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.
Self-Leadership: The Key to Leading Through Change
Change is disruptive but can also be very informative. It can expose systems that are too dependent on one person, communication habits that only work in predictable circumstances, or poor leadership behaviors that become obvious during times of stress. And it can also reveal leadership effectiveness, both the decision-making and influence of a leader.
At Building Champions, we believe that self-leadership precedes team leadership. Our approach to leadership is grounded in the belief that what’s happening on the inside of a leader directly affects what others experience on the outside. And strong leadership during times of uncertainty requires the self-awareness, resilience, and clarity to respond intentionally when circumstances are anything but predictable.
In this article, we discuss three ways to lead yourself in the midst of change, challenge, and uncertainty.
The First 90 Days as a Leader: What Actually Matters
New to your role? Building Champions outlines what matters in your first 90 days as a leader, helping you build trust and establish a strong culture.
How to Build Executive Presence Without Changing Who You Are
Stop performing and start leading. Building Champions reveals how to build executive presence by embracing your natural style rather than mimicking someone else.
The Two Things Determining Your Leadership Effectiveness
Many leaders spend years trying to improve every area of their leadership at once. They work on communication, strategy, delegation, executive presence, time management, emotional intelligence, and team performance. And while each of those competencies matters, leadership effectiveness can often be simplified to two essential measures: the decisions you make and the influence you have.
Your decisions shape direction. And your influence determines whether people trust that direction enough to engage and execute. When these two areas are strong, leaders create clarity, alignment, and momentum. When one is weak, even talented leaders can struggle to lead effectively.
In this article, we’ll look at why leadership effectiveness comes down to decisions and influence, why leaders often struggle with clarity under pressure, how poor decisions compound over time, and why influence becomes the multiplier of execution.
How to Recover From Burnout Without Stepping Away From Your Role
Wondering how to recover from burnout without stepping away? Building Champions offers expert executive coaching to help you find balance and lead sustainably.
The Loneliness of Leadership: Why Founders Burn Out
Are you feeling isolated at the top? Building Champions helps founders navigate the loneliness of leadership and prevent burnout with expert executive coaching.
First-Time Leader? Here's What No One Tells You
Transitioning into management is tough. Building Champions shares essential advice for every first-time leader to help you build trust and empower your teams.
Performance Culture in Action
In this Coach Tip Video, Building Champions President Dan Foster explains why many organizations struggle to build a performance culture: they talk about it, but they haven’t clearly defined it. And without a shared understanding at the leadership level, performance culture can mean something different to every person.
Learn why creating a culture of performance starts at the top with a simple, compelling, and shared vision. Before leaders can build a strategy, cascade expectations, or hold teams accountable, they must first align around what performance culture means inside their organization.
If you’re a leader who wants to create greater alignment, accountability, and clarity across your organization, this video will help you take the first step and define performance culture.
From Founder to CEO: The Leadership Shift No One Talks About
The shift from founder to CEO can feel deeply disorienting. Discover how Building Champions helps you master this critical transition and scale your leadership.
Why Fast-Growing Tech Leaders Burn Out
Past growth shouldn't cost you your well-being. Learn why tech leaders burn out and how Building Champions helps you build sustainable leadership rhythms.