Entrepreneur, Wealth,Business and NLP Coach, Gordon Burke’s story is one of transformation and constantly pushing his own boundaries of personal success. Leaving school at 16 to start a career in the telecommunications industry,his first business began when he was 18 in property maintenance, he bought his first property at 20. By 40, Gordon had created 12 businesses and climbed the corporate ladder, held senior executive roles in the corporate sector and built a substantial investment portfolio.
Gordon’s startups were in various industries, Construction, Security, Finance, Hospitality, Serviced Apartments, Investment Trusts, Property Development.

Gordon has found the key to lasting success is through self reflection, and really knowing yourself.
He has spent a lifetime focused on 1. Business. 2. Wealth Creation. 3 Knowledge Acquisition. (He loves to learn and even more to share his knowledge with others).

FAVOURITE QUOTES
Warren Buffett wisely says “Do not expect to manage money or people until you can manage your emotions”.
“An Investment in knowledge pays the best interest”. – Benjamin Franklin
“Every journey starts with a single step, Your READY take your first step today!.” – Gordon Bourke
KEY POINTS

• Personal Development as a key ingredient for success
• Importance of resilience in business and life
• Automating your business and scaling
• Keys to Serial Entrepreneurship
• Other People’s Money, Other People’s Time, Other People’s Resources
• Start with What you Know and Let it Grow
• Business is about solving a problem and then serving more people and scaling

RESOURCES

• Gordon Burke Linkedin – https://www.linkedin.com/in/gordonburke
• Gallop Strength Finder – https://www.gallupstrengthscenter.com/

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Mark Dick is the Director of LinkedIn Sales Solutions in ANZ. He works with a team dedicated to transforming the process of sales into social selling by utilising the newest technologies and advancements in social networks. Passionate about helping organisations accelerate their results, Mark is responsible for leading and developing high performance SMB and Enterprise sales teams to deliver customer success.
Before his current role, Mark led LinkedIn’s Global Sales Development team in San Francisco, supporting the talent and lead pipeline of all 3 of LinkedIn’s business lines. Mark was also one of the founding team members of LinkedIn in Australia.

KEY POINTS

• What successful selling behaviours looks like today
• Are sellers changing fast enough ? Which industry are early to adopt ? Which have been slow ?
• What advice would you give to somebody just starting up in their sales career today ? Do you have a actionable steps ?
• What would you say to a sales exec who has an old school manager ? How can he educate the older manager?

RESOURCE LINKS

• Linkedin Sales Navigator – https://goo.gl/2kP2KR
• How Buying Has Changed and What this Means for Sellers – https://youtu.be/0pAGSkBiQgo
• How LinkedIn is Transforming Business – https://goo.gl/CkMXXR

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