The Leadership Vision Blog & Podcast Archive

Learn about our Virtual Team Building Experience!
Leadership Vision now offers a virtual team experience that uses the language of Strength to deepen relationships and enhance team health. Today on the Leadership Vision Podcast, Brian, Linda, and Nathan will discuss this new opportunity to engage your team. We’ll share the three elements of this training, who this training is designed for, and some of the big takeaways your team will enjoy upon completion.
The Power of Appreciation: Practicing a positivity bias toward yourself and others
We believe coaching is about helping people go from potential to performance. In this episode, we share a very special conversation and coaching session between Brian Schubring and Nathan Freeburg. Brian walks Nathan through our appreciation-focused coaching session, one of 12 different processes we use with clients. They discuss appreciation, different ways that we can appreciate ourselves and appreciate others, and how that can help bolster our self-awareness and knowledge around Strengths.
4 Ways We Improve Human Potential Through Coaching
In this episode, we share a brief conversation between Brian Schubring and Nathan Freeburg about the history of coaching at Leadership Vision. We discuss what our coaching philosophy is, who we coach, and why we coach.
3 Unexpected Things We Learned from 70 International Leaders
In the summer of 2022, Brian and Linda Schubring worked with 70 leaders at an international school in Europe. Over seven work days, they learned so much from the educators there. In this episode of the podcast, Brian and Linda share three unexpected things they learned from these leaders.
Why the mission of an organization needs to be communicated early and often.
How Strengths are not the end goal but merely a tool.
And how taking risks might be something you’re missing in your organization.

Why You need to Unlearn Your Leadership Skills
In this episode, we discuss the importance of letting go of some of our leadership “best practices” and being willing to open ourselves up to new interpretations of those leadership styles. Brian and Nathan discuss the importance of unlearning the successes that brought us to where we are and that we may need to be open to a new leadership style to get to the next level.

What We’ve Learned after 100 Podcast Episodes
Today on the podcast, our team is reflecting on our first 100 episodes. We share what we’ve learned, some of our favorites, and what we’re hoping to do with the show in the next 100 episodes. LISTEN NOW!

Why you should integrate personal development with professional practice
Today on the podcast, we’re talking with Steph Wahlund about the importance of practicing the language and philosophy of Strengths and elements from our Team Engagement Series in all contexts of life.

Extending the Language of Strengths through Purpose, Place, Peace, and People
On this episode of the Leadership Vision Podcast, learn about a new approach to implement purpose, place, peace and people in our work with Strengths. Brian and Nathan recorded this episode right after he introduced the four P words at recent client engagements. In this episode, we’ll share how those words extend the language and philosophy of Strengths beyond 34 definitions. We also share what we’re learning to help individuals on their journey, teams trying to apply Strengths, and entire organizations focused on building a Strengths-Based Culture. Listen now!

Three things Anybody can apply to their Strengths Journey (podcast)
On this episode of the Leadership Vision Podcast, hear our president and founder Brian Schubring recap our most recent Strengths Communicator Training by sharing a few of his personal leanings and three things anybody can apply to their own Strengths-Based work. These things are critical for developing your own Strengths mindset. Listen now!

What are you Reading? (podcast)
Today’s podcast episode is part of our monthly series of Strengths reflection questions. We present a question we hope will lead you to a deeper understanding of how your Strengths work personally, on a team, and within any other context in which you exist. Today’s question is all about what you’re reading and how it’s influencing you. Listen now!

A Summer Reflection: Part 3 of 3 (podcast)
Today on the Leadership Vision Podcast, Sara Schlipp-Riedel and Nathan Freeburg reflect on what they have learned over the summer months. Today’s episode is the third and final in a three-part series where Nathan interviews members of our team about their summer insights in the hopes of implementing these new learnings for the remainder of the year. On this episode, Nathan and Sara talk about slowing down and being present in the moment. Listen now!

A Summer Reflection: Part 2 of 3 (podcast)
Today on the Leadership Vision Podcast, Carrie Jones and Nathan Freeburg reflect on what they have learned over the summer months. Today’s episode is the second in a three-part series where Nathan interviews members of our team about their summer insights in the hopes of implementing these new learnings for the remainder of the year. On this episode, Nathan and Carrie talk about endings, new beginnings, and understanding our Strengths in new ways. Listen now!
A Summer Reflection: Part 1 of 3 (podcast)
Today on the Leadership Vision Podcast, Steph Wahlund and Nathan Freeburg reflect on what they have learned over the summer months. This episode is the first in a three-part series where Nathan interviews members of our team about their summer insights in the hopes of implementing these new learnings for the remainder of the year. On this episode, Nathan and Steph talk about rest, change, and spreading positivity in all areas of life. Listen now!
What are your Dominant Pairs of Strengths? (podcast)
On today’s mini-podcast episode, we have a question for you about your dominant pairs of Strengths. This is part of our monthly series of Strengths reflection questions that present just one question, but we hope it will lead you to ask yourself and those around you several other questions to deepen your understanding not only of how your Strengths manifest on a team but also understand your role on a team, in a family, or any other context in which you exist.
Learning Through Fun: Part 2
This is the conclusion of our two part series on the importance of learning through fun. On this episode of the podcast, you’re going to get an insiders look into our team. This is us having fun through the process of asking each other very random questions to learn more about each other, and make a few Strengths connections. Listen now!
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