Founder and CEO of the Castle Probably more than 30 years Experience in the financial industryBut he said that even then, he still spends part of his time on development His knowledge of the industry.
This is his key advice to his audience S&P Global Rating Podcast In an episode aired this week. Griffin encourages The audience will never let go of the “textbook”.
Griffin spoke with Martina Cheung, CEO and President of S&P Global: “You should read books about the areas you are working on.
“We hire countless smart undergraduates, some of whom believe that when you graduate from college, you’ve finished reading textbooks. There’s actually nothing further away than that.
“It is very important to always immerse yourself in the literature – whether you publish literature about academic networks, you can do it through Google Scholar, I can’t tell you how many S&P books I’ve read over the years and how to think about credit risk because we’ve invested for 35 years. ”
The man is worth more than $45 billion Forbesthe goal should always be “Current” knowledge of the work that an individual is working on.
“By the way, if you’re not interesting, you chose the wrong career. It’s simple,” Griffin continued. “If you are in the early stages of your career and find yourself not interested in reading books about your field, choose a new career.
“Especially in the United States, it’s totally good, like no one will judge a completely different field from one career to the whole 20s.”
Zhang responded that she believes she has fewer careers and is more like a climbing wall, while people may move sideways, up and down to improve.
This nonlinear series of steps allowed her to Build expertise and leadership experience She added, across the team.
Griffin believes that changing career paths are not only wise for some, but also useful for your ultimate goal: “Maybe we can reframe, and this is the experience that one needs to lead a global business is experience, and if you are in a narrow vertical aspect throughout your career, you are unlikely to gather.
“So when you go abroad, when you switch to other areas, you need to learn new skills, which is what you want to those who decide who will take on leadership positions, you have the agility and flexibility to take on new challenges and new issues.”
Top readings by Griffin
Every year many world leaders, business tycoons and tech giants share their top readings.
Is it Bill Gates? or Barack Obamahopefully copying the successful young people of powerful people is not uncommon in the reading list.
But Griffin suggests that there is only one book that everyone should read: Jim Collins’ “Good vs Great.”
“This is a lot of very important little episodes that people have to know when running a business,” explains Griffin, 56. “So, for example, one of the key parts of this book is building a team… having the right people sit on the bus, getting the wrong people off the bus, and once you have the right people around you, you can take the bus anywhere.”
