Hachette Books What Got You Here Won't Get You There (English, Paperback, Goldsmith Marshall)

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What Got You Here Won't Get You There is aimed at people who have already achieved a reasonable degree of success but want to move to the next level.

Marshall Goldsmith argues that successful people often become successful because of certain strengths—confidence, determination, intelligence, ambition and strong opinions. However, as people progress into senior leadership and more complex relationships, some of the same characteristics can become counterproductive behaviors.

For example, a person who is confident may become overly certain that they are always right. A decisive leader may stop listening to others. A highly ambitious professional may become too competitive. A successful manager may take too much credit or fail to recognize colleagues.

The book focuses on identifying these behaviors and changing them deliberately.