# The Five T's of Excellent Coaches - Part 7: Do Coaches Really Matter?

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Published: 2026-07-22T15:30:00+00:00
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The Five T's of Great Coaches - Part 7: Do Coaches Even Matter? 21 Aug 2023 --- Having the most talented team isn’t enough. 00:00 Of course coaches matter. But how? 02:25 Coaches need to to be plumbers and poets. Hosted by Ranjay Gulati, the Paul R. Lawrence MBA Class of 1942 Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School and author of "Deep Purpose: The Heart and Soul of High-Performance Companies". Follow us: https://hbr.org/ https://www.linkedin.com/company/harvard-business-review/ https://www.facebook.com/HBR/ https://twitter.com/HarvardBiz https://www.instagram.com/harvard_business_review Sign up for Newsletters: https://hbr.org/email-newsletters #HarvardBusinessReview #Sports #Coaches #Leadership #Coaching #Business #Work #Talent #Teamwork #Training #Transformation #Tenacity #NBA #NFL #MLBB #Harvard #HarvardBusinessSchool Copyright © 2023 Harvard Business School Publishing. All rights reserved. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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