Dr. Geoff Smart

Geoff Smart is the #1 thought leader on the #1 topic in business. He is the Chairman & Founder of ghSMART, a leadership consulting firm, and his purpose is to help leaders amplify their positive impact on the world.

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October 25, 2018 By geoffsmart Leave a Comment

Two Reasons Why Smart People Make Dumb Career Moves

I love helping people land their dream job. But even smart people make dumb career moves. The two reasons why smart people make dumb career moves are 1) they don’t have a career strategy and 2) they don’t put enough time into their job search.

What’s a career strategy? It’s a written document that says:

• What your career wishes are (e.g. role, content, culture, leadership challenges, type of company, size, location, work-life flexibility, long-term career goals).
•3 paths you are considering, rank ordered from best to worst (e.g. 1) join a marketing consulting firm, or 2) go into a marketing department inside a corporation, or 3) hang out my shingle and freelance).
•Actions you are going to take by when (e.g. contact the following 20 people who are in a position of influence to help me land my dream job by 12/31…).

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September 17, 2018 By geoffsmart Leave a Comment

ghSMART Unseats McKinsey as #1 Firm for Client Interaction, According to Vault

It seems like not too long ago, ghSMART was privately writing headlines like this as something to aspire to one day—to appear at the top of lists with world class professional services firms. If you can dream it, you can do it, right? Now it has actually happened. ghSMART just unseated McKinsey in the #1 spot in this year’s Vault survey of “Best Consulting Firms to Work For” in the important area of client interaction. As Founder & Chairman, I’m proud of my colleagues for making this happen.

Most of you who subscribe to my blog are not considering coming to work at ghSMART. You are CEOs, board members, investors, and corporate executives. This blog will probably not be very useful to you, so please skip it.

But for those of you who are considering joining the ghSMART team one day, I thought you might like an “insider’s peek” to see how we hit this milestone, and how it will affect your career if you work here one day.

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April 4, 2018 By geoffsmart Leave a Comment

5 Tips to Spot Candidates with the Right–and Wrong–Stuff

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Geoff: Congrats on the success of your new book! It’s the best career success book I’ve read in recent memory. (Carter just published The Right–and Wrong–Stuff: How Brilliant Careers Are Made. And Business Insider named it a top 17 business book for 2018).

Carter: Thanks! You know, I was thinking that some of the core messages of the book are relevant not only to career success, but to hiring success.

G: And hiring success is a big driver of career success, right?

C: Yes. Especially at senior leadership levels. So what advice would you have for our readers to be able to spot candidates during interviews who have the right stuff and avoid the ones with the wrong stuff?

G: Please tell us about each of your 5 negative archetypes, and I’ll offer advice how to spot them.

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