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Ashley Goodall is a leadership expert and senior executive who has led leadership development at Cisco and Deloitte.
Known for: Nine Lies About Work: A Freethinking Leader's Guide to the Real World
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Nine Lies About Work: A Freethinking Leader's Guide to the Real World
Nine Lies About Work challenges conventional wisdom about leadership and management. Marcus Buckingham and Ashley Goodall expose nine common myths that dominate workplace thinking, replacing them with evidence-based insights about how people actually perform best. The book argues that great leaders focus on strengths, individuality, and trust rather than conformity and control.
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Lie #1 – People care which company they work for
Let me start with the most seductive of corporate illusions: that employees care about the company name embossed on their ID badge. When leaders talk about engagement, they often describe the brand, the mission statement, or the culture as if these abstractions directly inspire people. Yet, if you o...
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Lie #2 – The best plan wins
Planning feels safe. It brings comfort—an illusion that the future can be mapped if only we’re diligent enough. But the workplaces we studied showed a different reality. Success rarely comes from a meticulously crafted plan. It comes from the ability to read the present moment and adapt. We found t...
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Ashley Goodall is a leadership expert and senior executive who has led leadership development at Cisco and Deloitte.
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