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The Naked Leader Team
We are an ever-growing team of internationally-renowned coaches, working together to create lasting change in organisations and their culture.
“Naked Leader created one team – one vision – it was remarkable.”
Craig PowellSony
Areas of expertise
- Authentic, credible, respected leader, passionate about building cultures that deliver results.
- Skilled in building trust while offering the right balance of challenge and support for both individuals and teams.
- Trained in quality improvement methodologies that work in their practical application.
Key achievements
- Executive Coach, MBTI Practitioner, working with teams and individuals.
- Delivered improvements both nationally and locally in the NHS, in both planned and emergency care.
- A regular contributor on leading for improvement for the National Patient Safety Learning Hub
Areas of expertise
- Working at CEO and Board level
- Very fast track behavioural change
- Ensuring 3 times more ROI for our clients
Key achievements
- Author of 5 best-selling books in over 30 languages
- The Business Ambassador for The Princes Trust
- Adviser to China’s first eco village – The Hua Tao project
David works with top leaders around the world, including the CEOs from Ford, Veolia and NHS Blood and Transplant. Over 300,000 people have attended a David Taylor event, across over 50 countries.
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Areas of expertise:
- International speaker and, high performance coach and facilitator.
- Expert in behavioural change, leadership development, team development.
- Master Business Practitioner, Master Practitioner and Licensed Trainer in NLP.
Key achievements
- Designed & delivered 84 one day “Strategies for Growth” events in a 2 year national tour for HSBC
- Delivered training for the United Nations in the Near East.
- Over 20 years of experience coaching business leaders and high potentials in blue chip companies.
Gavin is an insightful, inspiring and engaging trainer and coach focused on the key drivers for improving business and personal performance. With experience across a number of sectors in Corporate and SME companies, Gavin is very knowledgeable in the fields of Performance Improvement, Leadership Development, Team Development & Motivation, Persuasion and Influence, Leading Change & Transformation, Stakeholder Management, Personal Effectiveness and Behavioural Change.
“Naked Leader’s Formula for Guaranteed Success is a simple, powerful and effective recipe for success in business and life. I love helping people take control of their own careers and lives, thereby having a bigger impact in their work.”
Gavin’s experience spans regulated industries such as Defense and Aerospace, Pharmaceuticals. The clients he has worked with include Aon, Aviva, BAE SYSTEMS, Carphone Warehouse, Edward Jones, Fresenius Kabi, Ford GB, HSBC, KP Snacks, Novartis, Rio Tinto, Talk Talk and the Metropolitan Police.
Areas of expertise
- Developing trust and meaningful relationships through respect, honesty and integrity
- Understanding and reporting on organisational readiness and the impact of change
- A strong leader, team player and effective decision maker
Key achievements
- Successful delivery and embedding of high-profile Public Sector change programmes
- Managing and delivery of change programmes impacting thousands of stakeholders
- Developing training products and templates for best practice within a national organisation
Andy’s ability to understand people, build trust and develop and maintain relationships with key stakeholders has been developed over 30 years of operational leadership in the Police Service and other National Public Sector organisations.
“After seeing a Naked Leader presentation, I met with David Taylor to hear his story and understand the organisational values. I was hugely inspired and share his passion in putting people first to develop the necessary behavioural change to achieve success. I’m truly humbled to have been asked to be part of the team.“
Andy has a proven track record of honesty, integrity and high performance and a desire to help others develop the belief and skills to succeed. He has been described as an inspirational leader, coach and mentor. He is a content contributor to The Business Transformation Network
An odd obsession to develop new skills, Andy picked up drumsticks for the first time in his late 40’s and now plays drums in a successful Indie covers band and has recently learned to windsurf.
Andy’s clients cover numerous Public Sector organisations including the Police and Government owned National Infrastructure.
