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The 15 Minute Guide to a Successful Interview

N2Growth Blog

In this article, I will share the 15-minute guide to a successful interview. My name is Gordon Berridge , and I am the UK Partner and President at N2Growth , a global, multifaceted professional services firm. I would also love to hear stories from those of you who have had recent interview success.

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What Don Draper and Gordon Gekko Have to Teach Us

Next Level Blog

This past weekend, Gordon Gekko was back in Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps. The secret, as Don says, is to have a great name, look fantastic in a suit, look fantastic in casual wear, be uncannily successful at your job and blow people away anytime you say anything. Both Draper and Gekko are consumed with their careers.

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Leadership Matters

N2Growth Blog

Gordon Berridge: Our readers, with mining knowledge, will be will be familiar with the name Sam Walsh and Rio Tinto, but to provide a complete sketch of your background, would you please share a brief summary of your career history? I have been extremely fortunate to have had a very varied career. On with the interview.

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9 Things Positive Leaders Do

Leading Blog

J ON GORDON is a prolific writer. Gordon explains nine things positive leaders do. They understand that every day there are forces seeking to sabotage their culture and success, and so they work relentlessly to keep it strong.” He has written at least a dozen books on leadership that I am aware of. Culture is everything.

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3 Ways to Be a Positive Leader

Leading Blog

This is a guest post by best-selling author and speaker, Jon Gordon about the value of developing positive relationships with the people you lead. I know this well because early in my business career I was that kind of leader and I have had to work hard to change my approach. No one creates success alone. You are a hiker.”

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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. Those who are particularly successful have many more. Bacharach started his music writing career by taking 'work for hire,' tailoring songs to particular performers. Things that were not achievable in early careers are now yours to master. It’s all about evolving.

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What a Mechanical Shark Can Teach Us About Leadership and Innovation

Leading Blog

Nearly always, the process is an iterative one, full of trial-and-error, with more failures than successes. The difference between ultimate success and failure is the ability to solve these problems. Creating something new is almost never a simple matter of dreaming a thing up and then building a physical representation of that vision.