Are your employees clear on what’s expected from them in their work? Do they believe that the work they do matters? Are they excited about helping the organization reach its envisioned future?

If you don’t know the answers to the above questions, then it’s time to find out—and help your employees get clarity in their role so that they understand the part they play in helping the organization reach its vision. In this article, we cover the importance of role clarity for both the employee and the leader, as well as share three steps to take to gain role clarity and increase employee engagement levels.

It’s a new year—rife with opportunity. And it’ll likely hold its challenges, as most years do, but it’s how you respond to those inevitable challenges that determine their impact, because you, and you alone, get to decide how you show up in 2025. As a leader, you have the privilege to not only create a vision for yourself but also for your team and organization too.

At Building Champions, we believe in the power of vision. We’ve seen countless leaders find success both at work and at home because of the compelling vision they set for themselves. And we believe our structure around vision can help you too. In this article, we discuss the importance of vision, summarize our framework for vision setting, and even share our free vision guide for you to download.

Do you find yourself saying yes to people, tasks, or events that you actually want to say no to? How often do you agree to something out of guilt or obligation? Do you give too much time and attention to people that want it without much leftover for those few in your life who actually need it?

If you answered yes to any or all the above, then it’s time to learn how to set and maintain boundaries. It can be difficult to even know where to begin when implementing boundaries which is why we’ve identified five steps to help you. In this article, we explain why boundaries are vital in life and leadership, and the five steps needed to help you create them.

For many of us, conflict is something to avoid. It’s uncomfortable and can even feel a bit scary if we don’t know how to navigate through it well. But there’s a cost to being conflict avoidant—and it’s usually the price of our own social well-being. To maintain relational health, we must learn to face conflict in a healthy manner because conflict isn’t necessarily bad, in fact, it might even be beneficial for a relationship.

In this article, we share three skills to master for effective conflict resolution so that you can find the opportunity in conflict and lead yourself well both in and through it.

Relationships can be tricky, can’t they? We all bring our own opinions, past experiences, moods, and emotions into each conversation and interaction that we have with one another, affecting the quality and the health of each relationship. And that’s why it’s so important that we understand how to lead ourselves well and how to show up well to those around us, because relationships are a gift. We get to influence people around us, and we can choose whether that influence is positive or negative.

Our overall well-being is impacted by the level of social interaction in our lives and the health of our relationships, so to lead yourself well, you must get clear on the social side of your life. In this article, we discuss why social well-being matters to our lives and leadership, and the three key components that make it up.

We all want to consistently reach our goals while remaining motivated, energized, and excited. But how do we make that happen? How do we lead ourselves in a way that will set us up for success in both life and leadership?

Well, to be a peak performer, you’ve got to focus on three critical areas. In this article, we discuss the mindset, routines, and skills of a peak performer, providing actionable tips to help you begin strengthening your performance so that you can be your best and give your best to those at work and at home.

At the end of the day, we all want to feel like we did our best work, but it can sometimes be an elusive feeling to achieve, can’t it? How do we find that sense of accomplishment, knowing that we did our best and achieved the results we were after? Well, it’s possible—but it requires first awareness and then effort.

In this article, we define peak performance, and share four steps to help you become a peak performer so that you can find success in your role, spend each day focusing on the right tasks, and experience a sense of accomplishment in both work and life. Peak performance is within your grasp, you’ve just got to get clear on how to reach it—and only you can make that happen.