Skip Prichard

DECEMBER 2, 2019

This project was born out of a workshop created by Kohler called “Innovation for Good,” which provides associates with the opportunity to harness their individual skills and collective knowledge to make the world a better place. I observed this power of mission-driven servant leadership multiple times during my career.

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Next Level Blog

SEPTEMBER 29, 2010

Over the past four years, Mad Men , with its lead character, advertising exec Don Draper, has become more and more popular as evidenced by ratings, buzz and marketing tie-ins. Both Draper and Gekko are consumed with their careers. This past weekend, Gordon Gekko was back in Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps. It's a time machine.

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Next Level Blog

AUGUST 11, 2010

Last Friday, Hewlett Packard announced that its CEO, Mark Hurd, had resigned after an internal investigation showed that he had submitted false expense reports related to time that he spent with a female marketing consultant to the company. One is that, until this week, Slater had an exemplary career with Jet Blue.

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Steve Farber

AUGUST 23, 2016

The airline was having enough trouble negotiating their pilot contracts let alone getting cooperation from the supreme powers that be, so I bugged out to wander the concourse and pump a little blood into my travel weary brain cells. Janice and I were old friends, and I had recently helped her out of a sticky career jam.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 1, 2019

Needing a way to capture and document this event, I recruited Dan Evans , our Chief Marketing Officer , to join me on a journey that would span over 42,000 miles on four continents ( 11 countries total, including stops ) to interview and record sessions with experts in the science and art of leadership. Casablanca, Morocco.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 27, 2013

I have met with, interviewed, emailed or tweeted with librarians, salespeople, educators, thirteen-year-old kids, marketers, technologists, consultants, business leaders, social entrepreneurs — from countries all over the world — who have an idea, want to go public with it, and, in some cases, build a sustainable enterprise around it.

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Next Level Blog

NOVEMBER 5, 2010

  When I met her, she walked into the room on crutches and stood and talked with me for 20 minutes about her career with the Army and her plans for the future. Thanks for your continued leadership and insights, safe travels back for Italy!   Each of them has an NMA which could be a mom, a dad, a spouse, a brother or sister.  

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 23, 2018

In addition to signaling a strong economy, a tight labor market typically improves job prospects for groups with fewer skills and less experience, including teens. For some teens, working has been replaced by other activities such as coding camps, preparing for academic tests, or travel — all of which look good on a college application.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 10, 2017

First, it’s important to understand where you are in your career. When you’re just starting out (in the work world or in a new career), it’s important to overindex on networking and meeting new people. In 2008, less than two years after starting my marketing strategy consultancy, I took a leap of faith.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 29, 2010

Okay, let me see if I understand this…a good coach doesn’t necessarily need any experience, but if they’re a really good listener, can restate what their client tells them, and ask a few good questions, then they can miraculously lead a client to the ah-ha moment that transforms their life and their career.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 19, 2014

New production, marketing, planning, and investment issues, requiring a careful look, come all the time. To be clear, I publish these plots because they are so utterly typical of the successful analyses I’ve participated in throughout my career. One possible explanation is that I was traveling most of those weeks.

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