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    What Got You Here Won't Get You There: How Successful People Become Even More Successful
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    What Got You Here Won't Get You There: How Successful People Become Even More Successful

    Written by Marshall Goldsmith and Mark Reiter

    Narrated by Marc Cashman

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    About this audiobook

    What's holding you back? Your hard work is paying off. You are doing well in your field. But there is something standing between you and the next level of achievement. Perhaps one small flaw-a behavior you barely even recognize-is the only thing that's keeping you from where you want to be.
    Who can help? Marshall Goldsmith is an expert at helping global leaders overcome their sometimes unconscious annoying habits and attain a higher level of success. His one-on-one coaching comes with a six-figure price tag. But, in this audiobook, you get Marshall's great advice without the hefty fee!
    What is the solution? The Harvard Business Review asked Goldsmith, "What is the most common problem faced by the executives that you coach?" Inside, he answers this question by discussing not only the key beliefs of successful leaders, but also the behaviors that hold them back. He addresses the fundamental problems that often come with success-and offers ways to attack these problems. Goldsmith outlines twenty habits commonly found in the corporate environment and provides a systematic approach to helping you achieve a positive change in behavior.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPenguin Random House Audio
    Release dateJan 9, 2007
    ISBN9781415935729
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    What Got You Here Won't Get You There: How Successful People Become Even More Successful
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    Marshall Goldsmith

    Dr. Marshall Goldsmith is routinely recognized as one of the top ten Most-Influential Business Thinkers in the World. He is the author or editor of 35 books, which have sold over two million copies, been translated into 30 languages and become bestsellers in 12 countries. Among his major bestsellers include: WHAT GOT YOU HERE WON’T GET YOU THERE, TRIGGERS, and MOJO.

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    • 3/5
      Provides insight on how your habits may limit you and how to overcome them. Focuses on leadership roles and how you are perceived as well as improving communication skills.
    • 4/5
      A do-it-yourself coaching book to help you review your career, I'm at a point of frustration and stagnation and found it particularly relevant.
    • 3/5
      I quite liked this book, and this was surprising for me. I did not expect to like it, and there are some interesting bits of wisdom through the book.Marshall does not promise you and easy ride, and he is right. Reading the book is easy enough. Applying the principles is not
    • 2/5
      If you made it to the executive suite and you're a gigantic asshole, congratulations! this book is for you. Marshall Goldsmith will be happy to get paid good money to teach you how to pretend that you're not an ego-maniac.

      Anyone else: steer away.

      Also, something else about biz books in general: too often they bear titles that promise great depths of analysis and solutions, but once you get through them you realize they are either an ego-trip by the author (what I have done and why I'm cool) or a collection of anecdotes that, while interesting to read, do not represent a serious analysis of the subject at hand.
    • 3/5
      What. I enjoyed most about this book is that it makes one think about adapting in order to succeed at new levels. Goldsmith draws from years and years of multiple success stories. The dominant theme is that people who have succeeded have strong traits that can impede their further progress. Fixing these by listening to feedback and taking conscious action opens the way to further success. I would have liked more content about the skills a leader needs to add as their scope increases, but this is still a useful read in which anyone will find valuable insight.
    • 5/5
      I had heard about this book many times before I queued it up on Audible.com. I wish I would have read it sooner. This is a great one for anyone in a career who wants to or has recently changed jobs. Goldsmith provides insight into how past performance does not promise future results.Goldsmith discusses 20 behaviors that will stifle or derail a successful career. The habits are very common and easily recognized by others, but not necessarily by oneself. These habits are:1.Need to win at all costs.2.Desire to add our (my) two cents to every discussion.3.Need to rate others and impose our standards on them.4.Needless sarcasm and cutting remarks that we (I) think make us sound witty and wise.5.Overuse of "No," "But" or "However."6.Need to show people we (I) are (am) smarter than they think we (I) are (am.)7.Use of emotional volatility as a management tool.8.Need to share our (my) negative thoughts, even if not asked.9.Refusal to share information in order to exert an advantage.10.Inability to praise and reward.11.Annoying way in which we overestimate our (my) contribution to any success.12.Need to reposition our (my) annoying behavior as a permanent fixture so people excuse us for it.13.Need to deflect blame from ourselves (myself) and onto events and people from our (my) past.14.Failure to see that we (I) am treating someone unfairly.15.Inability to take responsibility for our (my) actions.16.Act of not listening.17.Failure to express gratitude.18.Need to attack the innocent, even though they are usually only trying to help us (me).19.Need to blame anyone but ourselves (me).20.Excessive need to be "me."21.Goal obsession at the expense of a larger mission.He discusses each of these behaviors, how they are damaging and provides guidance and examples of how to overcome each. I found it very helpful to have the list of behaviors, as I can see myself performing some of them. That probably means I perform most of them, as it is sometimes hard to identify ones own faults. In his executive coaching, Goldsmith uses 360 degree feedback from supervisors, peers, subordinates, spouses and children to help him coach his clients.I found a couple of the methods he suggests for making changes very useful. I have talked about them on my blog. The most helpful I have employed is the coach or accountability buddy. She and I meet once a week to discuss our goals and ask for a report. This accounting has spurred me to better results than anything has before. I am meeting the intermediate steps to my goals and am feeling better about myself. Having someone to hold me responsible has been great. Doing the same for my buddy has been a rewarding experience as well. I spend time thinking about her roadblocks and ways around them. In the process, I have found solutions for myself.The other method Goldsmith talks about regularly is paying a penalty for bad behavior. He recommends a cash forfeit for every slip. After a couple hundred dollars, you WILL make a change. He knows. His staff told him about one of his foibles and he made the commitment to them to change and backed it up with money. By lunchtime, he had lost so much money, he hid in his office for the rest of the day to avoid losing more. It works. I haven't used this one yet, but I will keep it in mind should the need arise.I highly recommend this book. I will probably go back and purchase a hard copy of this book so I can make notes. I know it inspired me quite a few times to make notes while I was running - not an easy thing to do and keep up a pace. It is that kind of book. Read it with a pen and paper. You will find important things to capture.
    • 3/5
      Substance: Useful information about identifying and overcoming career-limiting personality styles and the underlying character flaws.
    • 5/5
      This is a worthwhile - even important read if you've been a manager for a while. I recommend buying this in print because it will turn into part of your management reference library - like Drucker's "The Effective Executive". You can also get a lot of the content free at Marshal Goldsmith's web site.
    • 3/5
      One sentence that stayed with me long after I finished the books was "Stop trying to coach people who shouldn't be coached". Amen to that.
    • 2/5
      I found some very good useful behaviors to either change or prevent from appearing in my day-to-day in the first quarter of this book. After that, the book really didn't provide anything I found interesting or would implement.

