Books What Got You Here Won't Get You There: How successful people become even more successful  by Marshall Goldsmith

What Got You Here Won't Get You There by Marshall Goldsmith is a leadership and personal development book focused on helping successful people overcome habits and behaviors that hold them back from achieving even greater success. Goldsmith, a renowned executive coach, explains that past success does not guarantee future success because certain ingrained behaviors can limit growth.

Key principles from the book include:

Identifying behaviors to stop: The book highlights 20 common habits successful people may have—such as needing to win too much, adding too much value, or failing to listen—that can sabotage further progress.

Feedforward instead of feedback: Goldsmith introduced "feedforward," a future-focused coaching method encouraging leaders to look ahead and improve, rather than dwell on past mistakes.

Stakeholder-centered coaching: Involving feedback and support from colleagues, superiors, and subordinates creates accountability and helps leaders change behaviors that matter most in their professional environment.

Daily questions process: Self-assessment through daily questions keeps leaders accountable to goals and progress in changing behaviors.

Letting go and being coachable: Successful leaders learn to let go of past grudges or ineffective behaviors and maintain humility, openness, and discipline to change.

Leadership as a contact sport: Consistent follow-up and engagement with others are critical to real behavior change and development.