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Time To Read: 42 Seconds Naked Leader Week 1120 – Tueday 22 April 2025 Problem Solving – McKinsey v The Obvious McKinsey 1. Define the problem 2. Structure the Problem 3. Prioritize Issues 4. Develop a Work Plan 5. Conduct Analysis 6. Synthesize Findings 7. Develop Recommendations 8. Communicate Results Source : https://www.linkedin.com/in/timvipond The Obvious…… Continue Reading
Time To Read: 20 Seconds Naked Leader Week 1119 – Monday 14 April 2025 The Washington Outcome In business and life, outcome beats habit — always. In 1863, at Gettysburg, Confederate General Lee prepared for battle. His right-hand man, James Longstreet, urged a different move: skip the fight, march on Washington, and force the North…… Continue Reading
Time To Read: 1 Minute 30 Seconds Naked Leader Week 1118 – Monday 7 April 2025 Top Priorities Going Forward Naked Leader recently asked a range of 300 leaders from across sectors and countries for their top priorities going forward. The ranked priorities are below, along with thought-provoking insights from our Business Practitioners and COGENT’s…… Continue Reading
Time To Read: 1 Minute Naked Leader Week 1117 – Monday 31 March 2025 Had Enough of ‘Land and Expand’ Consulting? It drains your company, your confidence and your cash. Traditional consultancies don’t solve problems—they create them – the biggest being the devaluing of your internal people – disempowering the very lifeblood of your organisation.…… Continue Reading
Time To Avoid: Anytime in your life from now Naked Leader Week 1116 – Monday 24 March 2025 Coulda Shoulda Woulda Three of the saddest words in any language Coulda On BBC Radio 4 Book Programme one caller said in a sarcastic tone “I could have written a book, David.” “Indeed” I replied. Would you like…… Continue Reading
Time to read: 74 seconds Naked Leader Week 1115 – Monday 17 March 2025 This Isn’t Bad News – It’s Great News Articles on and offline continue to quote a 2015 article in the Harvard Business Review titled “Only 8% of Leaders Are Good at Both Strategy and Execution”, based on a survey of nearly…… Continue Reading
Time to read: 31 seconds Naked Leader Week 1114 – Monday 10 March 2025 You Choose My last manager in the corporate world: “David, there really is no such thing as a new idea…” Or The White Queen from Lewis Carroll’s ‘Through the Looking Glass’ “Sometimes I’ve believed as many as six impossible things before…… Continue Reading
Time to read: 40 seconds Naked Leader Week 1113 – Monday 3 March 2025 Do You Ever Hear These Words…? From a Tree… “Psst – I’m a Tree” Of course you don’t A tree knows it’s a tree – it doesn’t have to keep telling everyone. Everyone else knows it’s a tree by its characteristics…… Continue Reading
Time to read: One Moment After Another Naked Leader Week 1112 – Monday 24 February 2025 People Overestimate This, and Underestimate… People will tend to overestimate what they can achieve in a year, and underestimate what they can achieve in a single moment. Of course, you already know this – I bet you can remember…… Continue Reading
Time to read: 24 Seconds Naked Leader Week 1111 – Monday 17 February 2025 Round And Round The Mulberry Bush From a CEO… ”Hi David, can anyone in your network help us solve our Mulberry Bush problem?” Before I returned the call, I checked out what that might mean, and rediscovered my childhood in the…… Continue Reading