The Leadership Vision Blog & Podcast Archive
Watch the Strengths Communicator Training Webinar
In this episode, we share a replay of our Strengths Communicator Training Webinar. Brian and Linda go over some of the basics of the training, Strengths, and Leadership Vision. It’s a very brief snapshot into our larger training and a great way to dip in your toes to see if you want to take the next step on your Strengths journey. Enjoy!
Take a Deep Dive into Strengths with the Strengths Communicator Training
In this episode, you get to hear a conversation with Brian Peters about his experience going through our Strengths Communicator Training. We talk about how he got into the training, how he’s using the information he learned, and a little bit about what might be interesting to you as you consider enrolling in our next training.
Join us for Our Next Strengths Communicator Training
In this episode, we announce our next Strengths Communicator Training in Rochester, Minnesota on June 29th and 30th of 2022. This three-day in-person training is designed to help anyone enhance their skills in order to help others and ultimately yourself understand the unique behaviors of Strengths.
What Insight do Strengths Give to Goal Setting?
In this episode, Amy and Nathan discuss some basic thoughts related to goal setting and Strengths. They share some personal examples and stories of how our own understanding of Strengths helps us on this journey as well as examples of leadership, family, life, parenthood, and all kinds of other things. Enjoy!
The 7 Signs of Team Health
In this episode, we discuss the seven elements of team health. We actually recorded this episode back in 2019, but the content has never been more relevant. After conducting a series of team engagement interviews, we have identified seven things that are consistent signs of healthy teams. In our discussion, we explore the seven elements of team health as well as multiple examples to help you begin identifying the health of your team. Enjoy!

A Conversation About How Strengths Help Us Navigate Relationships (Podcast)
Today’s episode is the eighth and final of our series on push conversations, and we’re closing it out by talking about how our Strengths help us navigate relationships. Navigate in this instance refers to everything related to relationships. How you form them, how you nurture and tend to them, and maybe even how you end them if that’s what needed. Relationships, or the way we connect to other people, is such a vital topic that we saved the best for last.
On this episode of the podcast, I’m chatting again with Sara Schlipp-Reidel, our Senior Client Relations Manager and Business Development Lead here at Leadership Vision. Sara and I have worked together quite a bit over the past year, and have witnessed each other navigating all sorts of relationships; with our team, with clients, personal relationships, and the plethora of random individuals we encounter when traveling. We had a lot of examples to share. This episode is a little longer than usual, but if you listen to all of it, you’ll hear us process how we establish relationships and tend to the ones that are closest to us. We’ll also discuss how we try to use our Strengths to establish a connection to others, so we can move closer to a greater sense of knowing others and being known.

A Conversation About How Strengths Help Us Navigate Conflict (Podcast)
On the podcast, you’ll get to hear Sara and I wrestle with how our Strengths help us navigate the often eerie but inevitable waters of conflict. You’ll hear us grapple with the idea of relational capital and how it helps or hinders the conflict process. We’ll also talk about how to know when to engage in conflict, and what to do if we notice our Strengths harming rather than helping move through conflict. We also talk quite a bit about our gut reactions to conflict, what to do with those gut-feelings, and how to direct that response to be one rooted in Strength.

A Conversation About How Your Strengths Help You Make Decisions (Podcast)
In this episode of the Leadership Vision Podcast, Nathan and Steph talk about how their Strengths help them make decisions. This was a tough one for both of them, and you’ll hear how they wrestle with how their Strengths inform their decision-making abilities. Luckily, there is never a shortage of decisions to evaluate. Take a listen and then think about how your Strengths lend themselves to your decision making.

A Conversation About How Your Strengths Help You Get Work Done (Podcast)
In this episode of the Leadership Vision Podcast, Nathan and Steph are talking about how their Strengths make them productive. Productivity is such a buzzword right now, so just think of it as how your Strengths help you get work done. This is a fascinating conversation, one in which Nathan learned not only about how he might become more productive (since Steph is the most productive person he knows) but also about why Steph does things the way she does them.

A Conversation About How Your Strengths Help You Collaborate (Podcast)
In this episode of the podcast, you’ll hear Logan and Nathan discuss how their Strengths help them to collaborate with others. Collaboration is defined as “the action of working with someone to produce or create something.” Everyone collaborates in one form or another every day. On small things and on big, we’re a species that is built to do this. Understanding our unique approach to collaboration is important if we want to do it well. Listen now and reflect on your own Strengths!
A Conversation About How Your Strengths Help You Stay Curious (Podcast)
On this episode of the podcast, I’m having a Strengths conversation with my colleague and our Director of Business Development, Logan Joyce. More specifically, we’re having what we call a “push” conversation. These are dialogues between two people where you intentionally push Strengths to the center. You can talk about everyday things but intentionally reference your strengths and the strengths of the other person so that you’re practicing the language of strengths. Practicing seeing things from another person’s perspective and practicing using Strengths to articulate your perspective.

A “Push” Conversation about How Your Strengths Help You Communicate (podcast)
On this episode of the podcast, Nathan shares a Strengths conversation with his colleague Steph. More specifically, they’re having a “push” conversation. A “push” conversation is any conversation where you intentionally push strengths to the center. You can talk about everyday things but reference your Strengths and the Strengths of the other person intentionally. The idea is to practice the language of Strengths, see them from another perspective, and to help articulate your viewpoint around Strengths.

A Strengths Conversation about Change
On this episode of the podcast, I’m having a Strengths conversation with my colleague Steph. More specifically, we’re having a “push” conversation. A “push” conversation is any conversation where you intentionally push strengths to the center. You can talk about everyday things but reference your Strengths and the Strengths of the other person intentionally. The idea is to practice the language of Strengths and to see them from another perspective and to help articulate your viewpoint around Strengths.
In this episode, you’ll hear Steph and I discuss how our Strengths enable us to deal with change. (The topic of change is not entirely random, as both Steph and I are going through a lot of it right now.) The theme of change is just one of eight controlling questions we use with our clients to form the basis of these conversations.

What Does it Sound like When Strengths Work Together? (podcast)
On this episode of the podcast, you’ll hear from three of our team members as I interview them about the similarities and differences between their shared Theme of Competition. But this episode isn’t really about the Theme of Competition Instead, in my conversation with Steph, Brian, and Logan, we’ll dive deep into the way their other Themes of Strength show up and impact their shared Theme of Competition. It’s a fascinating conversation and showcases just how unique each individual is, even when shared Strengths are present.

How Strengths Knowledge Builds Emotional Intelligence
At Leadership Vision, we are well aware of the profound importance emotional intelligence plays in the lives and careers of our clients. Data shows that building Emotionally Intelligent People, Teams, and Cultures is more important for effectiveness, engagement, and productivity than nearly any other single business objective. As you work toward an Emotionally Intelligent team dynamic, how can you use Strengths as the baseline for growth?
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