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.
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.
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.
Leadership Burnout in Healthcare: Causes and Solutions
Healthcare leaders carry a unique emotional load. Discover how Building Champions helps executives overcome burnout and build sustainable leadership rhythms.
Creating a Culture of Performance
Every leader wants a high-performing team, but not every leader knows how to create the environment needed to cultivate performance.
As a leader, you get the unique privilege to establish a healthy, positive, and thriving culture within your team, but it starts with your self-leadership. Your people are watching what you prioritize, tolerate, celebrate, and how you respond during seasons of challenge and uncertainty. And we don’t state that to create negative pressure, but rather to encourage you toward growth in your own performance, because if you want a team that performs with focus and purpose, you must first create the conditions that make that performance possible.
In this article, we share how to create a culture of performance by defining vision, connecting to strategy, setting clear expectations, modeling expected behaviors, and giving both regular feedback and encouragement. By following these steps, you too can create a culture of performance within your team and organization.
Navigating Change in Healthcare Organizations as a Leader
Healthcare change management starts with you. Join Building Champions to explore how self-leadership and clear communication build highly resilient teams.
Physician to Leader: The Transition No One Prepares You For
Medical school didn't prepare you to manage people. Learn how Building Champions helps you navigate the complex physician-to-leader transition with confidence.
The Unique Leadership Challenges Women Face (And How Coaching Helps)
Women leaders face a unique set of systemic and internal barriers. Discover how Building Champions uses executive coaching to help female leaders thrive.
4 Reasons Plans Fail
In this Coach Tip Video, Building Champions President and Executive Coach Dan Foster explores why even the best plans can fail, and what leaders can do to stay aligned, focused, and accountable. Dan unpacks four common obstacles to effective planning: mindset, unclear goals, undefined disciplines, and lack of accountability. You’ll learn why your beliefs shape your behaviors, how clarity creates measurable progress, and why disciplined rhythms are essential for turning vision into action. If you’re ready to realign your goals and create a plan that helps you lead with greater purpose, this video is a practical place to start.