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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
Time to read: 24 Seconds Naked Leader Week 1110 – Monday 10 February 2025 Top Five CEO Priorities in 2024 – Based on NL Enquiries and Engagements Survival – Steadying the company in a volatile world Solution: become a Self-Leading organisation with no external dependence Growth – Safe scalability Solution: Identify the top 10% of…… Continue Reading
Time to read: 50 Seconds Video (2mins.25): Everybody is an A Student Naked Leader Week 1109 – Monday 3 February 2025 The 9 Box Grid v Give Everyone a Ten The 9 Box Grid High Potential / High Performance – 1 Box Needs to Improve in Some Way – 8 Boxes Give Everyone a Ten…… Continue Reading
Time to read: 62 Seconds Audio: The Original Parable Naked Leader Week 1108 – Monday 27 January 2025 Pay for Results and Actions not Time or Knowledge Day Rates are a rip off – why pay for lethargy? Instead, pay for your outcomes being achieved – clear definition – agreed fixed price If they achieve…… Continue Reading
Time to Read: 75 Seconds Naked Leader Week 1107 – Monday 20 January 2025 3 Top Ways To Ensure AI Pays for Itself I will always remember what the CEO of Allianz once told me: “David – I don’t really care what the technology is, I care what it does, and delivers” And then along…… Continue Reading