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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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Attitude Is Everything in Summer of 2011
The Summer of ‘11: Some days you hardly know where to begin… the economy’s a rough roller coaster ride and the heat’s unbearable. You’ve gotta have a good sense of humor and plenty of optimism if you want to survive. Attitude is everything.
How do you keep cool in spite of it all? I mean mentally [...]
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How Wisdom Differs from Intelligence
Here’s an interesting story I picked up reading about wisdom and intelligence and the differences between the two (Wisdom by Stephen S. Hall). The renowned psychologist and academician Robert J. Sternberg developed a comprehensive theory of human intelligence as a professor over more than thirty years at Yale.
In a nutshell, he proposed that successfully intelligent [...]
Posted in career, executive leadership, leadership, learning Also tagged leadership development 1 Comment
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 [...]
Posted in career, coaching, executive coaching, executive leadership, leadership Also tagged business decisions, coaching change, coaching conversations, faulty thinking, leadership behaviors, success 1 Comment
How to Speak Up to the Boss and Be Heard
Speaking up to the boss is risky, especially if you don’t have a trusting relationship. If you’re not sure if you have the boss’ trust and respect, you’re going to need to work on this first. That’s where executive coaches can help.
But even if you’re sure you’ve got his or her respect, you still don’t [...]
Followers and Leaders: When the Boss Goes Nuts…
Have you ever listened to your boss and wondered if he or she’s gone nuts? Or maybe just a little off-track? Ever had the courage to speak up… and had it go well? It’s not easy to manage the boss, but they need your participation.
The more I listen to the stories my clients tell me, [...]
Business Success: Be More Positive than Negative
In business, levels of happiness and positivity create success. A positive brain has more intellectual resources. What’s needed is to improve your positive/negative ratio.
I never knew this, but it makes sense: in chemistry and physics there is something called activation energy: in order to catalyze a reaction, there is an initial investment of energy that [...]
The Positivity Zone in High Performing Teams
Positivity has attracted the attention of scientists in the last 15 years because of its link to health, long-life and success. Apparently there’s more to “being positive” than just feeling good. When practiced in business teams, it produces bottom line results. There is a specific positivity zone in which teams excel.
I’m reading about the power [...]
Leadership Effectiveness: Enhanced by a Dose of Humility
When Jim Collins conducted his research for Good to Great, humility was one of only two characteristics he found that distinguish great leaders: those who can lead top-performing companies from those who can transform their companies into great performers. (The other trait was intense professional will, or fierce resolve.)
Level 5 Leadership: Leaders are humble, but [...]
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Leadership Proficiency: How Clear Is Your Thinking?