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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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What Should Leaders Do When Trust Is Broken?
What should you do when trust is broken in your company? Given the rapid and uncertain business climate we’re in, it’s no wonder leaders can say the wrong thing in haste, or even the right thing but in the wrong way at the wrong time. When that happens, trust is broken. It takes years to [...]
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How to Fix a Leadership Trust Deficit
Why do 9 out of 10 leaders rate so poorly on measures of trust? Whether or not your leaders are trustworthy or not, it doesn’t take much to create an atmosphere of mistrust. But the solutions aren’t as complicated as one might think. To improve your connection to people and build confidence in you, try [...]
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Leadership Trust: Who’s Behind the Mask?
Even the most competent managers and leaders will suffer a trust deficit if they fail to communicate well with their people. Misguided communications are a big cause of lack of perceived trustworthiness in bosses. And in the work I do coaching people in organizations, it doesn’t take much to fuel the flames of mistrust. Business [...]
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3 Leadership Trust Questions to Ask
There are three different forms of trust, according to “The Enemies of Trust,” a February 2002 Harvard Business Review article by leadership experts Robert Galford and Anne Seibold Drapeau: Strategic trust—the confidence employees have in the people running the show to make the right strategic decisions. Do top managers have the vision and competence to [...]
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Trust: Why Some Companies Outperform Others
You probably assume that because you’re trustworthy, the people who work for you trust you. But that may not be true, according to worker surveys. And it could be a cause of poor business results. A Watson Wyatt Worldwide study of 12,750 U.S. workers in all major industries found that companies with high trust levels [...]
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Leadership: Whoever Tells the Best Story Wins?
Do you know people who can masterfully tell the right story at the right time? Quite often, the best storytellers become our managers and leaders. Stories are the single most powerful tool in a leader’s toolkit. ~ Howard Gardner, Harvard psychologist Even if you have no designs on becoming a CEO or leading a division, [...]
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