Marshall Goldsmith is one of our country's most highly-regarded thought leaders and executive educators. Forbes recently put him on their list of "the most influential management gurus." His 2007 book "What Got You Here Won't Get You There", a NY Times best-seller, reveals one of the themes that runs through his writings, i.e. the same beliefs that lead to our success can make it very difficult to change our own behavior.
In a recent post on the Harvard Business Review, entitled "Don't Give Up on Change" Mr. Goldsmith discusses how, and why, change takes longer than we think. This is a timely piece for those of us looking ahead to 2010 with a desire to break free from some of our old traps.
Marshall Goldsmith offers these insights:
In the words of the brilliant German philosopher and writer, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, "Life belongs to the living, and he who lives must be prepared for changes."