In an exciting departure from my normal format, I had the opportunity to visit with, and learn from, Gordon Tredgold.
Gordon is a highly acclaimed by Inc. 100 as a leadership speaker, an award-winning author, a recognized leadership guru and, most importantly, a Star Trek fan!
Gordon Tredgold is uniquely talented at quickly creating effective plans of action for corporations. He is renowned in the business world for delivering projects well ahead of their deadlines. The most prominent achievement in that realm was delivering a project valued at 30 million dollars in a sixth of the time it was estimated to take. The estimate was 18 months, he did it in 3.
Gordon’s Childhood Growing up, Gordon played rugby and enjoyed doing math. These were big inspirations for him as he progressed through life. Gordon was not a very large boy, and as such he had to rely on his intellect and strategic ability to win rugby matches. He learned that he could rally his teammates around a simple plan, and that as long as they really believed in it, they were successful more often than not. Furthermore, solving complex math problems also requires one to devise a plan and put it into action. So, this is an area where Gordon further sharpened those skills.
Early Career Gordon graduated from Manchester Institute of Science and Technology in 1984 with a bachelor’s degree in mathematics. Knowing early on that he was a brilliant strategist, Gordon felt that he could make a name for himself advising companies, particularly, IT companies. He excelled quickly and began taking on more and more complex projects voluntarily.
His Books Gordan is the author of FAST: 4 Principles Every Business Needs to Achieve Success and Drive Results. In this book, he details how he has been successful and what is unique about his approach to problem solving and strategy development. He also wrote _Leadership: It’s a Marathon Not a Sprint: Everything You Need to Know about Sustainable Achievements_where he describes his leadership abilities and details what skills, talents, and qualities are needed for a leader to be effective.
Gordon also gave a TEDx speech at TEDx Belfort. And he did it in French!!
Connect With Gordon
Website: https://gordontredgold.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/gordontredgold/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GTredgold/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gtredgold/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/gtredgold/
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