Even the world’s top leadership coach admits he needs
a helping hand to navigate through life and the decisions he has to make. And
that’s perfectly okay.
Dr. Marshall Goldsmith, a best-selling author and the
world’s #1 leadership thinker and executive coach from the USA, said that it’s
OK to ask for help from others. While most people veer away from asking for
help, Goldsmith actually urges everyone to get over the idea of being able to
do everything alone.
“I do this exercise daily with a peer coach. I have
someone call me to listen to me ask myself questions I wrote and provide the
answers I wrote every day. Why I do this? I’m Marshall Goldsmith and I’m too
cowardly to do this by myself,” said Goldsmith in a podcast with
EntreLeadership.
Dubbed as the Daily Question Process, it requires an
individual to ask themselves a series of questions every day. The 3-minute
exercise can help people change their lives for the better when done regularly.
While the skepticism is expected, Goldsmith said that most people usually quit
the exercise after two weeks – not because they failed, but because it has
already impacted them.
“I’m too undisciplined. I need help, and that’s ok. I
know how difficult it is to go,” said Goldsmith. The leadership coach adds that
once there’s an admission for the need for help, life gets better.
The Daily Question Process requires the individual to
write several questions on a spreadsheet, with each question representing a
behavior that is important yet often easy to neglect. The questions usually
begin with “did I do my best to…” and must be answerable with a yes or no.
The process helps the individual to confront how they
actually live out their values every day. The mere process of writing the
questions allows for introspection on what really matters to them.
Hailed by Harvard Business Review as the “World’s #1
Leadership Thinker”, Dr. Goldsmith has had more than 40 years of successfully
coaching CEO’s from many of the world’s most renowned organizations such as
Ford, Pfizer, GSK, World Bank, Toyota, Goldman Sachs & Co. He is also an
author of numerous #1 bestsellers, with the latest book “Triggers” as #1 New
York Times and Wall Street Journal bestseller.
Dr. Marshall Goldsmith will headline a two-city CEO,
HR and Senior Leaders conference in Asia this October, with Manila as his last
stop on October 26, 2018. He will be joined by top coaching gun Dr. Peter Chee,
and master trainer and chief coach Serely Alcaraz. The leadership conference is
organized by ITD, the global leadership development expert. For more information and registration, call
ITD World Philippines at +632 887 7428 or email at itdmanila@itdworld.com.
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