N. TAIWO

Niyi Taiwo is an author, a thought leader, a speaker, and a continuous improvement and organizational improvement expert and professional with over 25 years working with several Fortune 500 companies, governmental entities, as well as small-medium sized companies. His passion for developing ways to improve workplace culture and to continuously improve the way things are done led him to pursue a multi-year study, starting in 2005, on the all important topic of respect.

Niyi shares a belief that it is important in life to take one's body of skills, expertise, and business experiences and apply them in a manner that contributes to, and serves, the personal well-being of others. This approach dramatically multiplies the value of one's professional achievements in life.

This belief led Niyi to publish his first book, Respect: Gaining It and Sustaining It, in which he reveals his initial findings on his study of the topic of respect. In the book, he breaks down the components of respect and systematically reassembles them in sections, using the opportunity to reveal many fortunate aspects of his own life growing up, gaining a solid education, and launching a career. His presentation revealed a man who's journey to better understand the topic of respect confirmed his own qualities, character attributes, and values.

Subsequently Niyi went on to launch EKTIMIS, an innovative brand focused on "all things respect". The brand website - www.ektimis.com - has become a premiere online destination for personal, professional, and family development anchored around the sole theme of respect. The website features countless research-based principles and concepts governing respect - such as the "EKTIMIS Respect Model" - a visual illustration of the concept of respect; as well as "The Top Ten Laws of Respect" - a body of principles that govern the essence of respect, the factors that cause us to gain and lose respect, and the means of gaining and maintaining respect on a sustained basis.

In his most recent books, The Top Ten Laws of Respect (A Personal Guide), The Top Ten Laws of Respect in the Workplace (A Professional Guide), and The Top Ten Laws of Respect at Home (A Family Guide) Niyi presents these principles in a manner that inspires and that will reshape people's thinking forever. More books are planned in the coming months in advancement of The Top Ten Laws of Respect book series.

The EKTIMIS brand also features a growing collection of resources and tools that include books, respect-themed articles, as well as powerful and engaging visual artifacts (respect-themed framed pictures or artwork) that shape attitudes. These, and more, are all available at www.ektimis.com