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.
Creating a Culture of Performance
Every leader wants a high-performing team, but not every leader knows how to create the environment needed to cultivate performance.
As a leader, you get the unique privilege to establish a healthy, positive, and thriving culture within your team, but it starts with your self-leadership. Your people are watching what you prioritize, tolerate, celebrate, and how you respond during seasons of challenge and uncertainty. And we don’t state that to create negative pressure, but rather to encourage you toward growth in your own performance, because if you want a team that performs with focus and purpose, you must first create the conditions that make that performance possible.
In this article, we share how to create a culture of performance by defining vision, connecting to strategy, setting clear expectations, modeling expected behaviors, and giving both regular feedback and encouragement. By following these steps, you too can create a culture of performance within your team and organization.
4 Reasons Plans Fail
In this Coach Tip Video, Building Champions President and Executive Coach Dan Foster explores why even the best plans can fail, and what leaders can do to stay aligned, focused, and accountable. Dan unpacks four common obstacles to effective planning: mindset, unclear goals, undefined disciplines, and lack of accountability. You’ll learn why your beliefs shape your behaviors, how clarity creates measurable progress, and why disciplined rhythms are essential for turning vision into action. If you’re ready to realign your goals and create a plan that helps you lead with greater purpose, this video is a practical place to start.
The Cost of Ignoring the Human Side of Leadership
Is your culture toxic? Learn the real business cost of one-dimensional leadership development and how Building Champions builds healthier organizations.
The Power of Reflection
Greek philosopher Socrates famously stated, “The unexamined life is not worth living.” And from this statement, we can infer meaning that to live a life without self-assessment, intentionality, and feedback would risk purpose, potential, and fulfillment. And that’s why self-reflection is so necessary for a human seeking purpose in both life and leadership. We all need course corrections and adjustments at times, but it’s impossible to know the changes needed if we don’t take the time to pause and reflect.
In this article, we discuss the power of reflection and the three key areas every leader must regularly reflect upon in order to be their best both personally and professionally.
What “Better Humans Make Better Leaders” Really Means
It's more than a tagline. Discover the core philosophy behind Building Champions and why becoming a better human is the absolute secret to great leadership.
Why Personal Growth Is the Foundation of Leadership
Professional skills are just tools. Uncover why emotional health and character matter most, and how Building Champions builds leaders from the inside out.
Why High-Performing Leaders Burn Out Without Whole-Person Support
Don't let your success destroy your health. Read why top leaders crash and how whole-person executive coaching from Building Champions prevents burnout.
The 3 Dimensions of Whole-Person Leadership (Mind, Body, Work)
Professional skills aren't enough. Discover how Building Champions coaches the 3 dimensions of leadership to prevent burnout and maximize team impact.
Building Trust as a Leader
Belonging is built on trust, and trust is shaped by how leaders show up every day. In this Coach Tip Video, Executive Coach Todd Mosetter explores the four questions employees are always asking their leaders—questions that influence whether people feel seen, supported, and safe enough to fully engage. Watch to gain practical insight into how intentional leadership fosters belonging and helps create healthier, higher-performing teams.
Belonging: The Antidote to the Great Detachment
Throughout the last few years, we’ve experienced the Great Resignation, quiet-quitting, and the Perk-cession, just to name a few of the buzzy terms assigned to workplace culture shifts. But for the last year or two, we’ve been wading through the Great Detachment. Employees are struggling to find contentedness in their roles, resulting in low levels of engagement and job satisfaction. And with economic fluctuations and increasing technological advancements, it makes sense that prolonged uncertainty and rapidly changing market needs could discourage employees from fully embracing their work.
So, what can be done about it? How do leaders help employees attach to their roles in a healthy way?
In this article, we cover the importance of belonging, how it can increase employee engagement, foster a dynamic organizational culture, and create an environment where people want to be.