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.
Setting the Course for 2026
A new year always brings fresh goals, ambitious plans, and full calendars. But if the last few years have taught us anything, it’s that circumstances can change—and fast. What endures isn’t just what you do as a leader, but who you are while you’re doing it.
At Building Champions, we believe better humans make better leaders. And that belief isn’t just a catchy tagline for us; it’s how we’ve coached leaders for nearly three decades. So, as you look ahead to 2026, we encourage you to think about not only what you want to accomplish, but also the kind of human and leader you want to become in the process.
In this article, we share four practical ways to set the course for 2026 so you can grow as both a human being and a leader: clarifying your vision, building healthy rhythms and routines, committing to intentional development, and investing in others.
Overcoming the Barriers to Strategic Thinking
These days our phones, laptops, tablets, and (for some) watches are constantly buzzing with notifications, reminders, and messages. And even when our devices are silenced, the alerts are still there, awaiting our acknowledgement. When we operate from this state of constant reactivity, it can be hard to focus, get ahead of our to-do lists, and lead strategically.
In this article, we discuss three barriers to strategic thinking and how to address and overcome distractions, urgent requests, and a lack of vision.
Resilience to Results with Vision-Driven Leadership
If you're in the mortgage business and have been for at least the past three to five years, you're a working, practical definition of resilience. It's no surprise to anyone that the market fluctuates with respect to real estate in general, and the mortgage business in particular. We've all become accustomed to those fluctuations. However, the severity of those fluctuations, in recent years, has redefined market volatility.