The Leadership Vision Blog & Podcast Archive
Unlocking Personal and Professional Growth through Strengths Awareness
It’s the holiday season here in the United States and this time of year people often reflect and think about how they can do things differently in the new year ahead. Maybe they want to rethink elements of their job, personal life, habits or the way that they do things.
In this episode, we delve into the world of understanding and leveraging personal and team Strengths. We share excerpts from our course called Seeing Strengths from a New Perspective and highlight the first three lessons. It’s a fascinating way to think about your Strengths in a new or different way, or perhaps even consider things you’ve never considered before.
At Leadership Vision, we believe understanding our Strengths can help us navigate personal and professional growth more effectively. We encourage you to engage with these ideas over the holiday break and into the new year. Enjoy!
5 Methods that Promote Team Trust
In today’s hyper-connected world, where the line between personal and professional lives often blurs, fostering trust within teams is more crucial than ever. In this episode, we delve deep into the journey of building team trust and its profound impact on team productivity, engagement, and innovation. We explore five key behaviors that lay a solid foundation of trust within teams, share glimpses from our own experiences, and offer guidance on nurturing a positive team culture where everyone feels safe, engaged, productive, and inspired to innovate. Enjoy!
Five Principles that Propel Leaders Forward
Leadership growth is a journey. In this episode, we discuss five principles to help propel leaders forward and unravel why leaders must keep persevering, the benefits of lateral career moves, and how intuition and emotion could be your best compass. We also share practical resources, reflection questions, and individual and team challenges to help you get started. By adopting these unconventional approaches, leaders can not only enhance their skills but also foster an environment that nurtures leadership growth. Enjoy!
Exploring the Unconventional Power of Gratitude: Joy, Sorrow & Thanksgiving
Happy Thanksgiving from all of us at Leadership Vision! In this episode, we’re flipping the script and delving into how embracing all human experiences – the ecstasy and the agony – leads to a life of heightened compassion and understanding. We illuminate the paradoxical concept that our most challenging experiences, when seasoned with a pinch of gratitude, can shape us positively. Moreover, we explore how acknowledging our own trials can arm us better to comfort others in their times of need. Join us on this journey and discover a fresh, stimulating perspective on gratitude just in time for Thanksgiving. Enjoy!
Revolutionizing Team Culture: Unpacking the KICK Model
Are you ready to revolutionize your team culture? In this episode, we shed light on our groundbreaking leadership model, KICK. This model is a game-changer for CEOs, team leaders, and anyone eager to keenly comprehend the dynamics of a vibrant team environment. The heart of our discussion centers around fostering genuine connections with your team members and creating a personal and emotional bond crucial for trust-building.
Join us for this lively discussion, as we touch on how to keep your team engaged, invigorated, and encouraged, and how to maintain their loyalty to the organization long after their tenure. Enjoy!
The Benefits of Stepping Back as a Leader
In this episode of the Leadership Vision Podcast, we ask how we can be more mindful of our leadership moment, that moment when leadership is asked of us and our first response is to step back before we step in. We discuss the benefits of stepping back as a leader and two ways leaders can step back and reflect before they step in and act.
Lean into Your Strengths with Self-Awareness
In this episode of the Leadership Vision Podcast, Brain and Linda lead Nathan through a 1 to 1 conversation and share how to lean into your Strengths with self-awareness.
How We Onboard at Leadership Vision
In this episode, we introduce Amy Rollinger, our wonderful new colleague who joined our team a little over four months ago (at the time of recording). We talk about those first few months on the job and what makes our onboarding process different at Leadership Vision. Whether you’re someone looking to make your own job shift or career change, or a manager who wants to know how to onboard someone in an effective way, this episode will be really helpful for you. Enjoy!
Spring Break Reflections: How Our Strengths Show Up
In this episode, Linda and Nathan reflect on recent trips they took over spring break and how they saw their Strengths show up in different situations and experiences. This exercise in reflection is an example of what we often do with clients. We ask them to use a recent event or activity or any life situation and reflect on how they saw their Strengths show up. It’s not only a way to better understand your Strengths or the Strengths of those around you, but it can also be a way to process all of life’s experiences.
How to Go Deeper in your Strengths Knowledge
In this episode of the Leadership Vision Podcast, we discuss our new and improved Strengths Communicator Training. Our next cohort is starting this summer and we would love for you to join us! Brian, Linda and I discuss what this training is all about and why you should consider going deeper in your knowledge of Strengths with the Strengths Communicator Training. Enjoy!
A Leadership Vision Update: How We Are Adapting!
In this episode, we talk about how we are adapting around the three areas of investment, modification, and learning. Brian and Linda Schubring, our president and vice-president, spend time reflecting on all of the ways our business has changed over 2020 and what we have learned through the process. We hope it gives you some insight into the behind-the-scenes at Leadership Vision and provides takeaways to consider as we continue to operate in a virtual world. Enjoy!
Strengths-Based Listening: The Importance of a Leader Who Listens
In this episode, we talk about the importance of leaders who listen. We define what listening is, why it’s so difficult, why it’s so incredibly important, and then share a few observations we’ve made about the impact we can ALL have when we listen for and with our Strengths.
How to Manage Temporary and Permanent Adaptations
In this episode, Brian and Nathan share an unscripted conversation about current life challenges and adaptation. We take one simple idea and run with it. In short, we talk about adaptation and wellbeing. We discuss some ideas about how to figure out what your business looks like, what your leadership looks like, what your family, relationships, and all kinds of other things look like as they relate to change and taking care of yourself. We also dive into a number of tips for managing adaptations whether they are permanent or temporary. Enjoy!
Is there such a thing as Strengths Balance?
There is one question we seem to get a lot as it relates to the top 5 StrengthsFinder Theme report: Is there such a thing as Strengths Balance? At Leadership Vision, we believe there is no such thing as ‘Strengths Balance’ or having the ‘right’ set of Strengths for a given job or leadership role. In this episode, we discuss our understanding of balance as it pertains to Strengths and how to shift the conversation from balanced or unbalanced to becoming the best version of you.
Strengths & Moral Conviction
In this episode of the Leadership Vision Podcast, we discuss how the language of Strengths can inform how our behaviors and convictions influence and shape others. We also investigate how our Strengths can help us understand how our moral convictions develop, how they evolve, and how they are expressed to other people. At the end of the episode, we share an activity helpful for anyone looking to dive deeper into their understanding of Strengths and moral conviction. Enjoy!
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