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2 Big Opportunities for Incredible Change!

Marshall Goldsmith

Ben is president of the World Business and Executive Coach Summit and founder of Ethical Coach and he asked me to talk about my pay it forward project 100 Coaches. The first is the Ethical Coach program. The vision for Ethical Coach is to support 64,000 NGO, non-profit and children’s charity leaders each year in accessing coaching.

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Case Study: Is It Ever OK to Break a Promise?

Harvard Business Review

Editor’s note: This fictionalized case study will appear in a forthcoming issue of Harvard Business Review, along with commentary from experts and readers. I’m sure that I could add a lot of value if I had more business training. We have made a bank transfer, and your tuition is paid. To: Patrick Fishburn, Asst.

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The Happiness Advantage: Discovering the Happiness Advantage

Strategy Driven

Even as I was applying to Harvard, I was setting down roots and training to be a local volunteer firefighter. Using stories and case studies from his work with thousands of Fortune 500 executives in 42 countries, Shawn explains how we can reprogram our brains to become more positive in order to gain a competitive edge at work.

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Five House Rules for Managing Risky Behavior

Harvard Business Review

Ongoing training and communication, as well as installation of leaders with high integrity, further reinforce a risk culture. a survey indicated that fewer than 60% of the Secret Service personnel said they would report ethical misconduct. An HBR Mini Case Study. Leadership and culture are key drivers of behavior.

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The Big Picture of Business: Been There, Done That

Strategy Driven

Niche consultants place emphasis in the areas where they have training, expertise and staff support for implementation… and will market their services accordingly. Veteran consultants who were trained for and have a track record in actual consulting. Out of work people who hang out consulting shingles in between jobs. (32

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Case Study: Can an Ethical Bank Support Guns and Fracking?

Harvard Business Review

As the founder and president of a new ethical bank focused on environmental sustainability, Jay McGuane realized that he and his board needed to set guidelines about which loans to approve and which to reject on “values” grounds. Ethical banking had seemed so benign when Jay had decided to enter the industry.

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The Big Picture of Business – Business Lessons to be Learned from the Enron Scandal

Strategy Driven

The company cried ‘case study’ from the very beginning, when it segued from the former Houston Natural Gas moniker. These observations are intended to contextualize the Enron case studies in broader terms than were reported in the news media: Conditions Which Allowed It to Occur. Congressional Hearings.