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Chip Scholz
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Chip Scholz is Head Coach of Scholz and Associates, Inc. He is a nationally recognized executive coach, public speaker and author. He is a Certified Business Coach and works with CEO’s, business owners and sales professionals across North America.
Chip has written for a number of business and trade publications. 2009 saw the release of his first book project, “Masterminds Unleashed: Selling for Geniuses.” His second book, with co-authors Sue Nielsen and Tracy Lunquist, “Do Eagles Just Wing It?” was published in 2011. His next book "Clear Conduct" is due in 2013.Do Eagles Just Wing It?
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Masterminds Unleashed: Selling for Geniuses
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On Self Deception, Congruence and Integrity
We are all masters in the art of self-deception. Congruence is something I seek in the people I meet and work with, and when it’s lacking, it disturbs me. I’ve been having discussions about this with colleagues over on LinkedIn, and want to share some valuable insights with you.
For example, I have a colleague who [...]
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Congruence: How Is It Important in Life and Business?
How would you define congruence? How is it important in life and in business?
A mouse click over to Wikipedia tells us this about congruency:
In Carl Rogers personality theory, the compliance between ideal self and actual self. See Incongruence.
In psychology and NLP (Neuro-linguistic programming), congruence could be defined as rapport within oneself, or internal and [...]
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Honesty vs. Integrity: What’s the Difference?
I think honesty is being true in what you say, while integrity is being true in what you do. Honesty is giving your word, integrity is keeping it. Leadership communications are important only so far as they match up with actions.
I asked members of my groups over on LinkedIn this question about the [...]
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Purpose: What Really Matters to You?
Here’s the question: “What advice would you give a young worker in order to have a truly meaningful career?”
This is interesting: I asked this over on LinkedIn and tallied up the responses into an informal poll.
The top advice was tied at 45% between these two answers:
Find your true purpose, do what you love and what [...]
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Leading Gen Y and Beyond: Live with Integrity
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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Feedback: Why Is Expressing Appreciation Hard?
Why is it that praising or expressing appreciation to people at work can be so awkward? Sometimes it can feel contrived, even disingenuous. Maybe we’re just not as good at expressing positive thoughts as we are negativity. Are we so entrenched in sarcasm and dark humor that the expression of authentic appreciation seems odd?
Tony [...]
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5 Personal Leadership Questions to Ask Yourself
How can you tell if you need to change? You may be going along, doing alright, sans problems, but you know you could be doing better. If you want to keep your personal leadership skills honed, you’ll need to adapt quickly and continually to meet reality. What are five personal leadership questions you can ask [...]
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What… or Who…Would You Change in 2012?
I asked this question over on LinkedIn, “In your work, what’s one big thing you’d like to change in 2012?” I was expecting people to respond with their goals and plans for the coming year. I was a little shocked … most of the responses were from people who wanted to change their clients, their [...]
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Resolutions: Self-Deception, Delusions, and Denial
We can be very clever human beings. When it comes to New Year’s resolutions, we are very good at self-deception, delusions, and outright denial. We are experts at excuse-making!
What happens when we come face to face with our own inconsistencies? It happens when broken New Year’s resolutions become far too apparent to ignore.
Or, it hits [...]
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Boomers and the New Youth Movement: Get Ready