Becoming Coachable

Unleashing the Power of Executive Coaching to Transform Your Leadership and Life

Good leaders maintain steady teams, achieve reasonable growth, and are comfortable in their authority. But great leaders recognize that unparalleled success comes from always seeking to improve. The stakes of leadership are higher than ever, and operating with maximum effectiveness is not only desirable but also imperative.

What the world’s most influential leaders know is that the secret to achieving that effectiveness is becoming coachable. And in order to do so, one must be ready to engage in the process of betterment, starting with investing in yourself in order to give the most back to your organization, team, and the world.

That’s where executive coaching comes in. Imbued with decades of experience at the highest echelons of the industry, Becoming Coachable guides readers through the ins and outs of a successful coaching experience. The authors—two veteran coaching experts and the world’s #1 executive coach—identify key leadership archetypes and unpack the intricacies of a typical engagement. They demystify the coaching relationship and outline a framework that hinges on the openness integral to reaping the most from such an experience.

Most important, however, is the invitation this book contains to propel a leader’s impact far beyond themselves. Illuminating the road to wielding leadership powers in a way that lights the path for all, Becoming Coachable is an ultimately revelatory read that will inspire you to take steps toward becoming a better leader, collaborator, and human.

Modern Achievement

A New Approach to Timeless Lessons for Aspiring Leaders

Today’s aspiring leaders are redefining achievement. They understand achievement as a process for individual empowerment—discovering who they are, where they want to go, and how they want to change themselves and the world around them. That world is more global, decentralized, dynamic, and diverse than ever before. Rather than just setting goals for achievement, today’s graduates are focusing on the process of achieving goals, resetting and pivoting to face new realities, and finding happiness in the journey.

Classic books on achievement like those by Napoleon Hill, Dale Carnegie, and Stephen Covey were written for a much different world. Today’s young leaders need a fresh approach for achieving success in their lives and careers. Enter Asheesh Advani and Marshall Goldsmith.

In Modern Achievement, JA (Junior Achievement) Worldwide CEO Asheesh Advani and celebrated leadership expert Marshall Goldsmith (What Got You Here Won’t Get You There) offer thirty actionable lessons for personal and career success. Each lesson is part of an innovative Fixed-Flexible-Freestyle leadership framework that helped Advani to lead JA Worldwide and propel the organization to annual recognition as one of the top 10 NGOs in the world:  

• Fixed: Principles, values, and actions that don’t change even as the world does.
• Flexible: Lessons that open us up to new opportunities and possibilities to think differently.
• Freestyle: Lessons that empower us to innovate and design our lives to what works best for us.

Using vivid storytelling from the lives of Advani and Goldsmith as well as established leaders and young achievers they have met, Modern Achievement empowers emerging leaders to claim their individual power to grow, achieve, and lead others.

Permanence

Become the Person You Want to Be—and Stay That Way

Answer six questions for two minutes per day and you can change almost anything.

If you’ve ever met a goal and thought, Now what?—you’re not alone. Permanence is your tool for lasting success—not the kind that’s here one day and gone the next, but the kind that sticks with you. Small, consistent steps—six questions daily—will keep you focused, on track, and synced with what you care about most.

The real challenge isn’t just getting there. It’s staying there. In this book, you’ll learn the Daily Question Process, how to use feedforward instead of feedback, and how to build systems of accountability that yield results. You’ll stop thinking about quick wins and start improving in a sustained way—driven by who you want to be, not what others are doing.

Whether you’re leading a team or leading yourself, Permanence helps you track what matters, eliminate distractions, and create permanent habits that get you where you want to be—not just once, but for the long haul. 

Success isn’t a one-time achievement. It’s about showing up for yourself, every day. This book gets you there, and keeps you there.

Why Can’t They Be Like Me?

A Parable of Shifting Perspectives

A PARABLE OF GROWTH, RESILIENCE, AND SUCCESS

Todd Turner’s billion-dollar baby is sinking—fast—and the start-up founder is doing what he’s always done: blame other people. That’s when a chance encounter with a legendary executive coach teaches him that he’ll need to change his actions if he has any hope of turning his business—and life—around. After all, what got him here won’t get him there. Will a great coach be what Todd needs to confront reality and step up as a leader? And will the lessons he learns help him take strategic actions to transform his company—and his life?

Drawing on the wisdom of Marshall Goldsmith, the world’s most renowned executive coach, Why Can’t They Be Like Me? is a parable about growth, resilience, and success in the face of failure. Coauthored with Claire Díaz-Ortiz, it asks the question: How do you change the trajectory of a leader in crisis?