{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Marshall Goldsmith | Developing and growing into a great leader\/ Episode 2","description":"In this episode of Let Go & Lead, Maril and renowned author and leadership coach Marshall Goldsmith continue their discussion about Marshall\u2019s book, The Earned Life. In this episode, their focus turns to leadership. They discuss the five key factors about leading today, how leaders can productively disagree; why when you\u2019re leading knowledge workers, you can\u2019t lead by telling; and the value of asking \u2014 today \u2014 what will matter most to your 95-year-old self. Across Marshall\u2019s insights and anecdotes, the conversation returns repeatedly to the importance of maintaining perspective, trusting the process, telling the truth, and protecting your peace. Learn about: 4:23 Advice for leaders struggling to meet goals 6:44 The subtle art of making a positive difference 11:39 The Five Key Factors to Leading Today 20:06 How to truly get engagement 22:20 Are leaders made or born? 23:53 Leadership requirements for today\u2019s environment 26:15 What leaders most need to let go of \u2014 Dr. Marshall Goldsmith is a member of the Thinkers 50 Hall of Fame.  He is the only two-time Thinkers 50 #1 Leadership Thinker in the World. He has been ranked as the World\u2019s #1 Executive Coach and Top Ten Business Thinker for eight years. Marshall was chosen as the inaugural winner of the Lifetime Award for Leadership by the Harvard Institute of Coaching. Dr. Goldsmith, a New York Times #1 bestselling author, has written or edited 51 books which have sold over 3 million copies, been translated into 32 languages and become bestsellers in 12 countries.  Amazon recently recognized the \u2018100 Best Leadership & Success Books Ever Written\u2019  \u2014 and included Marshall\u2019s Triggers and What Got You Here Won\u2019t Get You There. He is the only living author with two books on the list. His other bestsellers include: MOJO, Succession: Are You Ready?, The Leader of the Future and How Women Rise (with lead author Sally Helgesen). His new NYT bestseller, The Earned Life, is an Amazon Editor\u2019s Choice for Book of the Year So Far in 2022. Marshall\u2019s acknowledgements include: Global Gurus \u2014 Corps D \u2019Elite Award for Lifetime Contribution in both Leadership and Coaching, Harvard Business Review \u2014 World\u2019s #1 Leadership Thinker, Institute for Management Studies \u2014 Lifetime Achievement Award for Teaching, American Management Association \u2014 50 great thinkers who have influenced the field of management and BusinessWeek \u2014 50 great leaders in America.  His life is featured in the documentary movie, The Earned Life, and the New Yorker profile, \u201cThe Better Boss.\u201d Dr. Goldsmith served as a Professor of Management Practice at the Dartmouth Tuck School of Business.  His doctoral degree is from UCLA\u2019s Anderson School of Management, where he was the Distinguished Alumnus of the Year. His MBA is from Indiana University\u2019s Kelley School of Business, where he was the Distinguished Entrepreneur of the Year.  He is one of a select few executive coaches who has worked with over 200 major CEOs and their management teams. He served on the Advisory Board of the Peter Drucker Foundation for 10 years. He has been a volunteer teacher for U.S. Army Generals, Navy Admirals, Girl Scout executives and leaders of the International and American Red Cross \u2014 where he was a National Volunteer of the Year. Dr. Goldsmith has over 1.4 million followers on LinkedIn and over 3 million views on YouTube.  Hundreds of his articles, interviews, columns and videos are available (at no charge) online at www.MarshallGoldsmith.com. People from around the world have viewed, read, listened to, downloaded or shared his resources tens of millions of times. ABOUT LET GO & LEAD Let Go & Lead is a leadership community created by Maril MacDonald, founder and CEO of Gagen MacDonald. Maril brings together provocateurs, pioneers, thought leaders and those leading the conversation around culture, transformation and change.  Over the course of the past 12 years, Let Go & Lead has existed in many forms, from video interviews to resource guides to its current iteration as a podcast. At its core, it remains a place where people can access a diversity of perspectives on interdisciplinary approaches to leadership. Maril is also working on a book incorporating these insights gathered over the past several years from global leaders and change makers.   Maril has interviewed over 120 leaders \u2014 from business to academia and nonprofits to the arts \u2014 through the years. In each conversation, from personal anecdotes to ground-breaking scientific analysis, she has probed the lessons learned in leadership. From these conversations, the Let Go & Lead framework has emerged. It is both a personal and organizational resource that aims to serve the individual leader or leadership at scale.  ABOUT GAGEN MACDONALD  At Gagen MacDonald, we are dedicated to helping organizations navigate the human struggle of change. We are a people-focused consulting firm and our passion is improving the employee experience \u2014 for everyone. For almost 25 years, we have been working with companies to create clarity from chaos by uniting employees across all levels around a single vision so they can achieve results and realize their future. We have been a pioneer in bringing humanity to strategy execution, leading in areas such as organizational communication, culture, leadership, and employee engagement. Our Vision is to lift all humanity by transforming the companies that transform the world. Full episodes also available on:\u202f  \u202fApple Podcasts:\u202fhttps:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/let-go-lead-with-maril-macdonald\/id1454869525\u202f  \u202fSpotify:\u202fhttps:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/5Gaf7JXOckZMtkpsMtnjAj?si=WZjZkvfLTX2T4eaeB1PO2A\u202f  \u202fGoogle Podcasts:\u202fhttps:\/\/podcasts.google.com\/feed\/aHR0cHM6Ly9sZXRnb2xlYWQubGlic3luLmNvbS9yc3M\u202f  \u202fStitcher:\u202fhttps:\/\/www.stitcher.com\/show\/let-go-lead\u202f  \u202f\u2014\u202f  Gagen MacDonald is a strategy execution consulting firm that specializes in employee engagement, culture change and leadership development. Learn more at\u202fhttp:\/\/www.gagenmacdonald.com. ","author_name":"Let Go & Lead with Maril MacDonald","author_url":"https:\/\/www.letgoandlead.com","html":"