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Is Consumer Non-Durables a Good Career Path?

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Pharmaceuticals: Medicines and healthcare products are also considered consumer non-durables. Marketing Managers: Marketing managers are responsible for creating and executing marketing strategies to boost product sales. Health and wellness are top priorities for people, which ensures a steady demand for these products.

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Don’t Coach Integrity Violations – Fire Them!

Marshall Goldsmith

You probably won’t be surprised to learn that not all executive coaching engagements are successful. So, how do you determine the conditions that are ripe for an executive coaching engagement to succeed? Almost all of the people I know who call themselves executive coaches are coaches in the area of leadership behavior.

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Pfizer’s Straight Talk on Culture

Michael Lee Stallard

Pfizer, the multinational pharmaceutical giant, has become increasingly intentional about shaping its culture. Leading a global business means managing operations in some nations where meeting high ethical standards is more challenging given the prevalence of corruption in the local culture.

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Starting Thought: Leadership in 2016

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e past several years, the sheer volume of high-profile business leadership and ethics scandals has dominated our headlines, causing scores of people to ask, “What’s wrong with business leadership today?”. Please weigh in with your thoughts on this important question: What does effective leadership look like today?

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Leaders Make Values Visible

Marshall Goldsmith

I was shown a wonderful video on Enron’s ethics and integrity. Examples of Enron’s good deeds in the community and the professed character of Enron’s executives were particularly noteworthy. It was one of the most smoothly professional presentations on ethics and values that I have ever seen.

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

Marshall Goldsmith

A: In my work as an executive coach, I only get paid if my clients achieve a positive, lasting change in behavior - not as judged by themselves, but as determined by their key stakeholders. The huge majority of professionals who call themselves executive coaches are actually behavioral coaches. We even hired an executive coach."

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How Pfizer’s Ramcess Jean-Louis Champions an Inclusive Culture

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Having joined the world’s largest pharmaceutical company, she is now out to raise the bar for human resources leadership across the organization. The HR Digest: What are the biggest challenges executives supporting pay equity for women and minorities currently face? ? .

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