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Don’t Coach Integrity Violations – Fire Them!

Marshall Goldsmith

There are a few very excellent coaches in the corporate strategy domain, for instance Vijay Govindarajan and Michael Porter. 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.

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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. 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. Although some are experts at strategy (e.g.

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Introducing 100 Coaches: Pay It Forward Champions

Marshall Goldsmith

Sanyin Siang – Executive Director of the Duke University Fuqua/Coach K Center on Leadership & Ethics (COLE). Himanshu Saxena – Strategic mindset, design thinker, and mindfulness practitioner, he was appointed a business coach for ‘Industry Vertical Heads’ under Prof Vijay Govindarajan at Tuck School of Business.

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Task Shifting Could Help Lower Costs in U.S. Health Care

Harvard Business Review

In addition to being inexpensive, the paramedics bring skills such as cultural competency, loyalty to the organization, strong work ethic, and the ability to connect more deeply with patients and families whose socioeconomic background is similar to their own. Vijay Govindarajan Ravi Ramamurti. They are 4-6 times as productive as U.S.