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.
How to Set Professional Boundaries That Protect your Well-Being
Setting boundaries is vital to protect yourself against burnout. Organizations should promote and respect healthy boundaries in the workplace, but if yours doesn’t, then you need to know how to set them for yourself. In this blog, we’ll look at the importance of setting boundaries and give you some practical tips for learning how to protect yourself from the “hustle culture.”
The Power of Perseverance in Leadership
Leadership is a tough job. It requires a cool head and a firm commitment to your organization even through a crisis. That’s why perseverance is a critical skill for every leader. In this blog post, we’ll teach you the key traits of a persevering leader and how to develop your personal attitude and skills to support perseverance in your career.
You Can Choose Your Mindset
If we understood the power of our words, the power of every negative thought we latch onto and believe, we would consider differently the words we say, the thoughts we tend to, and the stories we tell ourselves about the circumstances of our lives.
To Become a Leader, You Must Advocate for Yourself
Becoming a self-advocate means being willing to speak up for yourself in the workplace. If no one knows you want to lead, then they don’t know to consider you when opportunities arise. Even though it can be scary, advocating for yourself is crucial to reaching your career goals. And we’re here to help.
Your Guide to Leadership Succession Planning
Leading an organization requires a special blend of skills. You need core competencies that get the job done, behavioral habits that instill trust and respect in your team and a fundamental alignment with your organization’s mission and values. Finding outside hires that meet these criteria takes significant time and effort, and sometimes even a little luck. In this blog, we’ll discuss exactly why you need a leadership succession plan, how to create one and how to develop a new generation of company leaders along the way.
5 Challenges Female Leaders Face and How Your Organization Can Overcome Them
Many organizations are experiencing the “Great Breakup” as many female leaders face unique challenges in the workplace and are leaving companies to find ones that meet their needs. Women leaders face challenges like stereotypes and unequal treatment as they try to climb the corporate ladder and secure leadership positions in their organizations. For many women, these challenges make it difficult for them to reach their full career potential.
How to Give Effective Feedback to Employees
Feedback is the key to growth, no matter what level you’re at in your career. It helps you grow, highlights areas of improvement and gives you direction about what competencies to focus on moving forward. However, many people are resistant to feedback. As a leader, it’s your job to provide feedback to your employees. This requires tact and emotional intelligence. In this article, we’ll look at why feedback is so important and how you can give better feedback to your team members.
The Importance of Emotional Intelligence in Leadership
Leading a team isn’t just about the bottom line. It’s about more than numbers, data and results. It’s also about the relationships you have with your team members. Good leaders understand that every person on their team is an individual with their own goals and motivations. In this blog, we'll discuss what makes someone emotionally intelligent, the benefits of this skill and how you can develop and implement it in your own leadership.
Building Millennial Leaders: How to Develop Core Competencies in Young Leaders
Millennials want to flip the script when it comes to company culture. They’re tired of seeing the negative effects of hustle culture and are ready to start motivating team members to reach their full potential. In this blog, we’ll discuss how millennial leadership styles are different from the traditional model, what that means for your company and some leadership development tips for these emerging professionals.
5 Best Practices for Delegating Leaders
Developing a delegating leadership style takes time and trust. You have to learn how to let go of the little things and have confidence in your team to accomplish higher-level projects on their own. This not only frees up your time to focus on the big picture; it also shows your team that you believe in their skills and support their professional development.