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Don’t Coach Integrity Violations – Fire Them!

Marshall Goldsmith

Almost all of the people I know who call themselves executive coaches are coaches in the area of leadership behavior. There are a few very excellent coaches in the corporate strategy domain, for instance Vijay Govindarajan and Michael Porter. For example, a pharmaceutical company called me recently. I said, “What’s his problem?”

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

Marshall Goldsmith

Q: When does leadership coaching work? CK Prahalad or Vijay Govindarajan), most - including me - are not. When will coaching aimed at changing leadership behavior be most effective? Second, when leaders commit an ethical violation they should be fired - not coached. When is it a waste of time?