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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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Monthly Archives: January 2012
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 […]
Posted in career, coaching, communication Tagged appreciation, coaching conversations, communications, positive emotions, positive feedback 1 Comment
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 […]
Posted in career, executive leadership, leadership, learning Tagged coaching conversations, leadership development, personal leadership 1 Comment
Self-Compassion: Everyone’s Secret Strength
One of the advantages of executive coaching is that it provides a private opportunity to discuss things you wouldn’t bring up anywhere else. Sometimes clients reveal how harshly they judge themselves in our coaching sessions. It always surprises me, especially with some of the highly accomplished people I have the privilege of working with. Young […]
Posted in career, executive coaching, leadership Tagged coaching change, core values, leadership development Leave a 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. […]
5 Personal Leadership Questions to Ask Yourself
How can you tell if you need to change? You may be going along, doing alright, sans problems, but you know you could be doing better. If you want to keep your personal leadership skills honed, you’ll need to adapt quickly and continually to meet reality. What are five personal leadership questions you can ask […]
Posted in career, coaching, leadership Tagged change, coaching change, leadership behaviors, leadership development 1 Comment
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 […]
Posted in career, coaching, communication Tagged change, coaching change, coaching conversations, goals 1 Comment
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, […]
Posted in career, coaching Tagged changing minds, coaching change, coaching conversations, 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 […]
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 […]
Leading Gen Y: 3 Lessons for a Meaningful Career