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SINGER Alexandra Burke is not the only one with X-Factor appeal to have had a sensational hit with an Elephant in the Room. Okay, so Naked Leader founder David Taylor may not have what it takes to bang out a tune in a tight fitting outfit. He has been known to stretch his vocal chords…… Continue Reading
YOU might expect a World-Class venue such as the Excel to bring the best out in a former European Business Speaker of the Year and it seems that conductor David Taylor hit the right notes with his assembled symphony at a recent coaching seminar. The general consensus from the many people who attended the Business…… Continue Reading
BEING a good leader is not the sole preserve of the entrepreneur. Leadership is also highly valued in sport. In an edition of football magazine Four-Four-Two, sports psychologist Richard Nugent shows just how closely related to the Naked Leader ethos sports leadership is, proving that world class leadership skills possess a universal template. Leading by example,…… Continue Reading
TO many people, time out is the name of a magazine, or perhaps a break taken by players in sports such as ice hockey and basketball. It is not something business people would contemplate taking, even though a leading figure in his field believes relaxing for just a tiny percentage of your day would enhance…… Continue Reading
INTERESTED in learning more about the art of world class presentation delivery? Then make sure you get yourself on the Naked Leader’s high impact seminar, NLP, The Psychology of Influence. You will learn the benefits of The Positive Approach, The Power of Language and How to Apply It, “Mind-Reading” and The Patterns of Rapport, as well…… Continue Reading
IT seems the world has gone digital marketing mad – some would say with the emphasis on dig! Because according to Naked Leader devotee Mark Durkin, a professor of marketing at the University of Ulster, we are digging a hole for ourselves when it comes to communicating with our customers, to the detriment of our…… Continue Reading
YOU will have heard the quote, ‘theirs not to reason why.’ As you may know, it is a famous saying from Alfred, Lord Tennyson in his poem, The Charge of the Light Brigade. Of course, unlike the soldiers risking death in the Battle of Balaclava during the Crimean War, your audience won’t have been blindly…… Continue Reading
FOR the modern business owner, a toolkit no longer automatically conjures up images of a spanner, a variety of screwdrivers and a good old adjustable wrench! These days, the term is applied to many forms of information and content, and some of the Naked Leader’s vast array of coaching ‘tools’ were explained and passed on…… Continue Reading
THIS week’s thought comes from Dragons’ Den star Deborah Meadon in her excellent book, Common Sense Rules. ‘The phrase 360-degree thinking should be put away in a locked box along with blue-sky thinking, thinking out of the box and countless other meaningless phrases that imply that otherwise one-dimensional, dull, uncreative thinking is the norm. ‘Businessmen…… Continue Reading
ANYBODY who watched the excellent film A Few Good Men will know all about a Code Red. Jack Nicholson’s character, Colonel Nathan Jessup, famously ordered one. Well don’t talk to Martin Peak about colour codes. A respected businessman and leader of men – a few good ones at that – he has been tormented by…… Continue Reading