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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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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 [...]
Posted in career, chip scholz, coaching, leadership Also tagged building trust, clarity, congruency, executive communications, integrity, leadership development 2 Comments
Leading Gen Y: 3 Lessons for a Meaningful Career
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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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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What Books or Blogs Influence Your Personal Leadership?
What books, blogs, speeches or newsletters made a significant impact on you and your personal leadership goals in 2011? How will they impact your goals for 2012? For me, books provide a continual guide to growing my personal leadership.
I asked this question over on LinkedIn Answers and got some great suggestions for books and blogs. [...]
Posted in career, executive leadership, leadership, learning Also tagged leadership development, personal leadership 1 Comment
Self-Confidence: Everyone’s Secret Flaw
If you’ve ever worked with an executive coach, then you know what I’m talking about. In private coaching sessions, one of the biggest issues that comes up with clients, even for the smartest and most accomplished ones I work with, is lack of self-confidence. Just about everyone harbors self-doubt, even those who appear least likely.
Having [...]
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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 [...]
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 [...]
Posted in career, coaching Also tagged changing minds, coaching change, denial, self-deception 1 Comment
Leadership Challenge: Be a Better Listener
A big leadership challenge is how to become a better listener. I hear this from my coaching clients: many of them are aware they don’t listen well. This may be because most top executives are highly goal-oriented and have a winner’s attitude. While that’s good for most things in life, it gets in the way [...]
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New Year’s Resolutions: A Hard Look at
Competing Commitments
One of my favorite books over the Holidays was Immunity to Change: How to Overcome It and Unlock the Potential in Yourself and Your Organization, by Robert Kegan and Lisa Laskow Lahey. Last week I mentioned it in regards to New Year’s Resolutions. The authors make a very clear case for a hard look at [...]
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On Self Deception, Congruence and Integrity