ABOUT THE EDITORS

Dr. Marshall Goldsmith has recently been recognized as the most influential leadership thinker in the world in the Thinkers50/HBR global biannual study. He has also been described in American Management Association as one of the top fifty thinkers and leaders who have influenced the field of management over the past eighty years; in the Wall Street Journal as one of the top ten executive educators; in Forbes as one of the five most-respected executive coaches; in the Economic Time (India) among the top CEO coaches of America; in Fast Company, called America’s preeminent executive coach. Marshall is one of a select few executive advisors who have been asked to work with over 120 major CEOs and their management teams. He is the million-selling author of numerous books, including New York Times best-sellers MOJO and What Got You Here Won’t Get You There (also a Wall Street Journal #1 business book and winner of the Harold Longman Award for business book of the year).

Laurence S. Lyons was formerly senior vice president at Executive Coaching Network in California, European Practice Director of The Alliance for Strategic Leadership, and a member of the Worldwide Association of Business Coaches International Advisory Committee. In his early career Larry worked for start-up, small, and large organizations including Digital Equipment Corp (DEC), where he was Technical Director of European Hardware Engineering.

Larry is the creator of the fictional Dr. Fink and his business associates whose adventures are related in the companion volume The Coaching for Leadership Case Study Workbook.

His clients include Agilent Technologies, Aventis, BAE Systems, BBC, British Airways, Belgacom, BT Benelux, Deutsche Bank, Lufthansa, Oracle, Pitney-Bowes, Sasol, SITA-Equant, and Unilever. Larry is co-author of Creating Tomorrow’s Organization (Pitman) and is founding editor of the Coaching for Leadership series (Jossey-Bass).

A library of his work is available at www.lslyons.com.

Sarah McArthur is founder of −sdedit, a writing and editing firm based in San Diego, California. With nearly two decades of experience in the publishing field, Sarah has worked with such influential clients as Marshall Goldsmith and Anthony Robbins. She has played significant roles in the best-sellers What Got You Here Won’t Get You There, Mojo: How to Get It, How to Keep It, and How to Get It Back If You Lose It, and Coaching for Leadership. In 2009, she coedited The AMA Handbook of Leadership with Marshall Goldsmith and John Baldoni. This book received the Top 10 Business, Management, and Labour Title award of 2010 by Choice. As managing and developmental editor of numerous highly successful business and leadership titles, Sarah is a highly sought-after freelance editor and writing coach.

Sarah has held editorial and management positions at The San Diego Reader, Harcourt Brace & Company, and The Anthony Robbins Companies. She is former editor of Business Coaching Worldwide, and was graduated from the University of Oregon with degrees in English and Environmental Studies. Contact Sarah at sarahmc@sdedit.com and www.sdedit.com.