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Leading@Google: Marshall Goldsmith
This 65 min video is worth watching till the end. You’ll see Marshall Goldsmith in action on an event called Leading@Google. The bottom line of his talk and exercises is: you can’t change the past, so focus on the future and ask: what can I do to be a better manager / parent / son […]
Execution: Organizational Change Management in Practice
In order to be successful, organizational change efforts are not exercises in democracy but rather military deployments. This article builds further on that military metaphor to clarify my point.
One, Two, Three, Seven?!
Every time I introduce something new into my team, my project or the organization I am working for I am reminded of how well I can count. Let me explain: it’s all about buy-in. The below text is quoted from Marshall Goldsmith’s book What Got You Here Won’t Get You There. It describes exactly the […]
The Talking Stick
Last week I was involved in a discussion on a very hot topic in a group of more than 45 people and almost the same diversity of national cultures. About every individual in the room had a firm opinion on the topic and the debate was on: a lot of intelligent people making their point […]
