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Back to my business roots

Naked Leader Week – 178 (w/c Monday 16 October 2006) Back to my business roots Whenever I am asked to speak at an Information Technology conference, for me it is like coming home. My background is many years inside IT, starting as a programmer in the Pascal language. I share this with pride –  it…Continue Reading

Leadership from a different perspective –

Naked Leader Week – 177 (w/c Monday 9 October 2006) Leadership from a different perspective –   The Pay It Forward Phenomenon Thank you for your feedback to last week’s NL Week on chain mail. Keep those negative follow-on emails coming; send them on to my seven friends: Bashful@nakedleader.com Doc@nakedleader.com Dopey@nakedleader.com Grumpy@nakedleader.com Happy@nakedleader.com Sleepy@nakedleader.com Sneezy@nakedleader.com Dan…Continue Reading

Great Leaders – Born or Made?

Naked Leader Week – 171 (w/c Monday 28 August 2006) Great Leaders – Born or Made? This is one of the most frequent questions I am asked. Quite apart from people having different meanings for the term “leader”, some people believe they are born, others believe they are made. And so your answer is up…Continue Reading

The Greatest Stories Never Told

Naked Leader Week – 170 (w/c Monday 21 August 2006) The Greatest Stories Never Told Think about that time in your life when you showed absolute persistence, when nothing was going to stop you. Or about a true decision that you made that proved to be life-changing, and life-choosing. Or perhaps that person who helped…Continue Reading

The Naked Leader

Naked Leader Week – 169 (w/c Monday 14 August 2006) Four years ago this week, The Naked Leader was published, and my life ch anged forever. This NL Week is not about me, though, it is about those of you who believe you too have a book inside of you. In early 2002, my good friend René…Continue Reading

The Leadership of Abraham Lincoln, from two different perspectives

Naked Leader Week – 168 (w/c Monday 7 August 2006) The Leadership of Abraham Lincoln, from two different perspectives  If you are about to give up on your dream, read my favourite story of persistence, belief, and self-determination. That of Abraham Lincoln. The same story told from two different perspectives – the left-brain list or…Continue Reading