SALLY-ANNE AIREY Managers in Russian businesses want to be heard, and the coaching profession is starting to respond Talking to a Russian friend in business here, I asked if it was fair to say that Russian business people were motivated entirely by money. 
“Oh yes,” he replied, “of course.” This outlook, and its related behaviour, are the source of many of my coaching conversations in Moscow. Some of the expatriate executives I work with are employed by Russian companies, sometimes with opaque or dual private/State (or silent partner) ownership. Their...