      Your milage may vary ...
    • 4/5
      A pretty good book of general life advice aimed at those who've already achieved something. And that can be its weakness as you might not feel like you are in the target market. (I certainly don't). But there are some good nuggets of advice here and some pretty good ideas for taking that first step. Worth the read.
    • 5/5
      Here’s another gem for leaders who want to take their skills to the next level. No leadership book I have read so far had a “what not-to-do” for leaders. In early stage of development the focus is on improvements, and rightfully so, but if you want to take your leadership abilities to a whole new level, you must also identify your not-to-do list. I already have mine, with special emphasis on few.
    • 5/5
      Thanks to @chrisfralic for reminding me how good this book is. So many little gems in here that it makes me, as a coach, jealous. Among my favorites:"Emotional volatility is not the most reliable leadership tool. When you get angry, you are usually out of control. It’s hard to lead people when you’ve lost control. You may think you have a handle on your temper, that you can use your spontaneous rages to manipulate and motivate people. But it’s very hard to predict how people will react to anger. They will shut down as often as they will perk up. Whenever I hear managers justify anger as a management tool, I wonder about all those other leaders who do not need anger to make their subordinates toe the line. Without anger to strike fear in the troops, how do these steady composed leaders ever get anything accomplished? But the worst thing about anger is how it stifles our ability to change. Once you get a reputation for emotional volatility, you are branded for life.""We can’t see in ourselves what we can see so clearly in others."
    • 5/5
      Had I had access to the ideas in Marshall Goldsmith’s book years ago, I would probably be better off.At my advanced age, I have spent too much time working for myself. Sure, I recognize the importance of teams and team work. But I refer descending from my aerie, joining the team, completing the project and returning to the solace of personal contemplation Years ago, I found this works best for me.Goldsmith, an executive coach, argues in his book What Got You Here Won’t Get You There, that success delusion, holds most of us back. We, (read I):1.Overestimate our (my) contribution to a project.2.Take credit, partial or complete, for successes that belong to others.3.Have an elevated opinion of our (my) professional skills and our (my) standing among our (my) peers.4.Ignore the failures and time-consuming dead-ends we (I) create.5.Exaggerate our (my) projects’ impact on net profits by discounting the real and hidden costs built into them.All of these flaws are borne out of success, yet here is where the book becomes interesting. Unlike others, Goldsmith does limit himself to teaching us (me) what to do. He goes the next step. He teaches us (me) what to stop. He does not address flaws of skill, intelligence or personality. No, he addresses challenges in interpersonal behavior, those egregious everyday annoyances that make your (my) workplace more noxious that it needs to be. They are the:1.Need to win at all costs.2.Desire to add our (my) two cents to every discussion.3.Need to rate others and impose our standards on them.4.Needless sarcasm and cutting remarks that we (I) think make us sound witty and wise.5.Overuse of “No,” “But” or “However.”6.Need to show people we (I) are (am) smarter than they think we (I) are (am.)7.Use of emotional volatility as a management tool.8.Need to share our (my) negative thoughts, even if not asked.9.Refusal to share information in order to exert an advantage.10.Inability to praise and reward.11.Annoying way in which we overestimate our (my) contribution to any success.12.Need to reposition our (my) annoying behavior as a permanent fixture so people excuse us for it.13.Need to deflect blame from ourselves (myself) and onto events and people from our (my) past.14.Failure to see that we (I) am treating someone unfairly.15.Inability to take responsibility for our (my) actions.16.Act of not listening.17.Failure to express gratitude.18.Need to attack the innocent, even though they are usually only trying to help us (me).19.Need to blame anyone but ourselves (me).20.Excessive need to be “me.”21.Goal obsession at the expense of a larger mission.It is too late for me. I am too dysfunction. If there is still hope for you, this book is a witty, well-written start to addressing your unconscious, annoying habits that limit your ability to achieve a higher level of success.Penned by the Pointed PunditJanuary 24, 20079:38:12 PM