David Taylor 
The Naked Coach 
Business Coaching Made Simple

Bestselling author David Taylor returns with his take on business
coaching. No fuss. No jargon. Just great ideas.

The Naked Coach is the back-to-basics book on coaching that will
make sense of coaching and place it back at the very heart of the
business agenda. It will make understanding, learning and teaching
coaching simple. The Naked Coach tells real, practical, fun,
exciting and above all else relevant stories that you can apply
straightaway. David Taylor strips away the hype, jargon and mystery
to give coaching a clear definition in all its forms, including
mentoring, training, facilitation and interventions of every kind.
The Naked Coach explains coaching without being patronising,
defines without being arrogant, and does it in a fun, accessible
way. It is coaching from a different perspective – yours.

The fundamental principle of The Naked Coach is to be yourself
– always. Find what works for you, and do it, again and again
and again. Remember. No fuss. No Jargon. Just great ideas.

Table of Content

Prepare ….

One: Coaching from a Different Perspective –
Yours.

1 You, Here, Now.

2 The Obvious Secret.

3 The Deal, the Decision and the Day-to-Day.

4 Hit or Myth?

Two: Self-Coaching – Applying The Formula to
You.

1 Know Where You Want to Go.

2 Know Where You Are Now.

3 Know What You Have to Do, to Get to Where You Want to Go.

4 Do it!

Three: Your Coaching Relationships.

1 Finding a Coach for Yourself.

2 You as Coach.

3 Coaching Upwards (Including CEOs).

4 One Team, One Vision.

Four: Be a Truly Authentic Organization.

1 The Future – Not What it Used to Be.

2 The Next Business Age – An Agenda of Hope.

3 Ten Challenges – A Thousand Choices.

4 The Perspectives.

Five: Coaching the World.

1 Life’s Most Persistent Question.

2 The 21 Days.

3 It Starts ….

4 The Answer’s Yes – What’s the Question?

Six: Fulfi lling the Promise of Your First Few
Seconds.

Hazel’s Journey.

Index.

About the author

For over 20 years, David Taylor has worked with people from
all walks of life; from Chief Executives to professional golfers,
FTSE 100 teams to charities, and with community and international
leaders. David has a host of credits to his name, including
Visiting Professor of Leadership at Warwick Business School and
Business Ambassador to The Prince’s Trust. He has spoken at some of
the world’s most prestigious events, from the Institute of
Leadership and Management to the Mandela Foundation. He has run
in-house events for companies ranging from Shell to Smith Kline
Beecham and Cisco to Tesco.

David has a circle of trust of many CEOs, HR Leaders and business
leaders in the UK and in many countries across the world. He has a
truly global reputation and his books have been translated in 14
languages. David has made regular TV and radio appearances,
including 5Live, BBC1 and the Today programme. Please visit
nakedleader.com for more information.