Areas of expertise
- Organisational transformation through behavioural change
- Mentoring and team development
- Providing sports science services to elite teams and athletes and the fitness industry
Key achievements
- Over 20 years of helping senior and executive teams succeed
- Published author ‘How Champions Achieve’ and the ‘What Type of Athlete are you’ series
- Peer acknowledgement for focus on leadership from within
Tony has developed his leadership experience through over 20 years of working with senior and executive teams across a range of sectors and with elite athletes and coaching teams.
“For me, the power of the Naked Leader approach is the leadership from within – which once released is uncontainable and life changing.“
Having been part of a Naked Leader programme in 2014, Tony became a convert to the authentic, non hype, non jargon and non mystery approach to leadership, business and success. This conversion spilled into his personal life and his one true decision led him to compete in the 2017 World Masters Swimming Championship in Budapest, after an absence of 20 years from the pool.
Tony’s clients include Local Authorities, Housing Associations, The Open University, Places for People and UK top 5 swimming teams.
Areas of expertise
- Project leadership, turnaround and delivery
- Ensuring leaders are in the right place at the right time, doing the right things
- Building inclusive and diverse executive teams
key achievements
- Established global programme office for multi-national retailer within 12 months
- Major Project and programme delivery for Goldman Sachs, BBC and others
- Transformed partnership programmes for Shell, Rolls-Royce and others.
Marcellus Lindsay is a professional speaker, trainer, author and business mentor. Importantly, he is also a practising change and transformation consultant and manager. Leveraging 25 years of front-line experience in portfolio, programme and project management, Marcellus delivers insightful and practical solutions for leaders in business change.
“Naked Leader is by far one of the most pragmatic ways to introduce lasting organisational change”
His ‘back to basics’ approach has been the foundation of his success in delivering digital transformation, software adoption and governance compliance programmes to Fortune 250 corporations as well as SME’s in the United States and the UK.
Marcellus’ clients include ETI – Energy Technolgy Institute, Ford, BBC and, Smith and Nephew
Marcellus gives you a deeper understanding of the benefits of making small impactful shifts.His passionate and pragmatic approach to getting more out of yourself, your team and your business will leave you inspired and motivated to take action.
Areas of expertise
- Deep understanding of the Chinese business culture
- Expert and business advisor for the East and the West
- Advisor in strategies for international business
Key achievements
- Portfolio clients of top Chinese SOEs, listed companies and family business
- Supporting Western business to be successful in China, and vice versa
- Expert on all business matters China
Jingru Liu advises Naked Leader on what we can do for China and how to do it.
“A great organisation, I love working with like-minded people”
Jingru is the Director for China Advisory Services Team, with BDO.
For 12 years Jingru has been helping Chinese companies with their outbound investments and business as well as western companies start and grow in mainland China.
Areas of expertise
- Journalist
- Interviewing for articles
- Newsletter editor
Key achievements
- Journalist with Guardian Media Group
- Editor Naked Leader Leaderboard ezine
Clive has an extensive knowledge and experience of working with business clients and writing articles for Naked Leader website and newsletter, highlighting individuals and business achievements. Clive has been working with Naked Leader for seven years and encouraging CEOs and successful people to share their secrets, so we can share them with like-minded individuals.
“Working with Naked Leader is inspiring. Since my involvement I have learned that participating in life, rather than being a spectator, is vital.”
Clive has always enjoyed the customer relationship side of his role and speaking to people about how they managed to make a success of their lives. He is interested to hear from them their philosophy and business tips in order that they might be able to help others.
Areas of expertise
- Delivering inspiring leadership through constant enquiry
- Driving business value through technology
- Developing people by enabling their own futures
Key achievements
- Over eight years measurable FTSE100 CIO success
- Continuous improvement of technology delivery performance
- Peer acknowledgement for my focus on value
Andrew has built broad and deep business leadership experience through over 20 years of international blue chip strategic and operational activity across a number of sectors.
His enquiring approach has led him to be acknowledged for his absolute commitment to business value, whether it be making money, saving money, and/or enabling sustainable business where social impact is equal to financial returns.
