No one wants to be fired by their family. That’s just awkward. And when an employee leaves, their manager shouldn’t act like one of their kids is abandoning them. That’s just unhealthy.

Instead, leaders should promote a culture of belonging—one where employees feel safe, accepted and valued and also receive opportunities to both grow and risk. And employees should have the bandwidth and initiative to build rich, full lives outside of the office. A job shouldn’t be requiring so much of an employee that it feels impossible to do so—if that’s the case, then a toxic culture red flag is waving.

In this article, we’ll share tips for leaders to build healthy organizational cultures where community is encouraged both in and outside of the office, and also, we’ll speak to the individual employee with recommendations on how to establish a healthy work-life balance that allows for a full and well-rounded life.

Have you ever been told you’ve missed a deadline when you, in fact, remember sharing or uploading the file? Have you ever felt like a failure at work even though your annual review indicates otherwise? Or have you ever felt self-doubt take over and limit you from doing your best work?

Well, if you answer, “Yes” to the above questions, then you may very well be experiencing gaslighting in the workplace. Gaslighting occurs in relational dynamics when someone begins manipulating another—and it’s not excluded from the office. In this blog post, we’ll share four steps to lead yourself through and out of gaslighting in the workplace.

What makes an organization transparent? And how does a company gain that sort of reputation? Well, it always starts with the top—the leadership. At Building Champions, we believe there are four questions your employees are subconsciously asking of you, their leader. In this article, we’ll unpack those four questions, and how by answering them you can create a high-trust environment where transparency is championed—so that your organization becomes known as a healthy, high-functioning and transparent company.

The world needs courageous leaders—especially courageous women in leadership. Women have innate strengths and unique skills that foster cultures of inclusivity, respect and productivity. There needs to be more space at the table for female leaders and we want to encourage women leaders to take up that space. In honor of Women’s History Month, we’ve launched our newest offering for Women in Leadership. We coach, celebrate and believe in women who want to make a positive and lasting difference in the lives of those they lead, love and serve. And, in this article, we’ll share five ways a courageous woman leads.

Most of us remember the Great Recession of 2007 – 2009, but your Gen Z (and even some of your Millennial) employees won’t have experienced firsthand this sort of shake-up in the business world. Many Millennials graduated college during the Great Recession, moved back home with their parents and struggled to find work. Some of your employees will remember losing their homes and some their businesses. If a recession does hit 2023, the people you lead may struggle with triggering memories from the last recession. In this article, the last in our how to lead during a recession series, we’ll share how you can proactively prepare your organization for a recession and how you can successfully lead through it.

We’re continuing our series on how to lead during a recession—and in this article, we’re focusing on how to lead your team. We’ll cover specific questions you can ask your team to help you brainstorm while in a recession and how to coach your team through three recession-induced issues. Our goal is to prepare you now before a recession (or slowcession) arrives so that you’re equipped to lead your team through uncertainty.

We’re kicking off a three-part series on how to lead yourself, your team and your organization during what seems to be an impending economic recession. Of course, it all depends on who you’re listening to and what you’re reading as to if a recession (or a slowcession) will hit 2023, but regardless of whether or not it happens this calendar year, we are still living and leading through a time where the threat of a recession is top of mind for many. And with inflation impacting the price of common household goods (like eggs), it can feel as though the recession is fast approaching. In this article, we’ll discuss three ways you can best prepare for a potential recession and how to lead yourself well during one.