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All Around Us

All Around Us

Naked Leader Week – 301 – Monday 30 March 2009 All Around Us (Time to read 60 seconds – Time to listen 15 seconds) By Jon Kidd It is easy to think and feel this credit crunch / recession / depression is everywhere – affecting the whole world and all its creatures great and small.…Continue Reading

William Wilberforce

William Wilberforce

Naked Leader Week – 300 – Monday 22 March 2009 NL Leader Week 300 – William Wilberforce (Time to read 90 seconds) William Wilberforce changed history. As a leading force in social reform, William was responsible for dramatically improving working conditions in factories, for helping to start the first animal protection charity (later to become…Continue Reading

Jane Tomlinson

Jane Tomlinson

Naked Leader Week – 299 – Monday 15 March 2009 Jane Tomlinson When Jane was diagnosed with terminal cancer, she faced a choice – to die quietly or to help others to live – she unselfishly chose the latter. In 2000 she was given “only months” to live, and between then and 3rd September 2007,…Continue Reading

Three Great Leaders

Naked Leader Week – 298 – Monday 9 March 2009 Three Great Leaders Read Time: What does that matter… Thank you for the feedback to the four questions – 84 people got the answers correct, 37 showed more imagination than is surely good for them, and one person noticed our mistake of sending it out…Continue Reading

Quick Leadership Quiz…

Quick Leadership Quiz…

Naked Leader Week – 296 – Monday 30 February 2009 Quick Leadership Quiz… Read Time: One Minute Apparently used in recruitment of senior staff, or to assess how entrepreneurial you are, or perhaps neither of those. If you haven’t seen this before, enjoy – answers next week Q: How do you get an elephant into…Continue Reading

The Comedy Store

The Comedy Store

Naked Leader Week – 295 – Monday 16 February 2009 The Comedy Store Read Time: One Minute Last Monday evening one of my life’s ambitions was fulfilled I played the world – famous comedy store in London (link to http://www.thecomedystore.co.uk/) Imagine – a 30 minute stand – up routine in the home of comedy, with…Continue Reading

The Answers!

The Answers!

Naked Leader Week – 297 – Monday 7 March 2009 The Answers! Read Time: One Minute Q: How do you get an elephant into the fridge? A: 1. Open door. 2. Insert elephant. 3. Close door. Q: How do you get a giraffe into the fridge? A: 1. Open door. 2. Remove elephant. 3. Insert…Continue Reading

An Optimist in the White House…

An Optimist in the White House…

Naked Leader Week – 293 – Monday 2 February 2009 An Optimist in the White House… Read Time: Sixty Seconds Thank you for your reaction last week, the answers are below. Many of those who wrote spoke of the new levels of optimism brought by the new president, despite the many challenges facing him from…Continue Reading