The Leadership Vision Blog & Podcast Archive
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!
Executive Coaching with Strengths
In this episode of the Leadership Vision Podcast, we discuss our process of executive coaching and what we’ve been learning over the past 18 months. We outline our executive coaching process, share some examples of how we’re integrating Strengths, and share a few takeaways you might be able to use with your team.
What To Do With Your StrengthsFinder Results (Podcast)
Today on the podcast, we’re recounting our first experiences with Strengths and sharing three very simple activities to get more out of your results. While this podcast won’t answer all of your, “what do I do with my life?” type of questions, it will give you some very practical steps to engage with your five Themes of Strength in a meaningful way.
Comparing Competition
A common misconception about Strengths is that they show up in the same way for everyone. If two people share the Theme of Competition, you might assume they both love to win no matter what. But this is definitely not always the case! Leadership Vision has written in depth about how certain behaviors may point to a Strength, but we caution against broad statements that prescribe a Strength to always show up through certain behaviors. In today’s post, Steph recounts her interview with Logan and Brian, and compares and contrasts their Strength of Competition. See what you can learn!
Three Ways to Defend your Magic (podcast)
In this episode, Sara Schlipp-Riedel and I discuss the idea of “Defending One’s Magic.” If that sounds a little “fluffy” to you, the idea is simple. Defending your magic is being able to fall back on truths learned through your Strengths whenever you question who you know yourself to be. It’s the idea of self-discovery, self-empowerment, and self-awareness.
The Importance of Building Trust on your Team (podcast)
Aleasha Morris and Nathan Freeburg continue our series on the Team Engagement Model on the Leadership Vision Podcast. In this episode, we’re talking about why your team needs to be rooted and grounded in trust for long-term success. Our study and intensive observation of teams through a Strengths based lens has revealed that there is an unmistakable difference between healthy and unhealthy teams. In this episode, learn what trust means, questions that can help you identify the level of trust on your team, what happens when your trust is missing, and finally, examples of what this looks like in action.
The Importance of Having a Team Purpose (podcast)
In this episode of the Leadership Vision Podcast, Aleasha Morris and Nathan Freeburg continue our series on the Team Engagement Model. Today they are talking about PURPOSE: why your team needs a collective definition of their existence. Our study and intensive observation of teams through a Strengths based lens have revealed that there is an unmistakable difference between healthy and unhealthy teams. Listen to the episode, then ask yourself the questions in the show notes to better understand and evaluate your core purpose.
A Brief History of Leadership Vision
A Brief History of Leadership Vision and how our work with Strengths has lead to the creation of strong people, on strong teams, that are part of strong organizational cutlture.
The Importance of Knowing Your People (Podcast)
In this episode of the Leadership Vision Podcast, Aleasha Morris and Nathan Freeburg continue our series on the Team Engagement Model. Today we’re talking about why knowing your people matters for the long-term success of your organization. Our study and intensive observation of teams through a Strengths based lens has revealed that there is an unmistakable difference between healthy and unhealthy teams. Listen to the episode, then ask yourself the questions in the show notes.
What Different Strengths Pairings Sound Like
Sometimes at Leadership Vision, we play an informal game of Strengths pairings. Basically, we mash up two of the names of our Themes of Strengths to explain how they work together. We know that Strengths do not work alone. We never go one at a time with our Strengths. Rather, we try to tell a story and challenge people to see how pairs and combinations of Strengths can be discussed. In this article, Linda shares examples of Strengths pairings and how they look in different individuals.
How to Know if your Team is Surviving or Thriving (Podcast)
In this episode of the Leadership Vision Podcast, Aleasha Morris and Nathan Freeburg are talking about teams, specifically, how to know if they are thriving or just surviving. This is the first in a series of podcasts we’re doing about how to make sure your team is the most effective, efficient, and engaged that it can be! In this show, you’ll learn about our setup process that we go through to help teams fully engage and we’ll introduce the three core elements of our Team Engagement Process, Knowledge, Purpose, and Trust. Listen now!
Learning to Change The Way We See Ourselves (Podcast)
Today on the show, we’re doing something a little different. We have five great episodes in the works and are excited to share them with you. They are part of two series we’re doing, focused on helping teams build Strengths Based organizational culture. So, in this episode, instead of our typical style of Nathan interviewing a member of our team, it’ll just be Nathan, sharing something designed to encourage you, the individual, to change the way you see yourself. To re-program the potentially harmful tapes we have playing in our heads about who we are.
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