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.

Leaders Must Be Lifelong Learners
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Leaders Must Be Lifelong Learners

Leadership is a journey, and successful leaders know that they’ve never truly arrived and are humble enough to admit there is always room to grow and improve. Watch this coach video tip with Genena Armstrong - she shares her experience and wisdom on the importance of being a lifelong learner.

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4 Tips to Improve Your Virtual Leadership
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4 Tips to Improve Your Virtual Leadership

At Building Champions, we know you don’t have to be in the same room as your team to help them develop their full potential. You do, however, have to make an effort to engage, empower and support them. In this article, we’ll look at the key skills every virtual leader needs and four ways you can help your team succeed.

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5 Steps To Achieve Your Leadership Development Goals
Dan Foster Dan Foster

5 Steps To Achieve Your Leadership Development Goals

For over 25 years, we’ve worked with leaders, at all levels, using a five-step process to help them create and achieve their development goals and increase their leadership effectiveness. This process works for individuals, teams, and organizations who are looking for a process to help them move from where they are to where they want to be in the future. Let’s take a look at each of the five steps.

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7 Warning Signs Your Employees Are Burnt Out (and Tips to Prevent It)
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7 Warning Signs Your Employees Are Burnt Out (and Tips to Prevent It)

Everyone has experienced burnout—whether in your personal life or at work, the feelings are similar. Agitation, exhaustion, even physical illness are all symptoms of working beyond your capacity. And in today’s world, more people are pushing their limits and suffering the consequences.

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5 Strategies For Leading Your Team Through Uncertainty
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5 Strategies For Leading Your Team Through Uncertainty

There may never have been a more difficult time to lead a team than today. Our world has become uniquely volatile (Ukraine), uncertain (COVID), complex (social media), and ambiguous (culture wars). Talent shortages, supply chain issues, inflationary pressures, and rising interest rates are only a few of the many challenges leadership teams are facing. Is it any surprise that burnout is pervasive among employees and leaders alike?

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