About the Author

Marshall Goldsmith is a world authority in helping successful leaders achieve positive, lasting change in behavior—for themselves, their people, and their teams. Marshall is the New York Times bestselling author or coeditor of twenty-four books, including What Got You Here Won’t Get You There, the Harold Longman Award—Best Business Book of 2007. His major professional acknowledgments include the American Management Association—fifty great thinkers who have most impacted the field of management over the past eighty years; National Academy of Human Resources—Fellow (highest U.S. HR award); the Times (London)—fifty most influential living business thinkers; BusinessWeek—most influential practitioners in their history of leadership development; the Economist—most credible advisers in the new era of business; the Wall Street Journal—ten top executive educators; Forbes—five most-respected executive coaches; and Fast Company—America’s preeminent executive coach. He is the cofounder of Marshall Goldsmith Partners. In 2006, Alliant International University named its schools of business and organizational psychology the Marshall Goldsmith School of Management. He is one of the few executive advisers who have been asked to work with over one hundred major CEOs and their management teams. His weekly columns appear on BusinessWeek.com and HarvardBusiness.org. Almost all of Marshall’s articles, videos, and audios are available online at www.MarshallGoldsmithLibrary.com. He can be reached at [email protected].