The Building Champions Leadership Development Blog
Drawing upon their decades of leadership experience — and the hundreds of conversations they have each week with leaders across the country — our team of coaches deliver insights, strategies, and tips to help you improve how you lead and live.
Three Barriers To Curiosity And How To Overcome Them
One thing is for certain: curiosity is given a lot of lip service; leaders say they value curiosity. They have good intentions. But in reality, most leaders stifle curiosity. What is the main reason for this “mild to extra strength” stifling? The nagging fear that if curiosity is allowed it will increase risk and inefficiency. Too many leaders unintentionally devote their thought and practice to sustaining status quo thinking. This erodes their ability to exercise curiosity, not to mention poor modeling of curiosity for their team and company.
4 Steps To Create A Plan That Helps You Stay Focused On Achieving Your Goals
In times of uncertainty and change, it’s normal to feel overwhelmed by the things we can’t control and just have to accept. At Building Champions, we know you want things to be different - you want to live and lead with purpose, bringing your best to every day. In order to do that, you need to focus on what matters most and the things you can control and influence.
4 Ways Confident Leadership Helps Everyone
Successful leadership is about more than just measurable accomplishments. Great leaders also improve employee retention, build trust among their teams, create strategic plans, and empower individuals to grow in their own leadership skills. In this article, we’ll take a closer look at a few ways a confident leader’s actions and attitudes benefit their whole company.
How To Lead Outside of Work
The desire to be purposeful and intentional in all areas of our life and business is what makes us uniquely human. Unfortunately, very few people have the courage to admit when they are struggling to lead outside of work. Smaller is the group of people that admit it, seek help, and actually take action to improve their leadership outside of work.
The 5 Core Competencies of a Great Leader and How to Practice Them
Being a great leader is about more than just getting results. Although stakeholders might judge performance based on quantifiable results, your team will judge you on your leadership influence. In this article, we’ll look at the five leadership skills that every good leader should practice day in and day out
5 Steps To Achieve Personal Success
The most successful leaders are those that move from intention to action. They see who they want to become as a leader and they take the steps necessary to achieve their vision. At Building Champions, we believe that great leaders know they’ve never truly arrived and are humble enough to admit there is always room to grow and improve. In this article, we’ll take look at five steps you can take to achieve personal success while increasing your impact on those you love, lead, and serve.
How To Make Change Stick
Change can be hard! Which is probably why so many us struggle to make the change we seek stick long-term. In this virtual coaching tip we share two best practices to help you break this trend and help you achieve success!
Developing A Vision-Focused Corporate Strategy
Your vision is at the heart of everything you do. Learn how to let that vision guide your corporate strategy and help you achieve organizational goals.
5 Benefits of Having a CEO Mentor
Every great leader has a coach or mentor. They have someone who pushes them to think one step ahead or train a little bit harder than their competition. Because even when you think you’ve reached your full potential, there’s always a little further you can go.
Are You Contagious?
We are all contagious as leaders. Our words and actions have a direct impact on those we love, lead, and serve. But something else does as well, our feelings. How we feel each day also impacts those around us. Are your feelings helping or hurting your leadership?