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Ethics Is Serious Business

Great Leadership By Dan

The field that provides this kind of know-how is called ethics. This means that ethics is serious business. Ethical dilemmas are at least as hard to resolve as engineering problems, and at least as urgent, particularly in our complex and fast-moving world. When does pharmaceutical pricing become price gouging?

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Starting Thought: Leadership in 2016

leaderCommunicator

I started a dialogue with the PRSA New Professionals group on what effective leadership looks like today. Please weigh in with your thoughts on this important question: What does effective leadership look like today?

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

Marshall Goldsmith

Q: When does leadership coaching work? When will coaching aimed at changing leadership behavior be most effective? One pharmaceutical company called and asked me to coach "Dr. Second, when leaders commit an ethical violation they should be fired - not coached. When is it a waste of time? I asked, "What is his problem?"

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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. For example, a pharmaceutical company called me recently. The second question I ask is: are the client’s issues integrity or ethical issues? Behavioral coaching only helps if a person has behavioral issues.

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Leaders Make Values Visible

Marshall Goldsmith

I was shown a wonderful video on Enron’s ethics and integrity. It was one of the most smoothly professional presentations on ethics and values that I have ever seen. The pharmaceutical company is famous for its Credo, which was written many years ago and reflected the sincere values of the leaders of the company at that time.

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

HR Digest

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: Under your leadership, Pfizer continues to make great strides in the field of diversity and inclusion (D&I). The HR Digest: What is diversity to you?

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