspiration and vision, then developing and empowering others to achieve this vision. Marshall Goldsmith empowering inspiration leadership If we can stop, listen, and think about what others are seeing in us, we have a great opportunity. We can compare the self that we want to be with the self that we are presenting to the rest of the world. We can then begin to make the real changes that are needed to close the gap between our stated values and our actual behavior. Marshall Goldsmith real opportunity thinking The major challenge of most executives is not understanding the practice of leadership - it is practicing their understanding of leadership. Marshall Goldsmith understanding practice challenges The great Western disease is, ‘I'll be happy when... When I get the money. When I get a BMW. When I get this job. When I get the relationship,’ Well, the reality is, you never get to when. The only way to find happiness is to understand that happiness is not out there. It's in here. And happiness is not next week. It's now. Marshall Goldsmith happy happiness jobs After living with their dysfunctional behavior for so many years, people become invested in defending their dysfunctions rather than changing them. Marshall Goldsmith dysfunction people years Never confuse acquiring degrees with wisdom. Marshall Goldsmith degrees Those who lead by example and demonstrate passion for what they do make it much easier for their followers to do the same. Marshall Goldsmith passion followers example Great leaders encourage leadership development. By openly developing themselves Marshall Goldsmith developing development leader What got you here won't get you there. Marshall Goldsmith To help others develop, start with yourself. Marshall Goldsmith helping-others helping inspire When we do what we have to do we are compliant. When we do what we choose to do we are committed. Marshall Goldsmith committed To help others develop, start with yourself! When the boss acts like a little god and tells everyone else they need to improve, that behavior can be copied at every level of management. Every level then points out how the level below it needs to change. The end result: No one gets much better. Marshall Goldsmith boss levels helping-others The more we are committed to believing that something is true, the less likely we are to believe that its opposite is true, even in the face of clear evidence that shows we are wrong. Marshall Goldsmith opposites faces believe The only way to find happiness is to understand that happiness is not out there. It's in here. And happiness is not next week. It's now. Marshall Goldsmith finding-happiness next-week way Treat every piece of advice as a gift or a compliment and simply say, “Thank you. Marshall Goldsmith pieces advice compliment People will do something—including changing their behavior—only if it can be demonstrated that doing so is in their own best interests as defined by their own values. Marshall Goldsmith interest behavior people Lasting goal achievement requires lots of time, hard work, sacrifice & dedication to a process that is maintained over years. Marshall Goldsmith dedication sacrifice hard-work If you aren't opening doors for people, you are closing them! Marshall Goldsmith closing doors people Look to the present. The great disease of 'I will be happy when ...' is sweeping the world. You know the symptoms. You start thinking: I'll be happy when I get that ... BMW ... promotion ... status ... money. The only way to cure the disease is to find happiness and meaning now. Marshall Goldsmith bmw looks thinking
