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Leading Gen Y and Beyond: Live with Integrity

By chipscholz | Published: February 2, 2012

I asked the question over on LinkedIn, “What advice would you give a young worker in order to have a truly meaningful career?” I got an avalanche of responses which I’ll summarize in a later post. (Photostock Image) This question stimulated a lot of people to think and share their opinions. Here’s an interesting conversation I [...]

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Leading Gen Y: 3 Lessons for a Meaningful Career

By chipscholz | Published: January 31, 2012

As a leader, what three suggestions would you give to Gen Y people about living a truly meaningful life? Beyond making a living, what would you tell someone are the keys to creating a worthwhile career? I think it starts with answering the same question for yourself. What do you need to be doing to create [...]

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Note to Gen Y’s: Drive the Car, not the Tools…

By chipscholz | Published: November 10, 2011

I’m sharing with you some of the most interesting responses to a question I asked on LinkedIn: What’s remarkable about Gen Y workers? Kenneth Larson, Retired Aerospace Contracts Manager, MicroMentor Volunteer and Founder “Smalltofeds” As a small business counselor I have noticed the symptoms of the “Technology Monkey,” particularly among the younger Gen Y Entrepreneurs. (Photo by graur [...]

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What’s Remarkable About Gen Y at Work?

By chipscholz | Published: November 8, 2011

I asked this question about what people find remarkable about Gen Y at work, on LinkedIn, and sparked some interesting discussions about how Boomer managers react to younger workers (Gen Y or Millenials). I know for myself, a Boomer and parent, I have my own opinions coming from my own generational perspective and experiences. (Photo [...]

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Is Leadership Changing?

By chipscholz | Published: September 30, 2011

Someone asked me the other day if leadership is changing… if the skills required today for good leadership are any different than 20 years ago. Clearly, businesses are getting more complex, as are all organizations and governments. Are the guiding leadership principles the same? I just kicked off my 16th session of the North Carolina Institute [...]

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Barriers to Success: Negative Self-Talk

By chipscholz | Published: September 26, 2011

One of the biggest barriers for people in reaching their dreams — working through this process — is that they set unrealistic expectations of themselves. They have these grand visions of perfection… and it sounds like commitment, which is good, but in reality, this only sets up problems. When your self-image is limiting, when you’re not [...]

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Barriers to Success: Incongruence and a Bad Attitude

By chipscholz | Published: September 22, 2011

Clarity, Intention, Attention, Focus: That’s the way to create the life you want for yourself. But like any simple formula for success, there are all sorts of barriers along the path if you want to consistently implement clear intention, attention and focus. It can be simple, but certainly not easy. Even with the best plans on [...]

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The SMART Way to Plan for Success in Life and Career

By chipscholz | Published: September 8, 2011

Luck only gets you so far. In good times, anyone can get lucky. Right now, things are a little harder. Smart people don’t count on luck, they plan. Then they work hard and are ready when “luck” strikes. I’ve been laying out a success formula for life and career through Clarity, Intention, Attention and Focus. These [...]

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Golfing, Marriage and Bad Leadership Behaviors

By chipscholz | Published: August 29, 2011

What do married couples playing golf together have in common with bad leadership teams? You can guess, right? In many golf clubs, couple’s tournaments are very popular. But they can be painful. Golf can bring out the worst in married couples. I’ve even thought that if marriage counselors were smart, they’d start hanging out at couple’s [...]

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3 Ways Leaders Say More with Less

By chipscholz | Published: January 25, 2011

What do you think is the biggest organizational problem that leaders need to solve in today’s business environment? I think leaders have a hard job because they need to make sense of what really matters in clear uncertain terms. I love this book, Rules of Thumb. It’s so easy to pick up and open anywhere. According [...]