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MAKE sure you have a clear, concise, compelling strategy for your company. Ensure everyone in your organisation knows it. Also, how what they personally do relates to the strategy. Anything that you do that does not help you get closer to your vision, stop doing it. You will stop over a third of your work…… Continue Reading
Time to Read: 22 Seconds If leadership isn’t about helping others… Then I don’t know what it is about What random act of leadership will you do – this week, today, right now, to help someone? That person in your team that you have never quite connected with, next time you see them ask “how’s it…… Continue Reading
LIFE can be an obstacle course. And often, what stops us achieving success is a barrier that comes from within, manifesting itself as an inability to believe in the likelihood of our achieving that goal. It may look sunny outside but this hovering cloud within convinces us it is going to rain and if it…… Continue Reading
IN business, rather like in your very own Room 101, one of the top 10 items you should consign right now to the fires of hell are useless manuals from the training courses you never did anything with. I know they stand as testament to your policy of lifetime learning, but be honest, have they…… Continue Reading
“Naked Leader would not be what it is today, without her.” The rushing to catch a flight words of Naked Leader Founder David Taylor, about Rosalind Howard, CEO of Naked Leader. He added: “Rosalind has been CEO of Naked Leader for three years – the most successful period in the company’s history, so far.” He…… Continue Reading
BE here right now – and no we are not talking about the hit album for English rock band Oasis in 1997! Being in the moment is more the theme here, to really appreciate what it is we are doing at any moment in time. Naked Leader founder David Taylor has always advocated it and…… Continue Reading
WORK on ownership, accountability and strengths. Hold a meeting and, as a team, agree that no one will ever say anything behind each others’ backs which they would not say to their faces. This is a given, and must be accepted on an emotional level. If everyone simply nods, they will not do it. If…… Continue Reading
Dear Father Christmas I hope this finds you, and finds you well. It is difficult to believe it is that time of year again. That wonderful season of goodwill, when we decorate our desks, go wild at our office parties and vow to never drink again the following morning. I have been asked to write…… Continue Reading
You are probably familiar with Bingo. Usually played at a club, players’ have a grid with different numbers and the person running the game (the caller) selects numbers at random and calls them out. First player to complete a line, or whatever the rules of that particular game, wins and shouts out “Bingo” or “House.”…… Continue Reading
FIRMS that drive forward with a positive, compelling and visionary agenda will thrive in the future. And their spirits will soar. Are you brave enough to try cultural transformation? It requires openness, honesty and trust, and can only be developed by throwing out the traditional culture of blame, and investing time in building a positive,…… Continue Reading