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Featured at Forbes: Tips for your company to excel ethically

ReImagine Work

When ethical responsibility becomes part of the culture, companies see huge benefits — a stronger reputation, higher employee retention, more interest from investors, and general trustworthiness. Forbes, Aug. 3, 2016: “Culture has a significant influence on the decision-making process in any organization.

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Don’t Coach Integrity Violations – Fire Them!

Marshall Goldsmith

I can’t make a bad doctor a good doctor, a bad scientist a good scientist, or a bad engineer a good engineer. The second question I ask is: are the client’s issues integrity or ethical issues? It was about people who, instead of being fired for ethics violations, got coaches. I do not coach people with integrity issues.

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Be Different! The Key to Business and Career Success

Skip Prichard

Effective leaders set the right tone at the top, which becomes the organization’s ethical standards. In a blog published February 19, 2017 by former Uber engineer Susan Fowler, she outlined how her sexual harassment complaint to the Uber human resources department against her team manager was ignored. Meet your commitments.

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To Help Others Develop, Start With Yourself

Marshall Goldsmith

CEO Kent Kresa inherited a company that had a poor reputation for integrity, a battered stock price, and an unfortunate reputation as one of the least-admired companies in its industry. He communicated clear expectations for ethics, values, and behavior. Consider Northrop Grumman, the aerospace defense contractor.

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

Marshall Goldsmith

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. It only takes one ethical violation to ruin the reputation of an otherwise outstanding company. Behavioral coaching will only help behavioral issues.

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Make it easy for others to be their best

ReImagine Work

” As I learned from Dale Carnegie training, they are giving their students a reputation to live up to. That doesn’t work for me, not only ethically, but it’s also bad management. Appeal to their most noble motives. So, how does this translate to you most effectively? Humans can sniff out a fake.

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To Develop Others, Start With Yourself

Marshall Goldsmith

For example, Northrop Grumman CEO Kent Kresa inherited a company that had a poor reputation for integrity, a battered stock price, and reputation as one of the least-admired companies. His leadership team reversed the company's poor image and engineered an amazing turnaround. From the start, Kent led by example.