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

Marshall Goldsmith

CK Prahalad or Vijay Govindarajan), most - including me - are not. It won't turn bad doctors into good doctors or bad engineers into good engineers. Second, when leaders commit an ethical violation they should be fired - not coached. This has made me think a lot about when coaching works - and when it doesn't.

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The Guru's Guide to Creating Thought Leadership

Harvard Business Review

Take Hamel and Prahalad's 1990 HBR article, "The Core Competence of the Corporation," which suggests that firms should identify some activity at which they already excel or could plausibly excel in the future, and make that the centerpiece of their strategy. So what did Hamel and Prahalad add? How Ethical Are You? More >>.