The Champion Leader

Reestablish the connection between your organization’s talent and its leadership In The Champion Leader: Harnessing the Power of Emotional Intelligence to Build High-Performing Teams, bestselling author Christopher D. Connors delivers an invaluable, inspiring discussion of how to adapt to the rapidly changing rules of engagement in the modern workplace. You’ll find out why so many employees feel disconnected from their leaders in today’s remote and hybrid working environments and how to address that disconnect. Connors explains how to prioritize one-on-one and team conversations focused on understanding employee needs, career development, and wellbeing to help foster a future-focused organization. He also walks you through how to maximize your emotional intelligence and enhance your leadership skills to assist in the development of a high-performing organization that delivers superior results. The Champion Leader also offers: Ways to build adaptability, assertiveness, and empathy in the pursuit of connection between your organization’s employees and its leadership Strategies for developing self-awareness of how you show up and model leadership for others in your organization Research-backed insights on how to improve your self-confidence to create a culture of camaraderie and connection Techniques for engaging with and supporting people to improve employee retention and recruitment The Champion Leader is an inspiring and insightful resource for managers, executives, and all business leaders seeking to become more emotionally intelligent for themselves—and to give that gift to everyone in their organization. The Champion Leader is an essential guide to solidifying your leadership foundation.

Have you ever wondered why some institutions start small and seem to explode within a matter of months? While others appear stagnant for the entire time that they are in existence? Champion Leaders points to effective leadership and examines the cause. Learn how to win at leadership by establishing the right relationships with followers, having courage to make tough decisions, and having a God-inspired vision. Seasoned, new, and aspiring leaders will find answers in Champion Leaders as to how the pursuit of excellence in leadership leads to great advantage. Winning is the ultimate result of Champion Leadership. Find out how to pursue excellence in all your endeavors and see the hand of God at work in your life!

Reestablish the connection between your organization’s talent and its leadership In The Champion Leader: Harnessing the Power of Emotional Intelligence to Build High-Performing Teams, bestselling author Christopher D. Connors delivers an invaluable, inspiring discussion of how to adapt to the rapidly changing rules of engagement in the modern workplace. You’ll find out why so many employees feel disconnected from their leaders in today’s remote and hybrid working environments and how to address that disconnect. Connors explains how to prioritize one-on-one and team conversations focused on understanding employee needs, career development, and wellbeing to help foster a future-focused organization. He also walks you through how to maximize your emotional intelligence and enhance your leadership skills to assist in the development of a high-performing organization that delivers superior results. The Champion Leader also offers: Ways to build adaptability, assertiveness, and empathy in the pursuit of connection between your organization’s employees and its leadership Strategies for developing self-awareness of how you show up and model leadership for others in your organization Research-backed insights on how to improve your self-confidence to create a culture of camaraderie and connection Techniques for engaging with and supporting people to improve employee retention and recruitment The Champion Leader is an inspiring and insightful resource for managers, executives, and all business leaders seeking to become more emotionally intelligent for themselves—and to give that gift to everyone in their organization. The Champion Leader is an essential guide to solidifying your leadership foundation.

Even among the most elite performers, certain athletes stand out as a cut above the rest, able to outperform in clutch, game-deciding moments. These athletes prove that raw athletic ability doesn't necessarily translate to a superior on-field experience—its the mental game that matters most. Sports participation—from the recreational to the collegiate Division I level—is at an all-time high. While the caliber of their games may differ, athletes at every level have one thing in common: the desire to excel. In The Champion's Mind, sports psychologist Jim Afremow, PhD, offers the same advice he uses with Olympians, Heisman Trophy winners, and professional athletes, including: • How to get in a "zone," thrive on a team, and stay humble • How to progress within a sport and sustain long-term excellence • Customizable pre-performance routines to hit full power when the gun goes off or the puck is dropped With hundreds of useful tips, breakthrough science, and cutting-edge workouts from the world's top trainers, The Champion's Mind will help you shape your body to ensure a longer, healthier, happier lifetime.

This easy-to-read guide gives an overview of commonly used project delivery systems, highlighting the risks and benefits inherent in each. The book is appropriate as a primer for public sector professionals and as a guide to familiarize elected officials and nontechnical staff with the strengths, weaknesses, and applicability of delivery systems. The second edition expands upon these concepts and adds a discussion of leadership and how leaders can best usher a project to completion.

Clear and concise steps to develop the confidence and mental edge that sets you apart as a trailblazing leader—the same approach thousands of professional athletes have used to become champions. The Leader's Mind taps into the same tips and techniques honed by top-tier athletes, such as how to get in a "zone," thrive on a team, and stay humble, to become a champion at work and the ultimate team player at home. Based on high-performance psychology research and Dr. Jim Afremow’s two decades of experience providing mental training services across the globe to athletes and business leaders, The Leader's Mind will help you master: Valuable leadership lessons through powerful parables and stories from well-known leaders. The actionable steps leaders must take to change their thinking and become the leader they want to be. The necessary mindset to push through the challenges you face and take control of your career and home life. Tips and techniques to excel and overcome seemingly insurmountable odds and challenges. Stop struggling with the expectations you face at work and at home by fundamentally changing the way you process what’s happening in your life. The mental edge that sets elite athletes apart outlined in this book will help you become the champion leader you want to be.

The ultimate guide for student athletes to train, play, and feel their best, from an expert in sports psychology. Sports psychologist Jim Afremow has earned accolades from Olympians to professional athletes for his insightful approach to training the mind, body, and spirit of a competitor. Now this award-winning coach is turning his talents to student athletes in the new young adult edition of his highly praised The Champion's Mind. As student athletes strive to balance their school and sports accomplishments, Dr. Afremow's sage advice will be a much-needed guide in helping them navigate the field—or rink or court. The Young Champion's Mind covers such topics as how to get in a "zone," thrive on a team, and stay humble, and how to progress within a sport and sustain long-term excellence. Customizable preparation routines promote full-power performance.

Are you looking to become a Champion in all that you do? Coach Dana Cavalea, former World Champion Director of Performance is here to help you do that in his second, game-changing book, Habits of a Champion Team. Habits of a Champion Team is a field guide that will show you just what it takes to become a champion leader. The book is written as if you are being coached page by page on how to elevate your personal and team performance. One of the greatest challenges any leader faces is getting their team to perform at the highest level, maximizing every ounce of the team's potential. To win at anything, you must have a winning approach. And, you must never forget that winning always starts with a team-first, people-first attitude. As you go through this book, page by page you will learn tools, tactics, and strategies to help you and your team perform at their best- like Champions. Coach hits you straight, debunking many of the leadership strategies that sound good but just do not work in favor of his high performance strategies that have been proven to work on-field at the highest levels, in the highest ranks of business, and amongst many of the Worlds top leaders, athletes, and executives. If you are ready to go on a leadership and development journey like no other- it is time to get coached on the Habits of a Champion Team.