Leadership coaching is ripe for some change. The days of leading mostly through in-person meetings are numbered. Instead, business leaders are more likely to set a course, problem-solve and inspire from behind a keyboard or by tapping out a missive on a smartphone. A whopping 95 percent of workers plan to use business communication tools over face-to-face meetings, according to a survey by uSamp Research.
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Is your marketing dead on arrival? It is hard to know where to compete in business these days. On one hand, we all want to stand out, yet on another hand we want to make sure that we get found in all the same keyword searches as our competitors. Thanks to this “surge of social” in the last decade, we all are being told to be visible online, create profiles, post to all of our social media accounts if we want to compete in today’s marketplace. (more…)
This past year has been a year of real growth for me. One of the biggest areas of growth has been around how my team and I share what we do with a potential enterprise buyer. As we all know, the profession of executive coaching has exploded in the past few decades. I remember how long it used to take for me to explain what I did for a living back in the mid 90s’s when I started Building Champions Inc. and today, everybody knows about executive and leadership coaching. Almost all high performing organizations leverage coaching relationships for their leaders. (more…)
Growing up as a TV fan in the ‘80s, I was forced to get comfortable with waiting. When my favorite show ended on Tuesday at 9 p.m. (like this one or this one), we were forced to wait 7 long days to see what happened next to the characters we loved. In that forced hiatus,… Read More
As 2020 comes to a close, Daniel Harkavy reflects on the year and shares the importance of creating a Life Plan. If this year has left you feeling off-course or adrift, it’s time to review, reflect, and plan.
Whether you lead at home or work, how you start and end your day plays a significant role in how you show up as a leader, a friend, and a partner. Principal Coach Dan Foster walks you through how to “bookend your day”, highlighting key elements to intentionally include in your morning and night routines… Read More
Let’s be honest: 2020 has been a challenging year. That’s not to say there haven’t been moments of triumph and opportunity, but for many of us our mindsets and perspective have been tested like never before. We’ve been forced to re-think our rhythms, routines, priorities and schedules, all while dealing with a tsunami of change… Read More
The need for wise and effective leadership is as great as it’s ever been. 2020 has been a tumultuous year necessitating many quick, yet crucially important decisions. Our sense of normalcy has been turned upside down as fears for our health, safety, loved ones, businesses, and bank accounts continue to rise. And now we are… Read More
Part I: Your Decisions & Influence In the first of a three-part video series, Daniel Harkavy explores how your decisions and influence affect everything from promotions to gaining and keeping the trust of your team and peers. Read Video Transcript
Dan Foster, Principal Coach at Building Champions, talks about the importance of transforming our beliefs in the journey to Becoming a Coaching Leader and shares six questions every coaching leader must answer. Watch Dan’s short video to learn how you can transform your beliefs.
Todd Mosetter, Vice President and Executive Coach at Building Champions, talks about strengths and weaknesses. Instead of the traditional way we think of strengths and weaknesses, Todd presents a new way to frame them that can help you destress and reenergize.
Over the past several months, most of us have found ourselves forced to re-work and re-examine our routines and rhythms, especially around how we start our days. With work and life and everything else being smashed together in new and challenging ways, many of our clients have found their morning routines disrupted and tested. Even… Read More