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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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Leadership Is Changing: Are You?
As I read through the many comments about leadership and managing younger generations on LinkedIn, I’m reminded of that old French saying, “The more things change, the more they remain the same.” The younger employees are different, and workplace attitudes are changing, but they’ve always been changing. (Image by digitalart, freedigitalphotos.net)
Leaders and managers have always [...]
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Leading Gen Y: An Interview with a Gen X Entrepreneur
How can Boomer managers and other leaders understand Gen Y better? I recently caught an interview with Greg Hartle, Leading Gen Y: the Secrets Every Leader Must Learn.
Greg Hartle is an interesting entrepreneur from www.tendollarsandalaptop.com and here are a few selected excerpts from his interview with Lisa Petrilli, on C-Level Strategies blog.
“To me, the biggest [...]
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Success: The Secret Energy Force Behind It
I’ve been laying out a success formula for life and career through Clarity, Intention, Attention and Focus. These are the four keys my co-authors and I talk about in our latest book, “Do Eagles Just Wing It?”
By writing down specific intentions you get clarity, and then you identify the critical success factors and waypoints that [...]
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The SMART Way to Plan for Success in Life and Career
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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Executive Resilience: Brain Training with Meditation
Have you ever said something you wished you hadn’t? It flies out and before you know it you’ve got a fire to deal with. It happens often enough. Some people are good at mopping up. Others not.
Some people bounce back from skirmishes faster than others. Others hold on to things they’ve said or wished they [...]
Why Smart People Make Stupid Mistakes
In my post last week about executive wisdom, I mentioned that intelligent, well-educated people are particularly susceptible to five fallacies that stop them from making wise choices and actions.
You can read more about these fallacies in Robert J. Sternberg’s book Why Smart People Can Be So Stupid (2003), but I will summarize them here:
The unrealistic-optimism [...]
Management with Positive Psychology: Smile
I’m intrigued by some of the latest findings from the study of positive psychology. In particular, they’ve discovered three things can predict 75% of your success at work (the other 25% depends on your intelligence):
How well you’re able to manage your energy and stress levels in a positive way so that your stress activates you [...]
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The Progress Paradox: Doing Better, Feeling Worse
There’s something called a “progress paradox” that’s been evolving for some time. As a society, we’re doing more yet feeling worse. Executives are well paid, yet almost never satisfied. We accomplish plenty… and lack feelings of satisfaction and well-being.
Let me explain. According to some experts I’ve been reading online, every metric of society is improving [...]
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How Stress and Play Create Peak Performance
Is it up to managers to create optimal conditions for peak performance? I don’t think they are responsible for everything, of course. In my last post about the importance of play (The Road to Peak Performance is Paved with Play), I suggested managers ask open-ended questions to encourage playfulness and creativity.
Can you do that and [...]
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Leadership Challenge: Immunity to Change