By Marshall Goldsmith Continual contact with colleagues is so effective in helping leaders develop that they can succeed even without a large, formal program. Leadership is a relationship not between the coach and the “coachee,” but between the leader and his or her colleagues. Learn the eight steps to effective leadership development in this issue of the Marshall Goldsmith On …

Did you know that 80 percent of our success in learning from other people is based on how well we listen? Listen to Their Answers Leadership Is A Contact Sport Step 2 of 8: Listen! by Marshall Goldsmith In her book My Life in Leadership, Frances Hesselbein, former CEO of the Girl Scouts, CEO of The Frances Hesselbein Leadership Institute, …

Feedback is the breakfast of champions. Coaching works in large part because of the feedback the coach gives the client.

by Charles E Smith, PhD “Coachability” is the willingness to be coached, to listen, to respect instruction and act on it.   Coaching — another set of eyes — lets you see what’s missing, which, if you act on it, could make a big difference. These days, a lot of people know that coaching is a good idea.  They listen to …