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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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Tag Archives: executive presence
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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Is Leadership Linked to Health & Wellness?
If you’ve ever struggled with diet, smoking, exercise or health problems, then you know what I’m talking about: changing or maintaining healthy habits is hard! I don’t care how smart or disciplined you are. It’s not easy for any of us. Many of the people who come to me for coaching struggle with health habits. [...]
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Are You Strategically Intelligent?
I’ve been talking about the five key elements of a leader who is strategically intelligent. There is no established assessment tool for strategic intelligence. In Narcissistic Leaders, author Michael Maccoby offers several questions that can help you self-assess your abilities as a strategically intelligent leader. The real test of a leader’s strategic intelligence is in [...]
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Leadership Self-Confidence: Do You Dare Show Vulnerability?
After my last post on the study that shows that leadership self-confidence succeeds better when it’s lowered, one reader reacted strongly. Maybe others did too, but didn’t speak up through the comments section. Let’s talk more about this issue of leadership self-confidence and executive presence. The real issue is vulnerability, for example, when you show [...]
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Leadership Success: In Praise of LESS Self-Confidence…
In business psychology, the prevailing wisdom has assumed that a high degree of self-confidence leads to promotions and leadership success. I recently ran across a blog post that disputes this assumption. (Image: FreeDigitalPhotos.net) Business psychologist Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic writes that new studies show that Less-Confident People Are More Successful (Harvard Business Review blog, July 2012). According [...]
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Gender Bias and Snap Judgments about CEOs
Ever since reading Malcolm Gladwell’s book Blink, I’ve become acutely aware of how quickly I make snap judgments about people. No matter how fair and unbiased I think I am, I notice myself forming opinions about people before actually talking to them. In fact, if you travel a lot, you may find yourself doing this [...]
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The Case for Emotional Intelligence in Leaders
Should we be concerned about how a leader’s emotional intelligence shows up (or not)? After reading the Steve Job biography, I’ve become curious about the impact of a leader’s style on business results. I’ve been hearing about EI/EQ for a long time, and my assessment partner has a set of EQ instruments that I’ve investigated. [...]
Posted in career, leadership, relationships Also tagged EI, emotional brain, emotional intelligence, EQ, leadership development 1 Comment
Wise Business Leaders: Who’s On Your List?
In my discussions with friends and colleagues about executive wisdom, I’ve come to realize how idiosyncratic our views of wisdom are. If beauty is in the eye of the beholder, then wisdom is even more so. Ask any of your people who their top five wise leaders are, you’ll likely get a wide variety of [...]
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Leadership Styles: It Takes Two to Tango
I’ve been doing some research on leadership styles and came across an interesting video on tango and leadership. It’s made by Ira Chaleff, who wrote a book about the other side of leadership: The Courageous Follower. I think the dance of tango is a good metaphor for the close interaction between leaders and followers, and [...]
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Leadership Trust: Who’s Behind the Mask?