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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: leadership challenges
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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Leadership Challenge: Immunity to Change
If you find change hard, you may yet underestimate how powerfully strong is the pull toward non-change. As good as our intentions are, we don’t realize how strongly we hold onto competing commitments that prevent us from making real and lasting change. It’s as if we have an immunity to change.
Some of my coaching clients [...]
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Leadership Problems: Clear Thinking
Clear thinking leads to decisive action. Too many leaders, however, rush to judgment and act before really examining the problem from all perspectives. In today’s organizations, if you’re dealing with simple and easy solutions, then you’re missing something. Problems are multifaceted and complex.
As I mentioned in a post last week, problems are both technical and [...]
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Generational Management:
What’s Good for Gen Y Is Good for All?
The idea of generational management was well expressed in Jamie Smith’s guest post this week. Maybe younger generations need to be managed differently than older workers. But I’m thinking, maybe not. Maybe we’re more alike than we think? (Photo credit Photostock)
For example, Ms. Smith mentions three ways leaders can help Gen Y in the work [...]
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The Need for Generational Management:
A Gen Y Business Student Speaks Out
This guest post is from Jamie Smith, who comments on my previous question, Does Gen Y Have an Attitude Problem?
Warning: Soap box! (Photo credit Photostock.)
I am guilty of being a part of Gen Y. That said, please continue to read my comment . I am working on completing my master’s thesis (and I’ve paid [...]
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The Backside of Leadership…
I asked a question about leadership competencies the other day and got a thoughtful response from a reader, worthy of sharing with you here in a new post. I’d like to stimulate your thinking on this topic — leadership competencies and values — and perhaps hear from you as well in the comments section.
In a [...]
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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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If Computer Games Make You Smarter,
Can Games Help You Work Better?
The evolution in workplace attitudes may be due in large part to the way computers and technology have affected our brains. Think about it: the newer generations began using computer games and digital technologies at early ages. It’s bound to have had a huge affect on how they learn, communicate and behave. (Image credit jscreationzs, [...]
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The Coming Shift in Age Diversity at Work
As we roll into the Thanksgiving holiday week/weekend, let me share what I am writing for my next newsletter, The Scholz Report, about age diversity at work, due out in December. (Image by digitalart).
Big changes are afoot and because of age diversity, things will never be the same in the world of work. I [...]
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Leading Gen Y and Beyond: Live with Integrity