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Chip Scholz writes and speaks about the transitions that quietly shape a life.
An executive coach, author, and storyteller, Chip has spent nearly three decades helping leaders navigate growth, uncertainty, reinvention, and change. Along the way, he discovered that the biggest leadership challenges are rarely about strategy. They are about identity.
After a career spanning sales, management, and public affairs, a late career layoff became an unexpected turning point. What could have been a setback became an invitation to rebuild, leading Chip to relocate his family, launch his own coaching practice, and redefine success on his own terms.
Today, his work explores a deeper question: What happens when the roles, titles, and accomplishments we've relied on no longer define who we are?
Through his books Small Decisions, Big Shifts, Every Dog Has Its Day, and Handoffs, Chip examines the lifelong journey from self leadership to wisdom, and ultimately to the ability to let go. Let go of control, certainty, status, and sometimes even the identities we've spent years building.
His message is both timeless and deeply relevant: the moments that change us are rarely dramatic. More often, they arrive quietly, asking us who we are becoming and what we are willing to release along the way.
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Chip Scholz writes and speaks about the transitions that quietly shape a life.
An executive coach, author, and storyteller, Chip has spent nearly three decades helping leaders navigate growth, uncertainty, reinvention, and change. Along the way, he discovered that the biggest leadership challenges are rarely about strategy. They are about identity.
After a career spanning sales, management, and public affairs, a late career layoff became an unexpected turning point. What could have been a setback became an invitation to rebuild, leading Chip to relocate his family, launch his own coaching practice, and redefine success on his own terms.
Today, his work explores a deeper question: What happens when the roles, titles, and accomplishments we've relied on no longer define who we are?
Through his books Small Decisions, Big Shifts, Every Dog Has Its Day, and Handoffs, Chip examines the lifelong journey from self leadership to wisdom, and ultimately to the ability to let go. Let go of control, certainty, status, and sometimes even the identities we've spent years building.
His message is both timeless and deeply relevant: the moments that change us are rarely dramatic. More often, they arrive quietly, asking us who we are becoming and what we are willing to release along the way.
Today’s guest: scholzandassociates.com
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About Chip: Chip Scholz is an executive coach, author, and storyteller who writes about how people grow, change, and eventually let go.
For nearly 30 years, he has worked with leaders and organizations navigating transition, uncertainty, and growth. Earlier in his career, he worked in sales, management, and public affairs, where he saw firsthand how easily identity becomes tied to roles, titles, and recognition.
A layoff later in life gave him an unexpected reset. He moved across the country with his family, started his own coaching practice, and began building a life centered less on status and more on usefulness.
Over time, his work and writing have come to focus on a simple progression. First, we learn to lead ourselves. Then life forces us to live what we know. Eventually, leadership asks something harder—letting go of control, identity, or the need to be needed.
That arc shows up across his books: Small Decisions, Big Shifts explores how change actually happens; Every Dog Has Its Day reflects what it looks like to live those changes; Handoffs examines what it means to release control and pass something on
Across all three, Chip returns to the same idea: the moments that shape us are usually quiet, and the work of a life is learning how to respond to them.