Succession Quotes

“Leadership is not about me. It is all about them.”
― Marshall Goldsmith, Succession: Are You Ready?

“The greatest challenge in behavioral change is not knowing what to do—the greatest challenge is doing it!”
― Marshall Goldsmith, Succession: Are You Ready?

“If she wants to be a great leader, she will need to “make peace” with watching what she says and observing how she acts—for the rest of her career.”
― Marshall Goldsmith, Succession: Are You Ready?

“As a rule, successful human beings tend to overweight our own strengths—and underweight our own weaknesses when evaluating others.”
― Marshall Goldsmith, Succession: Are You Ready?

“If your successor truly wants to become a great CEO, she needs to recognize that there is no “off” switch when she is around the people who she will be leading.”
― Marshall Goldsmith, Succession: Are You Ready?

“a wise person learns from their mistakes—a much wiser person learns from someone else’s mistakes.”
― Marshall Goldsmith, Succession: Are You Ready?