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.
4 Key Areas of CEO Well-Being And How To Improve In Them
As a CEO you must lead by example when it comes to executive well-being. Remember people are always watching and listening to see how you handle yourself. You set the tone for your organization. Lead by example and the entire organization, your key stakeholders, and your customers will all benefit.
5 Best Practices For Creating A Great Morning Routine
The way your morning begins can set a pace and rhythm for your entire day—drastically affecting how you lead yourself and those around you. There will be days when you simply can’t follow your morning routine because life gets in the way. And that’s okay.
How To Be The (CSO) Chief Stewardship Officer For Your Organization
The idea of the CEO as the Chief Stewardship Officer (CSO) has the potential to provide near term benefit as well as long term value to the company and its stakeholders.
The 7 Perspectives Of Effective Leaders
Leadership today is as difficult as it has ever been. With the amount of change, uncertainty, and disruption businesses face, it can be nearly impossible for a leaders to stay on top of everything that comes their way. But rather than constructing an equally complex framework to navigate this environment, the key to effective leadership can be found by keeping it simple. Your leadership effectiveness will be determined by just two things: the decisions you make and the influence you have.
3 Things Every CEO Must Do To Lead Well In Challenging Times
In today’s continually challenging marketplace filled with uncertainty and exhaustion—people expect leaders to give them information, reassurance, and a plan. Yet, in times like the ones we are living, those three things are difficult to deliver. However, I’ve come to believe that no matter the crisis you find yourself leading through, your organization will benefit if you follow these three principles.
How to Recognize and Approach Advancement Opportunities in Your Career
How do you take your career to the next level? Learn how to identify career advancement opportunities and reach your professional goals using leadership skills.
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.