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What Don Draper and Gordon Gekko Have to Teach Us

Next Level Blog

Over the past four years, Mad Men , with its lead character, advertising exec Don Draper, has become more and more popular as evidenced by ratings, buzz and marketing tie-ins. This past weekend, Gordon Gekko was back in Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps. Both Draper and Gekko are consumed with their careers.

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Leadership Matters

N2Growth Blog

In the text that follows you’ll hear Sam’s views on leadership, the state of the market, and you’ll be introduced to his retirement ambitions and the future challenges for the boardroom, following his return to Perth, Australia. I have been extremely fortunate to have had a very varied career. On with the interview.

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When No One's Hiring, Get the Job You Want

Coaching Tip

The job market is bad, really bad,” admits Ford R. Myers , President of Career Potential, LLC and author of GET THE JOB YOU WANT, EVEN WHEN NO ONE’S HIRING (Wiley; $19.95; June 2009). Since 1992, Myers has been providing professional services in career consulting and executive coaching. Therese Marie Boldt: Yes!

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The Disconnected Leader | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

You know the issue of sequestered executives is a real problem when it’s main-stream enough to be made into a prime-time Reality TV show. Great leaders champion from the front…they are not disengaged invisible executives. Share and Enjoy: View Comments [link] Gordon R. Thanks for stopping by and job well done Gordon.

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First Impressions | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

I actually prefer to play to the middle in that I am neither understated nor overstated, but I am comfortable with who I am and my approach to the market. Share and Enjoy: View Comments Gordon R. link] mikemyatt Thanks for your comment Gordon. Thanks for stopping by Gordon. Clogston Hi, Mike.

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The Big Picture of Business- Flip Sides, Second Acts and Successful Careers

Strategy Driven

It used to be said that people have three careers in them. Bacharach started his music writing career by taking 'work for hire,' tailoring songs to particular performers. We benefit from going back and learning from our own early Body of Work, assuming that we stratregized our career to be a long-term thing, as Burt Bacharach did.

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The Best Leadership Books of 2015

Leading Blog

Leadership BS : Fixing Workplaces and Careers One Truth at a Time by Jeffrey Pfeffer Leadership BS is a compendium of human nature. Blog Post ). H3 Leadership : Stay Hungry. Always Hustle. by Brad Lomenick Brad Lomenick reflects on his leadership journey in H3 Leadership. Building on three H’s— Humble (Who am I?) Blog Post ). Blog Post ).

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