What Got You Here, Won’t Get You There
How Successful People, Become Even More Successful!

What Got You Here, Won’t Get You There is dedicated to all successful leaders who want to “take it to the next level” and get even better.

First, Goldsmith takes us on a personal journey through self-assessment with chapters titled: You Are Here, Enough About You, and The Success Delusion, or Why We Resist Change.

He masterfully walks the reader through the twenty-one habits that hold you back from making it to the top.

What Got You Here Won't Get You There: How Successful People Become Even More Successful is unique in that the author not only explains what we must do better, more of, and improve upon – but he also explains the importance of consciously NOT doing certain things that get in the way of our success.

Some of these “not to do’s” include: winning too much; adding too much value; passing judgment; making destructive comments; starting with “No,” “But,” or “However”; telling the world how smart we are; speaking when angry; withholding information; making Excuses, not listening; refusing to express reqret, and exhibiting an excessive need to be “me” – and several more.

Goldsmith goes on to make the key point that what got you here, to your current position in life, cannot be counted on to take you to the next level of success. There may very well be something standing between you and the next level of achievement and it is up to you to identify the barrier.

Goldsmith provides the reader with a Global Leadership Inventory assessment, which includes the following key categories:

1. Thinking Globally
2. Appreciating Diversity
3. Developing Technological Savvy
4. Building Partnerships
5. Sharing Leadership
6. Creating A Shared Vision
7. Developing People
8. Empowering People
9. Achieving Personal Mastery
10. Encouraging Constructive Dialogue
11. Demonstrates Integrity
12. Leading Change
13. Anticipating Opportunities
14. Ensuring Customer Satisfaction
15. Maintaining A Competitive Advantage

What Got You Here, Won’t Get You There is meant to convince the reader that the best time to change – is NOW.

Goldsmith explains that of the tens of thousands of business executives who has attended his lectures or read his books, only about 70 percent ever follow though on anything they learned or actually did something about what was hold them back.

While some might say the remaining 70 percent is a pretty good success rate, Goldsmith focuses on the fact that 30 percent of these “so-called” highly intelligent, highly influential business executives fall under the “non-compliant” category – which could be labeled as “non-leaders”.

Without follow through, every new initiative quickly becomes a “program of the month”. Follow through is how you measure your progress and it’s how you send the strong message that you are committed to the task at hand.

As a leader it is up to you to display the same traits and qualities that you expect from your workforce. What Got You Here, Won’t Get You There will assist you in this quest.

"A great coach teaches you how to improve yourself. Marshall is a great coach! He has a unique ability to help you determine what you can improve and what will have the greatest impact on the people you lead and love."
- Brian Walker, CEO, Herman Miller

"Perhaps the greatest teacher of leadership on the planet. I have personally watched him help thousands of executives in three companies improve their leadership in measurable ways."
- Jim Moore, Nortel and Sun Microsystems.

We encourage our readers to add What Got You Here, Won't GEt You There to their personal leadership library.

Author Bio:

Marchall Goldsmith is a highly respected executive coach, serving more than eighty CEO’s in the world’s top corporations.

He has helped implement leadership development processes that have positively impacted more than one million people. The American Management Association recently named Marshall one of fifty great thinkers and business leaders who have impacted the field of management.

For more information on Marshall Goldsmith and his latest book, What Got You Here, Won’t Get You There, visit www.marshallgoldsmithlibrary.com.

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