The Leadership Vision Blog & Podcast Archive
The One Thing Great Leaders Do Before They Grow: They Let Go
Growth in leadership doesn’t always come from learning something new—it often starts with letting something go. In this episode of The Leadership Vision Podcast, Dr. Linda and Brian Schubring explore why unlearning old habits is one of the most challenging—and essential—parts of growth. If you’ve ever felt stuck despite doing what’s always worked, this conversation offers a fresh perspective. Listen in and consider what you might need to release to move forward.
Why Struggle Is Essential to Real Growth in Leadership
Learning something new is rarely smooth—and in leadership, that discomfort often gets mistaken for failure. In this episode of The Leadership Vision Podcast, Nathan Freeburg sits down with Dr. Linda and Brian Schubring to explore why struggle is actually a critical part of growth. Together, they unpack how leaders can reframe learning, support their teams through uncertainty, and recognize progress even when it’s hard to see. If you’ve ever felt stuck in the middle of learning something new, this conversation will help you rethink what’s really happening. Listen in for practical insights and a fresh perspective on growth!
The Patience of Leadership: Why Endurance Matters More Than Speed
Leadership isn’t just about quick wins—it’s about endurance. In this episode, Nathan Freeburg, Dr. Linda Schubring, and Brian Schubring explore the role of patience in navigating long-term challenges, building trust, and sustaining growth. They unpack the tension between patience and urgency, and why great leaders know when to use both. If you’ve ever felt stuck in the middle of a slow-moving challenge, this conversation offers a powerful reframe. Listen in and consider: where might patience—not strategy—be your next leadership move?
Every Leadership Challenge Is Asking You To Learn Something
Most leadership challenges look like performance problems. The results aren’t there, the team isn’t moving fast enough, and the instinct is to push harder.
But what if the issue isn’t effort?
In this episode, we explore how to recognize when a challenge is actually asking you to learn something new—and why the best leaders know when to pause, rethink, and grow instead of just doing more. Listen now!
Counterintuitive Leadership: Why Starting Messy Leads to Faster Growth
Leadership growth is often counterintuitive. The clarity you’re waiting for doesn’t come before action—it comes through it. In this week’s episode of the Leadership Vision Podcast, learn why starting messy leads to real progress. Understand why courage comes before clarity, and how you can take one step this week to start the thing you’ve been putting off.
What Are You Still Carrying? A Leadership Lesson from a Zen Story
A simple Zen parable about two traveling monks reveals a powerful leadership lesson: what are we still carrying long after the moment has passed? In this episode, we explore perspective, letting go, and the journeys we share with others. Listen now!
Challenge, Change, and Uncertainty: How Leaders Can Respond with Confidence, Clarity, and Courage
Leaders today face challenge, change, and uncertainty — often all at once. But these experiences are not the same, and responding well depends on knowing the difference. In this episode of The Leadership Vision Podcast, we explore how challenge stretches existing capacity, change requires intentional adaptation, and uncertainty confronts us with the unknown. Through practical questions and powerful metaphors, we offer leaders a framework to navigate turbulence with courage, clarity, and confidence. Before reacting, ask: What are we really facing? The answer may change how you lead. Listen now!
The Soul and Science of Service: Why the Future of Leadership Is Emotional
What if the future of leadership isn’t primarily intellectual—but emotional? In this episode of the Leadership Vision Podcast, Nathan, Dr. Linda, and Brian explore the soul and science of service and why serving others reshapes both the heart and the brain. From neuroscience and empathy to identity formation and team culture, this conversation reveals how service expands emotional capacity rather than depletes it. Leaders who practice service don’t just help others—they refold their own assumptions, strengthen compassion, and build healthier teams. In a complex and uncertain world, service may be the most strategic leadership practice of all. Listen now!
Executive Leadership Strategy: Why Presence Matters More Than Performance
Executive strategy isn’t just about plans and performance metrics. It begins with presence. In this episode of the Leadership Vision Podcast, we explore how executive leaders grow not by doing more, but by seeing more clearly. When leaders cultivate presence, they become aware of the real opportunities for growth within themselves and their teams. And when they shift from a scarcity mindset to recognizing the abundance of resources around them, they create forward momentum that sustains change. Presence, growth, and resources form a powerful leadership cycle — one that strengthens culture, sharpens decision-making, and builds resilient, emotionally healthy teams. Listen now!
“Yes, And”: A Leadership Practice for Building Trust, Momentum, and Culture
Great leadership doesn’t start with having the right answer—it starts with how we respond to people in the moment. In this episode of The Leadership Vision Podcast, Laura Johnson and Nathan Freeburg explore the leadership power of “Yes, and,” a principle borrowed from improvisation that helps leaders build trust, maintain momentum, and foster psychological safety. Rather than shutting ideas down or rushing to solutions, “Yes, and” invites leaders to acknowledge people first and then move the work forward. This conversation offers practical language shifts and mindset changes leaders can use immediately to strengthen team culture—even in fast-paced, virtual environments. Listen now!
How dreams, identity, and borrowed courage shape the journey of becoming
In this reflective conversation, Nathan Freeburg sits down with Dr. Linda Schubring and Brian Schubring to explore the prelude and postlude of Unfolded: Lessons in Transformation from an Origami Crane. Together, they unpack how dreams shape identity, why borrowed belief matters, and how our personal “maps” can never be erased—even when they’re marked by struggle or uncertainty. Listen now and learn how to live Unfolded!
Sturdy Leadership: Building Systems That Work Without Losing Your People
“Being nice” isn’t the same as being human—and it’s often not good leadership. In this episode of The Leadership Vision Podcast, Dr. Chip Kimball reflects on 37 years of leadership and shares why great leaders refuse to separate systems and people, why hard conversations are an act of care, and how belief, challenge, and clarity create the strong foundations teams need to do hard things—and do them well. Leaders will come away with a clearer sense of how to hold people and performance together when navigating change, uncertainty, and growth. Listen now!
Applying Unfolded: Finding Agency in the Middle of Change
Change is inevitable—but agency is optional. In this episode of the Leadership Vision Podcast, Nathan Freeburg is joined by Brian and Dr. Linda Schubring to explore how leaders can apply the principles from Unfolded: Lessons in Transformation from an Origami Crane when change isn’t chosen, planned, or convenient. Through reflection, story, and practical insight, this conversation invites leaders to rediscover their capacity to grow, adapt, and lead with intention—even in uncertainty.
What Stands Out: Reflection as a Leadership Practice
Reflection doesn’t begin with answers.
It begins with noticing.
In this episode of The Leadership Vision Podcast, we explore the simple questions that slow leaders down long enough to hear themselves think. Questions like “What stands out?” — and why paying attention to people, places, and voices shaping us can unlock clarity, trust, and forward movement. This isn’t about fixing or optimizing. It’s about noticing what matters—and allowing that awareness to shape who we’re becoming.
Coming Home After Transformation: Why Growth Needs a Place to Land
Transformation doesn’t end when the dream is achieved—it deepens when we return home. In this episode of the Leadership Vision Podcast, Dr. Linda and Brian Schubring revisit the Home chapter of Unfolded: Lessons in Transformation from an Origami Crane and explore what happens after growth, change, or breakthrough. Together, they reflect on why excitement and exhaustion often coexist, why leaders must create space for rest and reflection, and how transformation is never just personal—it reshapes the communities we return to. This conversation invites leaders to rethink what it means to “come home” changed, and how listening well helps growth become sustainable.
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