In the excellent book The Go-Giver: A Little Story About a Powerful Business Idea, The Chairman, a very wise and successful entrepreneur and business leader is coaching Joe, a new student and mentee.  The Chairman leans toward Joe in order to assure being heard with absolute clarity. With all the emphasis he can muster, The Chairman

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We are in a study of Marshall Goldsmith’s excellent book, What Got You Here Won’t Get You There: How Successful People Become Even More Successful.  Goldsmith identifies four key beliefs that help us become successful.  Because these key beliefs are so deeply ingrained in successful people, these beliefs can make it difficult to make necessary changes

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A world-class advisor, who earns more than $20,000 a day advising and coaching senior executives from some of the largest companies in the world, is speaking to a group of young executives, all of whom are on the official “executive fast-track” within their individual companies.  Young executives on the official “executive fast-track” have been deemed

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We are in a study of Marshall Goldsmith’s excellent book, What Got You Here Won’t Get You There: How Successful People Become Even More Successful.  The book is relevant to all healthcare executives who desire even greater success in the future. Goldsmith identifies four key beliefs that helped us become successful.  Each key belief can make

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In the excellent book The Go-Giver: A Little Story About a Powerful Business Idea, The Chairman, a very wise and successful entrepreneur and business leader is coaching Joe, a new student and mentee.  The Chairman leans forward toward Joe, and The Chairman’s voice gets softer for greater emphasis.   With all the emphasis he can muster,

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In the excellent book titled The Go-Giver: A Little Story About a Powerful Business Idea, The Chairman, a hugely successful and wise entrepreneur and business leader comments on the coffee just served by Rachel.  Rachel is a member of the staff at The Chairman’s mansion and estate. The Chairman comments to his student and mentee named

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Garr Reynolds (http://www.garrreynolds.com) made an excellent and very interesting presentation at a recent TED conference in Tokyo.  The presentation was titled Ten Lessons From The Bamboo.  Reynolds used superb pictures and content to describe important life and success lessons we can all apply for greater personal and professional success. The first 3 lessons Reynolds discussed are as

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We are in a study of Marshall Goldsmith’s excellent book, What Got You Here Won’t Get You There: How Successful People Become Even More Successful.  The book is relevant to all healthcare executives who desire even greater success in the future. Goldsmith coaches highly successful senior executives from Fortune 100 companies to behave more effectively in

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I recently received some excellent leadership advice from WALKTHETALK.com.  Absolutely excellent leadership advice for any situation, in any industry, now or in the future.  Follow this simple advice (not so simple to apply and live!) and you will dramatically improve the positive impact and positive results from your leadership!   “Dear Leader,   Here are

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“Tell you what I said. I’ll work with him for a year.  If he gets better, pay me.  If not, it’s all free.” What a powerful statement.  What a powerful way to begin a productive, trusting relationship.  What a powerful strategy for current and future success! This statement was made by Marshall Goldsmith, one of

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We are in a study of Marshall Goldsmith’s excellent book, What Got You Here Won’t Get You There: How Successful People Become Even More Successful.  The book is relevant to all healthcare executives who desire even greater success in the future. Goldsmith has a Ph.D in organizational behavior from UCLA and over 30 years of experience

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We are in a study of Marshall Goldsmith’s excellent book, What Got You Here Won’t Get You There: How Successful People Become Even More Successful.  The book is relevant to all healthcare executives who desire even greater success in the future. As Goldsmith points out, it’s not that successful people don’t know who they are, where

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How often do you revisit priceless treasures?  Priceless treasures that, if revisited with purpose and focus, will make an even greater positive impact on your personal and professional life.  Hopefully the answer to that question is “very often!”   You are invited to join me in revisiting such a treasure… a superb book that, if studied

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Creativity is critical to our current and future personal, professional and organizational success. It is a fact that most people, including most leaders, talk a good game regarding creativity.  However, very few people truly embrace, encourage and incent people, on a daily basis, to expand, explore and exploit their creative potential.  In fact, most people

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We are in a study of Marshall Goldsmith’s excellent book, What Got You Here Won’t Get You There: How Successful People Become Even More Successful. Goldsmith is exactly right when he writes, “In an arc of what can be a long and successful career, you will always be in transit from here to there.”  The statement above

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There has never been a time in healthcare when the title to one of Marshall Goldsmith’s bestselling books was more accurate, compelling and true! The Title?  What Got You Here Won’t Get You There: How Successful People Become Even More Successful!   Due to healthcare reform and many other converging legislative, scientific, cultural and social issues

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I continue to be amazed by the number of emails, phone calls, or contacts via business and social networks I receive from people who, according to many of them, “are now networking… looking for a new, better or different job.” Please don’t get me wrong.  I am always honored to assist and serve personal and

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There is much power and truth in the statement, “The teacher learns more than the student.” Credible studies consistently prove that one of the most effective ways to learn, improve and apply knowledge, skills, techniques, and wisdom is to teach.  And so it is with leadership. Regardless of your level within your organization or the stage

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Have you ever been described as someone who is “a bit quirky” or as someone who “pursues things that seem unreasonable and unreachable?”  If so, did that description cause you to sell out and significantly change who you really are? Have you ever been criticized for being “a bit quirky” or for being someone who “pursues things that seem

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The May 9, 20011 issue of Forbes Magazine features an article titled Transitions: Michael Reinvents Dell.  Based on a recent interview with Michael Dell, the author discusses the transition of Dell from a “shiny box seller” to a board-based supplier of IT products and services with $61.5 billion in annual sales. In the article, Jim Breyer,

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