Marshall Goldsmith
Marshall Goldsmith is an executive coach and author who shares practical ways to change habits, lead with care, and build a more fulfilling life through books, videos, and free online tools.
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BookOverview
- From
- Valley Station, Kentucky, USA
- Work
- Executive coach, author, and leadership educator
- Education
- PhD, UCLA Anderson School of Management, 1977
- Signature book
- What Got You Here Won’t Get You There (2007)
- Approach
- Stakeholder Centered Coaching, feedforward, and Daily Questions
Mini bio
How it started.
Marshall grew up in Valley Station, Kentucky, and went on to earn a PhD at UCLA. In an interview, he credited his mother, a trained first-grade teacher, with giving him an early start in learning.
A mentor opened the door.
In his twenties, Marshall followed Paul Hersey to leadership programs and learned by watching him teach. When Hersey became double-booked, Marshall stepped in at Metropolitan Life Insurance Company. He recalled being ranked first among the speakers, an opportunity that led him into executive education.
Ideas readers could use.
What Got You Here Won’t Get You There brought his coaching approach to readers in 2007, examining twenty habits that can hold successful people back. Triggers followed in 2015 with tools for changing everyday behavior. The Earned Life, published in 2022, explored fulfillment and purpose beyond career outcomes.
Passing it on.
Marshall helped create the 100 Coaches community to share what he had learned. Today, fans can find free leadership and coaching resources, courses, articles, videos, and an interactive coaching tool on his website.
Creditschronological, newest first
- 2026The Panoramic LeaderCoauthor with Cornelia Choe
- 2026PermanenceCoauthor with Lisa Broderick
- 2025The Seismic Shift in YouCoauthor with Michelle K. Johnston
- 2022The Earned LifeCoauthor with Mark Reiter
- 2015TriggersCoauthor with Mark Reiter
- 2007What Got You Here Won’t Get You ThereCoauthor with Mark Reiter
Awards
Quotes
If we do not create and control our environment, our environment creates and controls us.Marshall Goldsmith, Triggers, quoted on his official books page
Trivia
- His first substitute teaching engagement for Paul Hersey paid $1,000 for a day, when he was earning $15,000 a year.
- The 100 Coaches pay-it-forward community began with the smaller idea of mentoring 15 coaches.
- His official biography says he has visited 102 countries and flown more than 11 million miles on American Airlines.
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