231: Leadership Mistakes Destroying Your Succession Plan with Chip Scholz, Scholz and Associates
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Laurie Barkman and Chip Scholz discuss the leadership mistakes that can undermine business succession plans.
"There's a time when an exit is going to be inevitable — there may not be a time certain, but there is a time." Host Laurie Barkman reunites with Chip Scholz, founder of Scholz and Associates and author of Small Decisions, Big Shifts and the upcoming Handoffs, for a deeply personal and insightful conversation about the hidden leadership mistakes that quietly destroy business succession plans. Chip has spent nearly 30 years coaching executives and family business leaders through some of the most complex transitions in business — and he first met Laurie 13 years ago when she was a CEO candidate in a third-generation family business. Together they explore what great leadership evaluation looks like, why founders hold on too long, how hubris silently collapses delegation and decision-making, and the three stages every leader goes through on the road to retirement. Chip shares what he's learned — and what he's still learning — about the small decisions that ultimately create the biggest shifts. Key Insights Culture fit is the foundation of every great leadership hire. T he best organizations are people-oriented and performance-driven — in that order. When performance leads and people…
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