Background

Dr. Goldsmith has worked with more than 70 major CEOs and their management teams. He conducts workshops for executives, high-potential leaders and human resources professionals and has taught in executive education programs at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth, University of Michigan, Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, University of California at Los Angeles, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Oxford University, and Cambridge University. He holds a BS in mathematical engineering from the Rose Hulman Institute of Technology, an MBA in management and human resources from Indiana University, and a PhD in organizational behavior from the University of California at Los Angeles.

The American Management Association has named Dr. Goldsmith as one of 50 great thinkers and leaders who have influenced the field of management over the past 80 years. His work has been featured in a Harvard Business Review interview, Business Strategy Review cover story and New Yorker profile. He has appeared in The Wall Street Journal as one of the top 10 executive educators, in Forbes as one of 5 most respected executive coaches, in the Economist as one of the most credible consultants in the new era of business and in Fast Company as America's preeminent executive coach. His work has received national recognition from the professional organizations in his field, including the Academy of Management, American Society for Training and Development and the Society for Human Resource Management.

Dr. Goldsmith is a founder of Marshall Goldsmith Partners which, in alliance with Hewitt Associates, provides coaching for leaders around the world. He served as a member of the board of the Peter Drucker Foundation for 10 years. In addition, he has donated substantial time to nonprofit organizations such as the United Way, Girl Scouts of the USA, and the International and American Red Cross (where he was a National Volunteer of the Year).

Dr. Goldsmith's 22 books include The Leader of the Future (Jossey-Bass, 1997), a Business Week best-seller; and Coaching for Leadership (Jossey-Bass, 2000). The Organization of the Future is a Library Journal "Best Business Book" award winner and The Leadership Investment (AMACOM, 2000) won a Choice award as an "Outstanding Academic Business Book" of 2001. Harvard Business School has chosen six of his books to be among their Working Knowledge recommended books. His latest book, What Got You Here Won't Get You There, was rated as the number one best-selling business book by Amazon (January 7, 2007).

Marshall Goldsmith teaches in these Tuck Executive Education programs: Global Leadership 2020, Leadership and Strategic Impact, Tuck Executive Program, and Custom Engagements.