What Got You Here Won't Get You There: How Successful People Become Even More Successful

Hyperion, 2007, Hardcover

Product Description

America’s most sought-after executive coach shows how to climb the last few rungs of the ladder

The corporate world is filled with executives, men and women who have worked hard for years to reach the upper levels of management. They’re intelligent, skilled, and even charismatic. But only a handful of them will ever reach the pinnacle — and as executive coach Marshall Goldsmith shows in this book, subtle nuances make all the difference. These are small "transactional flaws" performed by one person against another (as simple as not saying thank you enough), which lead to negative perceptions that can hold any executive back. Using Goldsmith’s straightforward, jargonfree advice, it’s amazingly easy behavior to change.

Executives who hire Goldsmith for one-on-one coaching pay $250,000 for the privilege. With this book, his help is available for 1/10,000th of the price.

Product Details

Title: What Got You Here Won't Get You There: How Successful People Become Even More Successful
Sales Rank: 114 in Books
Author: Marshall Goldsmith, Mark Reiter
Publisher: Hyperion, 1 edition, 2007-01-09, Hardcover, 256 pages, ISBN: 1401301304
Package Dimensions: 9.4 x 6.3 x 1 inches, 0.8 pounds

Customer Reviews

Good for anyone who wants to improve their interpersonal relationship and leadership skill: Although the book title clearly aims itself at the successful managers, it is a good antidote for all who want to do better particularly on interpersonal relationship and leadership, that previous success, no matter big or small, almost always mar ourselves with complacency, self centredness, over confidence etc etc. Well organised with wit and good substance, it did help improve… More reviews

A great tool for personal reflection and discovering your blindspots: This book is a practical and powerful tool that makes you stop and think about what you are doing - both consciously and unconsciously - in your drive to be successful. I have had several executive clients who have had the "Oh my God, he's talking about me!" experience when reading Goldsmith's candid and pointed observations. I highly recommend this… More reviews

Good and simple, the way it should be: This is a good book, simply spoken and simply followed.
The biggest thing I got out of this book was really simple. The reason you have success is not because of the 'quirks' you have, but "IN-SPITE" of the quirks you have! :) Brilliant!
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Great read for those looking to succeed at work and at home!: Many times, we read motivational books that are both repetitive and quickly forgotten. Not so with Dr. Goldsmith's work. He has an uncanny knack for subtely giving great advice on how to change our behaviors in the workplace, that easily transition over to positive behavioral patterns for your personal life. While most books of this nature force feed us into… More reviews

Like Dr. Marshall, this book is Outstanding !: Like Dr. Marshall, this book is Outstanding
I heard him first, read his website next and before I read this Classic book. It can be a turning point in readers' lives. His real life examples and simple narration indeed make you sit up and listen very very carefully. Clearly an outstanding book.
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