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When is Spinning the Message a Good Thing?

Marshall Goldsmith

Q: In our company we value integrity, yet leaders - especially in marketing - are taught to "spin" to make products and services sound good to clients. I always teach that leaders who knowingly commit ethics violations should never be coached - they should be fired. When is "spinning" a message a good thing? When it is wrong?

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Introducing 100 Coaches: Pay It Forward Champions

Marshall Goldsmith

Deepa Prahalad – Focused on design and emerging markets. Mark Tercek – President and CEO, Nature Conservancy – world leader in global conservation. World Economic Forum – Global Leader for Tomorrow. Former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Global Debt Registry (MHR). World authority on project management.

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To Profit from Doing Good, Start Small

Harvard Business Review

Leaders of these companies now believe that "doing good" can be a powerful strategy for growing markets, stimulating innovation, motivating employees, tapping into new talent pools, and actually reducing costs. Prahalad called the bottom of the pyramid. As Jason Saul argues in his new book Social Innovation Inc. , Educate your team.