Brek Cockrell is a transformational leadership coach, speaker, and the founder of BC Leadership Co., where he helps leaders stop chasing outcomes and start cultivating value-centered lives and leadership.

With over 30 years of experience leading in some of the most complex environments — from planting and pastoring Renovation Church in Buffalo, NY, to non-profit work and restorative justice work in his community — Brek brings a rare combination of real-world grit and relational depth to every stage he steps on.

He holds a Master’s degree in Executive Coaching and Consulting from the Townsend Institute at Concordia University and is a certified Maxwell Leadership Coach and ICF trained and equipped coach.

Brek’s leadership philosophy centers on a single, powerful conviction: Everything Depends On Trust. He calls it E.D.O.T. — the idea that trust is the soil from which everything meaningful grows.

Whether he’s coaching executives, leading masterminds, or speaking to organizations, Brek creates environments and experiences that help leaders slow down, get honest, and take their next best step.

His approach draws from the intersection of faith, behavioral science, and decades of hands-on leadership — bridging timeless biblical wisdom with the insights of thought leaders like John Townsend, Brené Brown, and John Maxwell.

Brek is the host of Your Next Best Step: The Leaders’ Locker Room, a podcast where leaders go to slow down, get real, and become rooted so they can lead others better.

He partners with organizations ranging from higher education to financial services, equipping teams to build cultures of trust, curiosity, and empathy.

His life and work are grounded in Proverbs 3:5-6 — a daily reminder that the best leadership doesn’t come from having all the answers, but from trusting the One who does.

Whether he’s on stage, in a boardroom, or across the table from a leader who’s hit a wall, Brek’s mission remains the same: to help every leader lead themselves better so they can lead others better — one next best step at a time — because everyone deserves to be led well!