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Naked Leader Week 795 – 5 November 2018 Time to Read: One catherine wheel (40 seconds – £10) How to avoid fireworks by email Picture the scene, you receive a long, nasty and very negative email. It basically says that you and your department are useless, and that everything is all your fault. It is likely…… Continue Reading
Naked Leader Week – 185 (w/c Monday 4 December 2006) Reality is not a fact, it is a choice Your future – Your Choice Is that a fact or an opinion? Is there anyone in this world who believes it is true? Yes Is there anyone in this world who believes it is not true?…… Continue Reading
Naked Leader Week 794 – 29 October 2018 Time to Read: 5 minutes 3 expert tips for doing business in China This month, Clive Barrett, speaks with Jingru Liu, Director China Advisory Services at BDO LLP: was When you first meet Jingru Liu, it is a disarming experience. Given her job title – Director China…… Continue Reading
Time to Read: 30 Seconds Assess your company’s culture in 30 seconds This diagram is the Formula for Guaranteed Success (FGS) – a summary of every ‘success’ model with no hype, jargon or mystery. It is what you do when you succeed. If your organisation – majority of people – spend more time focusing on…… Continue Reading
Time to Read: 44 seconds 3 questions to ask in 3 awkward situations 1. How to understand what someone means by a word they use. e.g. “We need to improve communications.” Your question: “What kind of communications?” Using the words ‘kind of’ is clear, gentle and always gets a definition in response. 2. How to…… Continue Reading
Time to Read: Around 2 minutes The real root cause of your success or failure As a team, in a project and in your organisation. A few months ago I was invited to meet the CEO of a Hi-Tec company for a coffee. We sat and we chatted about life, the universe and Brexit –…… Continue Reading
Time to Read: 45 seconds The very first words I wrote for ‘The Naked Leader’ – Chapter 23 – Recapture The Magic. With global economic uncertainty, they seem even more apt today – 16 years on. So, after you’ve read them, the question for you as a leader is this – what are you…… Continue Reading
Time to Read: 2 minutes 30 seconds You learn far more from failure This month, Clive Barrett, speaks with Professor Mark Durkin, Dean at Ulster University Business School: IF passion, knowledge and determination to succeed are the benchmark for business success it is no wonder Professor Mark Durkin has scaled the heights. While bridging the…… Continue Reading
Time to Read: 45 seconds Competencies have one major downside They never work. Boring, complex and time consuming aside, they simply create general all rounders. Going forward – strengths are all. Because if people do not use their strengths every day, they will reduce. If all you did in your organisation was to unlock the…… Continue Reading
Time to Read: 17 seconds People love doing what they are good at… And they – we – are good at what we love doing. When I said this recently, at a school, a young boy responded: “Duh!” So, ask everyone in your team, on your project, in your organisation, what do you LOVE doing…… Continue Reading