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Leadership Insights: Interview with Skip Prichard

Skip Prichard, CEO of Ingram Content Group

Skip Prichard, CEO of Ingram Content Group

Today marks the start of what I hope will be a great series of interviews. I will be sharing interviews that I have done with exceptional leaders and the insights that they have shared with me.

I hope you will enjoy the first installment as I interview Skip Prichard, blogger and CEO of Ingram Content Group.

1. Joseph Lalonde: Would you mind telling my readers a little about yourself? Hobbies, aspirations, family, why you do what you do, etc…

Skip Prichard: I have to admit I stared at this question the longest.  I’ve never been comfortable talking about myself.  When I launched my leadership blog in late December, I had to write an “About Skip” section.  I was really pleased with how it read.  And then some good friends weighed in saying, “Skip, you wrote all about your company and not a thing about yourself.”  So, I rewrote it and made it more personal.  It felt about as difficult as writing this to you.  Read more...

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Answers To 2 Questions That Should Be In Your Networking Arsenal

Networking. It’s essential if you want to advance.

The bigger your network, the more connections you have. The more connections you have, the better the chance of landing a new job, advancing your career, forming a partnership, maybe even finding your spouse.

You have to do it and you have to do it well.

Image by Ludovic Bertron

You get prepared for the networking event by dressing to the nines. Grabbing your best briefcase. And freshening up.

But do you have the most important tool to effectively network? Jane Friedman gives us two essential tools for effective networking.

She recently published a post telling us what 2 questions you should memorize for networking events. The two questions come from Michael Ellsberg. They were great questions and I thought it would be fun to share my current answers on the blog.

So here we go:  Read more...