Marshall Goldsmith

In one of the largest studies ever done on the effects of executive coaching - over 70,000 respondents - we learned that the biggest mistake coaches make is in not following up. It didn't matter who the coach was or what method they used. Failing to follow up made any approach to coaching ineffective.

American Coach

Michael Hayden

In my own private-sector work, I have become intrigued with RIWI, a Canadian based company that surveys random respondents on the Web to measure attitudes in otherwise hard-to-reach places.

American Public Servant

Used for someone who engages in a dialogue or an exchange of information.

Conversation Participant

Refers to someone who gives feedback when asked, like in surveys or questionnaires.

Feedback Provider

Emphasizes the role in legal contexts, often as someone who must answer a complaint.

Legal Proceedings

Being the 'respondent' does not imply guilt, only that one must respond to legal action.

Not Always Guilty

Indicates someone who provides data by participating in academic or market research.

Part of Study

In research studies, 'respondent' is a neutral term allowing for anonymous participation.

Anonymity Possible

 doesn't even like going to the doctor and wants to find someone who believes in prevention first, but who is comfortable with alternative treatments. One after another, our respondents told us that that doctor-patient relationship is a deeply intimate one — that to show their doctors their bodies

Leana Wen: What your...

 It's popular because it forces us to think about how to choose when there are no good choices. Do we pick the action with the best outcome or stick to a moral code that prohibits causing someone's death? In one survey, about 90% of respondents said that it's okay to flip the switch,

Would you sacrifice one...

 percent of the respondents were asked to judge this what about the second piece a little bit slower in a minor key the majority of respondents actually picked blue what about the third slightly weird rock ballad what came up for you there if it was red then you're

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 Now you can see, not even as intense an experience as riding a motorbike comes close. In fact, in the years that I gathered data, only one experience came close to being the perfect one. That is, of course, sex. Great sex. Respondents said that great sex

Design for All 5 Senses...

 Another way to say this, though, is that people who are very liberal are very hard to disgust. In a more recent follow-up study, we were able to look at a much greater sample, a much larger sample. In this case, this is nearly 30,000 U.S. respondents,

The strange politics of...

 It turns out that journalists who reported on that statistic ignored a question lower down on the survey that asked respondents how they defined "jihad." And most of them defined it as, "Muslims' personal, peaceful struggle to be more religious."

3 ways to spot a bad...

 and therefore saving that time, nearly half of respondents said they had less time for personal pursuits. Personal pursuits, the things that actually make you happy. And the number one complaint at this time? Work-life balance. Me personally,

Dominic Price: What's...

 nine countries around the world half of them were emerging markets half of them were mature markets half of the respondents were men have four women and they were evenly divided between those who were full-time students and those

Is social activism the...

 Subtracting that proportion of the total respondents from each candidate’s score should give you something close to the real distribution. This time, 105 respondents announced themselves in favor of the troll

Can you solve the...

 with a promise to put science in its rightful position. So, what would change everything? Well, this is the question the Edge foundation asked this year, and four of the respondents said, "SETI." Why?