“Naked Leader believes that each of us contains what we need to be successful. I am inspired by making this happen”
Within his career, his focus has been on how technology can be used for the advantage of organisations; and how those people accountable and responsible for delivering technology are inspired to perform in a way that maximises the return on their organisation’s investments.
Areas of expertise
- Exec and Board level coach
- Bespoke Leadership development training consultant
- Mediation and resilience at Exec/Board level
Key achievements
- Winner CEO today Management Consultant awards 2018
- Keynote speaker on the neuroscience of mindfulness in the workplace
- Master NLP practitioner, qualified coach and mindfulness practitioner
Jules Peck is an outstanding international exec coach and training consultant with over twenty five years experience.
Jules provides bespoke training design and delivery, coaching, tailored seminars, facilitation, Action Learning Sets and mediation services. She works extensively at Board Level including CEOs, executive committees, NEDs, FDs, senior management, Police Commanders, Ambassadors, International Think Tanks and researchers in the Middle East.
“Naked Leader strip away the hype, jargon and mystery of leadership – it is powerful, and the results are amazing.”
Her clients are drawn from a diverse range of organisations including the banking sector, the financial services industry, F1 racing teams, pharmaceutical giants, and Media and include GSK, NHS, Ford, Clickbond and MBDA. Jules’ background includes training diplomats in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, the Department of Trade and Industry and a series of corporate roles prior to becoming a consultant.
Jules is a Master NLP Practitioner, qualified coach, MBTI Practitioner, and ILM Action Learning Set facilitator. In addition she is also a Hogan Practitioner, PRISM Brain Mapping Practitioner and Corporate Mindfulness teacher. She is also a member of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development, the Association of Coaching and the Association of Neuro Linguistic Programming.
Areas of expertise
- Communication – I unlock ideas, innovation and creativity – in anyone
- Empathy – Understanding others and tailoring to each person’s needs, styles and mind-sets
- Improvisation – Experienced international improv. performer, coach and expert
Education
- Creativity – Designed an award winning Edinburgh Fringe comedy show with 5 star reviews
- Confidence- Developed a way of using Improv to remove people’s fears and inhibitions
- Business – Customised and delivered many different creativity sessions that can be delivered to people of any culture, language and mindset
After training as a dancer and in musical theatre, Nerine realised that stand-up comedy and improv were her things. She now uses these skills to unlock ideas that people don’t even realise they have, to help organisations grow, thrive and be more successful.
“Naked Leader help businesses realise potential, I am very excited to be working with them in this exciting and mission critical area.”
Nerine attended The BRIT School to train as a dancer, followed by a place at The Arts Educational Schools in London to study Musical Theatre. She realised that she wanted to challenge herself more and took up Stand-up comedy. It was the scariest 5 minutes of her life and yet the most powerful. It unlocked the urge to be creative and devise her own sketches and shows.
We practice what we preach
Our Global Cause: Equal Hope, Respect and Opportunities for ALL.
We only have one priority – You.
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You.
Identity: Who are you, really?
Purpose: Why are you here?
Adventure: Fulfil the promise of your first few seconds, to ensure no regrets in your last
Your Organisation
No more endless, pointless, expensive ‘change Programmes’ – welcome instead to ‘Choice Programmes’ – and the choices are always yours.
An end to soft and fluffy, ‘slow coaching’ – everything we do is focused on your outcomes – what you want AND what you need.
Forget dependency driven, traditional Consulting. You not only have the right to be successful, you also have the right to know how to be successful, for and by yourselves. And it’s not your fault you haven’t achieve this, because no-one hasever shared with you exactly how to do it. We will.
Your World
The Next Business Age is not about ‘AI’ – it is about you – and each other. Welcome to The Age Of The Human Being, when we strip away the hype, jargon and mystery, to unleash all the Strengths, Passions and Genius that you already have. It is powerful, and the results are amazing.
