What got you here won't get you there : how successful people become even more successful / Marshall Goldsmith with Mark Reiter.

Includes index.

The trouble with success. You are here ; Enough about you ; The success delusion, or why we resist change -- The twenty habits that hold you back from the top. The twenty habits ; The twenty-first habit : goal obsession -- How we can change for the better. Feedback ; Apologizing ; Telling the world, or advertising ; Listening ; Thanking ; Following up ; Practicing feedforward -- Pulling out the stops. Changing : the rules ; Special challenges for people in charge ; Coda : you are here now.

Goldsmith divides the book into four sections. In section one, he discusses why people resist change, what false beliefs obstruct change and how people have overcome those limiting beliefs. In section two, he lists, defines and describes the twenty most common harmful habits in interpersonal relations, with brief illustrations of how to handle them, specifically. In section three, he explains the change process. This is everything-you-ever-needed-to-learn about how to change. About how to make that change visible to others. About how to enlist others in the process of making the right change and making it last. In section four, he enumerates several important "rules" of change and shares various other analyses and insights that help complete your understanding of why and how to make effective, lasting change.

What's holding you back? Your hard work is paying off, you are doing well--but there is something standing between you and the next level of achievement. Perhaps one small flaw--a behavior you barely even recognize--is the only thing that's keeping you from where you want to be. Here, executive coach Goldsmith discusses not only the key beliefs of successful leaders, but also the behaviors that hold them back. He addresses the fundamental problems that often come with success, and offers ways to attack them. He outlines twenty habits commonly found in the corporate environment and provides a systematic approach to helping you achieve a positive change in behavior.--From publisher description.