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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: July 2012
3 Reasons to Grow Talent You Have Into Leaders You Need
I received an email from Kyle Lagunas of Software Advice directing me to an excellent blog post he wrote about developing leaders from within a company. I’d like to share it with you here: Hello Chip, I recently read a compelling quote by Neil Nicoll, President and CEO of YMCA: “Until [we] become much more intentional […]
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The Pervasive Nature of Leadership Self-Deception
The secret of rulership is to combine a belief in one’s own infallibility with the power to learn from past mistakes. ~ George Orwell As much as we’d like to believe that we’re rational human beings, we can all too easily mislead ourselves. Self-deception is a process that encourages us to justify our false and […]
Meetings: Can We Really Thin Slice Accurately in Two Seconds?
Forming first impressions accurately can be essential in business meetings, especially in sales. But making poor snap judgments because of unconscious biases can be disastrous. The idea of “thin slicing” — sizing someone or an event up in the first two seconds — became popular with the publication of Malcolm Gladwell’s book Blink: The Power […]
Posted in career, communication, leadership, relationships Tagged decision-making, faulty thinking, relationship building, snap judgments 3 Comments
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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Customers “Like” Social Marketing
Most CEOs hope a stronger focus on customers will protect them from eroding profit margins and commoditization. When companies concentrate on customer relationships, they usually devote most of their attention to CRM technology that monitors customer satisfaction. But getting closer to customers is not a matter of installing better CRM systems or simply measuring satisfaction […]
Social Media: Sink or Swim with Customers?
If your company hasn’t jumped on the social media bandwagon yet, It’s probably missing opportunities to connect with customers in new ways. Information technology is reshaping the company/consumer relationship, often bringing benefits to both. The misuse of technology, however, can erode customer care. In the work I do with organizations, I’ve heard more than a […]
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Empathy: When Leaders Lose Touch with Customers
What happens to companies when they focus on the numbers, instead of what customers want? Lack of empathy can lead to a company’s demise. Some business executives dismiss the need for empathy, favoring the more concrete and defensible virtues of rational analysis. They have a point. So did Blockbuster executives when faced with Netflix’s debut. […]
Posted in career, executive leadership, leadership, relationships Tagged communications, customer relationships, empathy, focus 1 Comment
What Do Your Customers Need Next?
Do you ever wonder how we managed before smart phones and tablets? Everywhere you go people are texting, talking, and web searching with a mobile device. Or listening to music on a miniature MP3 player. (Photo: Freedigitalphotos.net) It’s worth noting that Sony cofounder Akio Morita and Apple’s Steve Jobs never commissioned market research. Instead, they’d […]
Leadership Self-Deception:
Are You “In” or “Out” of the Box?