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Our guest today is Chip Scholz, author of Author of Every Dog Has Its Day, Reflections of Life, Love and the Lathe
Over the course of a long career in business and coaching, he’s come to see that the moments that shape a life rarely arrive with fanfare. They show up quietly—in family conversations, unexpected detours, and even in a woodshop, shaping a piece of maple. His work explores how those small moments accumulate over time, changing how we see, how we live, and eventually what we’re willing to let go of.
BIO
Chip Scholz is an executive coach, author, storyteller, and student of handoffs—the moments when responsibility, identity, leadership, and eventually legacy pass from one person to another. For nearly 30 years, he has worked with leaders, founders, and organizations navigating transition, growth, succession, and change. Earlier in his career, he worked in sales, management, and public affairs, where he saw firsthand how easily identity becomes tied to roles, titles, ownership, and the need to be needed. 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 came to focus on a simple progression. First, we learn to lead ourselves. Then life asks us to live what we know. Eventually, leadership asks something harder—letting go, passing things on, and making room for what comes next.
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Author of Every Dog Has Its Day, Reflections of Life, Love and the Lathe Now Available on Amazon
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