Marshall Goldsmith is the million-selling author or editor of 31 books, including the New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestsellers, MOJO and What Got You Here Won’t Get You There — a WSJ #1 business book and winner of the Harold Longman Award for Business Book of the Year. His books have been translated into 28 languages and become bestsellers in eight countries.
Marshall’s professional acknowledgments include: Institute for Management Studies — Lifetime Achievement Award (one of only two ever awarded), American Management Association — 50 great thinkers and leaders who have influenced the field of management over the past 80 years, BusinessWeek — 50 great leaders in America, Wall Street Journal — top ten executive educators, Forbes — five most-respected executive coaches, Leadership Excellence — top five thinkers on leadership, Economic Times (India) — top CEO coaches of America, Economist (UK) — most credible executive advisors in the new era of business, National Academy of Human Resources — Fellow of the Academy (America’s top HR award), World HRD Congress — 2011 global leader in HR thinking, 2011 — Tata Award (India) for Global HR Excellence, Fast Company — America’s preeminent executive coach and Leader to Leader Institute — 2010 Leader of the Future Award. His work has been recognized by almost every professional organization in his field.
Born in 1949 in Valley Station, Kentucky, he received his BS from the Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, his MBA from Indiana University's Kelley School of Business (from which he received the 2009 Distinguished Entrepreneur Award), and his PhD from UCLA Anderson School of Management in 1977 (where he was recognized in 2010 as one of the school's 100 most inspirational alumni over the past 75 years). From 1976-1980 he was Assistant Professor and then Associate Dean at Loyola Marymount University’s College of Business. He currently teaches executive education at Dartmouth College's Tuck School of Business, and he frequently speaks at leading business schools. He is one of a select few executive advisors who have been asked to work with over 120 major CEOs and their management teams. He served on the Board of the Peter Drucker Foundation for ten years. He has been a volunteer teacher for US Army Generals, Navy Admirals, Girl Scout executives, International and American Red Cross leaders — where he was a National Volunteer of the Year.
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