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Don’t Coach Integrity Violations – Fire Them!

Marshall Goldsmith

There are a few very excellent coaches in the corporate strategy domain, for instance Vijay Govindarajan and Michael Porter. I can’t make a bad doctor a good doctor, a bad scientist a good scientist, or a bad engineer a good engineer. The second question I ask is: are the client’s issues integrity or ethical issues?

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When Leadership Coaching Works (And When It Doesn't)

Marshall Goldsmith

CK Prahalad or Vijay Govindarajan), most - including me - are not. It won't turn bad doctors into good doctors or bad engineers into good engineers. Second, when leaders commit an ethical violation they should be fired - not coached. Although some are experts at strategy (e.g.