Marshall Goldsmith

Biography

Born in Valley Station, Kentucky, he received his BS from Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, his MBA from Indiana University and his Ph.D. from UCLA. From 1976-2000 he became an Assistant Professor and then Associate Dean at Loyola Marymount University’s College of Business. He currently is a University Professor at Alliant International University.

In 1977, he met Paul Hersey, a noted consultant in leadership development and began his work of teaching executives and managers. He was co-founder of Keilty, Goldsmith and Company and eventually of Marshall Goldsmith Partners.

Goldsmith was a pioneer in the use of customized 360º feedback (confidential feedback from direct reports, peers and managers) as a leadership development tool. His early efforts in providing feedback and then following-up with executives to measure changes in behavior were precursors to what eventually evolved as the field of ‘executive coaching’. In recognition for his work in helping leaders change behavior, he received his first national recognition in 1993, being ranked as on of the top ten executive educators in the Wall Street Journal.

While serving as a Board member of the Peter Drucker Foundation in 1996, Goldsmith co-edited his first book, The Leader of the Future (with Frances Hesselbein and Richard Beckhard). Peter Drucker wrote the foreword for this book. This book went on to sell hundreds of thousands of copies and was eventually translated into 28 languages. It is perhaps the most popular edited book on leadership that has ever been written. The success of this first book led Goldsmith (with Frances Hesselbein and the Drucker Foundation, which become the Leader to Leader Institute) to co-edit six more books, which have all been extremely well-received in their field.

Goldsmith is generally regarded as a world authority in helping successful leaders achieve positive lasting change in behavior: for themselves, their people and their teams.[citation needed] His work has been described in a: New Yorker profile, Harvard Business Review interview, Forbes feature story and Business Strategy Review cover story (from the London Business School). He is one of the few consultants who have been asked to work with over 80 major CEOs and their management teams. In 2004 he was recognized by the American Management Association as one of 50 great thinkers and business leaders who have impacted the field of management over the past 80 years. In 2005 he was elected as a Fellow in the National Academy of Human Resources – and recognized in Business Week as one of America’s 50 great leaders, one of the most influential practitioners in the history of leadership development and an icon in the field of executive coaching.

Alliant International University (which evolved from the merger of the California School of Professional Psychology and United States International University) named their graduate colleges of business and organizational psychology the Marshall Goldsmith School of Management in 2006.

Goldsmith is the co-editor or author of 22 books, including The Leader of the Future (a Business Week best-seller) and in 2006, What Got You Here Won’t Get You There. Harvard Business School has recommended six of his books in their Working Knowledge series.

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