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Naked Leader Week 901 – 7 December 2020 Time to read: 3 minute 10 seconds 3 Inspirations leading up to Christmas – 1 of 3 – #nevergiveup The first business book I ever read was Winning Through Intimidation by Robert J Ringer – 1974. The words on the jacket cover epitomise #nevergiveup as well…… Continue Reading
Naked Leader Week 900 – 30 November 2020 Time to read: 1 minute 5 seconds In your life you will have been told You are Good, and You are Bad You are Right, and You are Wrong You are a Success, and you are a Failure And yet, at the end of it all,…… Continue Reading
Naked Leader Week 899 – 23 November 2020 Time to read: 1 minute 10 seconds – and you can do it today Before Naked Leader, I was in Information Technology (IT), most recently as Head of IT in Cornhill Insurance – now Allianz. Every month I would be invited into the Business Executive Meeting to…… Continue Reading
Naked Leader Week 898 – 16 November 2020 Time to read: 35 seconds View this post on Instagram A post shared by Lewis Hamilton (@lewishamilton) Yesterday Lewis Hamilton won his seventh Formula 1 title – equalling Michael Schumacher. Surviving a broken home, being bullied at school and experiencing racism all of his…… Continue Reading
Naked Leader Week 897 – 9 November 2020 Time to read: 2 minutes A few weeks ago I asked for you to email me stories of hope – we all need some of these right now as a second period of lockdown is underway. Thank you for sharing your stories and if there are any…… Continue Reading
Naked Leader Week 896 – 2 November 2020 Time to view: 11 minutes 9 seconds I shared these in March and with lockdowns now happening all over the world am sharing again. View here. The 10 are drawn from WellBeing calls with the NHS, charities and Client Business Partners. With my love and best wishes…… Continue Reading
Naked Leader Week 895 – 26 October 2020 Time to read: 2 minutes Following last week’s blog on simplifying meetings people have written to me about the scandal of major projects. Some have cited the spiralling cost of HS2 – budgeted at £56bn, it looks like it will be more than double that, and be…… Continue Reading
Naked Leader Week 894 – 19 October 2020 Time to read: 70 seconds Inspired by a recently received marketing e-mail, which included these immortal words: ‘As you know, digital measurement is the backbone of any digital transformation journey and starting with individual campaigns can build to enterprise-level business shifts.’ This is a sort of uber-jargon,…… Continue Reading
Naked Leader Week 893 – 12 October 2020 Time to read: 40 seconds The Top Seven as voted by people on recent Naked Leader WellBeing Zooms 7 Aladdin – 1992 In addition to his scripted lines as The Genie, Robin Williams recorded 16 hours of improvised material. 6 Matilda – 1996 Danny DeVito was really…… Continue Reading
Naked Leader Week 892 – 5 October 2020 Time to read: Just under 1 minute Following several Inclusion Week events last week, here are 3 ways to make it real in your organisation: Everyone Has Value – Unlock it by listening, caring and bringing out the best in everyone, not just a chosen few. Do…… Continue Reading