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

Marshall Goldsmith

Although some are experts at strategy (e.g. CK Prahalad or Vijay Govindarajan), most - including me - are not. Second, when leaders commit an ethical violation they should be fired - not coached. It only takes one ethical violation to ruin the reputation of an otherwise outstanding company.

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Introducing 100 Coaches: Pay It Forward Champions

Marshall Goldsmith

A leading thinker on strategy and breakthrough innovation. Deepa Prahalad – Focused on design and emerging markets. Top-rated Clinical Professor of Management and Strategy, Northwestern Kellogg School of Management. Aicha Evans – Senior Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer at Intel Corporation.

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The Guru's Guide to Creating Thought Leadership

Harvard Business Review

I list these below as a guide for anyone — from bloggers, to academics, to strategy consultants — looking to produce world-class thought leadership. So what did Hamel and Prahalad add? Hamel and Prahalad combined the old resource view with an emphasis on differentiation, made popular in the 1980s by Michael Porter.

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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. ,