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LAURIE TAYLOR
· Laurie Taylor is visiting Professor in the Department of Politics and Sociology at Birkbeck College, University of London.
· He holds honorary degrees from the University of Nottingham and the University of Central England. He was made a Fellow of Birkbeck College in l996.
· His career before university included eight years industrial and sales experience with a major textile company. He also spent five years teaching in a London comprehensive school, four years as a librarian with Liverpool City Council and a year working as a professional actor with Joan Littlewood's Theatre Workshop.
· For the last fifteen years he has been heard on BBC Radio 4 in such programmes as Stop The Week, The Radio
Programme, News Quiz, and Speaking as an Expert.
· He can be heard on R4 presenting 'Thinking Allowed', a programme devoted to society and social change, and every Sunday evening presenting 'Room for Improvement', a programme concerned with the hundreds of ways in which we can improve our knowledge, skills and self-confidence.
· Laurie Taylor is the author of fourteen books on motivation, change, communication and personal identity.
· He wrote a weekly diary for the New Statesman and writes a weekly humorous column for The Times Higher Education Supplement.
· He is a regular contributor to The Guardian with a column on society and social change.
Keynote and After Dinner Talks on:
· Building Employee Motivation
- Countering Cynicism
- Dealing With Change
- Developing Leadership & Teamwork
- Future Trends in Business & Leisure
- Improving Communication
- New Ways of Selling & E-commerce
- Revolutionising the Workplace
- Rewards & Recognition Risk Taking
- The impact of New
Technology on Work, Home & Leisure.
- Understanding Customers
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