Building Championship Culture: Lessons in Leadership from the Court to the Boardroom

​How do you take a struggling, underfunded team and turn it into a nationally ranked powerhouse? The answer lies in culture—and few understand how to build it better than Coach Greg Clink.

​After 30 years in college basketball—including 17 transformative years as the head men’s basketball coach at Chico State University— Coach Clink has mastered the art of building high-performing teams. Under his leadership, Chico State evolved from an underachieving program into one of the premier Division II basketball programs in the country.

​In this engaging and practical keynote, Coach Clink brings his decades of leadership experience to the world of business, startups, and organizational development. His “Ten-Point Championship Culture Framework” provides a clear, actionable roadmap for leaders looking to elevate performance, unify teams, and build a winning culture from the inside out.

​What You’ll Learn:

• ​How to lead with clarity, consistency, and conviction

• ​Proven principles for building trust, accountability, and purpose

• ​How to transform culture at any stage—startup, nonprofit, or enterprise

• ​Why mindset, communication, and belief systems drive long-term success

​Whether you lead a startup, a classroom, a nonprofit, or a corporate team, this session will give you tools and inspiration to cultivate a championship-caliber culture that attracts talent, accelerates execution, and endures through challenge.

​Come ready to rethink how culture is built—and leave with a system to build your own.