Monday Morning Coffee with Chip Scholz

Chip Scholz is the founder and head coach of Scholz & Associates, an executive coaching firm based in the Charlotte, North Carolina area. Raised in Wheaton, Illinois, he studied business at Illinois Wesleyan University, worked in sales and management, and spent about 10 years as a lobbyist for Browning-Ferris Industries until the company cut his position in 1998 during a week that saw 1,200 layoffs. Instead of looking for another corporate job, he launched his own firm, and for nearly 30 years he has coached CEOs, business owners, and their teams on leadership, hiring, and strategy while facilitating mastermind groups across multiple industries. After a stroke, he lost 110 pounds, made a full recovery, and found an unexpected teacher at the wood lathe, where woodturning became a lesson in patience, craft, and leadership. He is the author of Small Decisions, Big Shifts, Every Dog Has Its Day, and Handoffs, and he believes lives are shaped less by dramatic moments than by the small decisions we make every day.