The Leadership Vision Blog & Podcast Archive
Learn about the Flourishing in Strengths Conference
Join us on Saturday, June 11th for the Flourishing in Strengths Conference and refresh your connection to your talents through an interactive day steeped in growth and encouragement.
Three Ways Strengths Can Help You Deal with Setbacks
In this episode, Melissa Hiatt and I explore the idea of setbacks and what, if anything, our Strengths can do to help us get through them. Setbacks are part of life; how can we lean into them and perhaps get something out of the experience? How can we use everything that happens to us as an opportunity to practice using our Strengths, to practice being resilient, or to even practice self-compassion?
Understanding Behavior-Based Strengths
In this episode, we talk about our behavior-based approach to Clifton Strengths. We discuss why we’ve taken this approach, define what a behavior-based approach is, and also share some examples and provide insight for how you might be able to take your own behavior-based approach in understanding your Strengths. Whether you’re learning about your Strengths or helping others on their Strengths journey, this approach is effective for the interpretation and application of Strengths. Enjoy!
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.
What are your Earliest Strengths Memories? (podcast)
In this episode of the Leadership Vision podcast, you’ll get to hear from our entire team as each of us reflect on our earliest memories related to Strengths. One of the questions we ask clients is, “what was happening in your life between the ages of 7 to 11 years old?” Those ages represent an arc of cognitive development called the concrete operational period. This time is characterized by the development of organized and rational thinking and marks the beginning of logical or operational thought. It’s also the time if your life when Strengths are beginning to form. When you recall what you were doing in life during those ages, it may shed light on how your Strengths have developed today. Listen now!
Four Tips to Deal with Change Effectively
The sheer purpose of a vegetable peeler is to shave off an outer layer, perhaps a layer that is too tough or bitter; to change the state of the fruit or vegetable. In this post, Carrie describes her restlessness and inability to settle down long enough to pay attention to this needed change. Here are four things Carrie learned as she applied the philosophy of the vegetable peeler to herself.
Which Themes of Strength Influence Your Communication Style? (Podcast)
Today on the podcast, we’re doing something a little different. This is a mini-episode where we give you one Strengths-Based question to ponder over the week ahead. It’s something new we’re experimenting with so leave us some feedback and tell us what you think. The idea is to present one Strengths-Based question or challenge and see what you do with that in the next week. We want these mini-episodes to be very practical and give you one thing to focus on as you practice developing your awareness of how your Themes of Strength operate. Listen now to hear this week’s question!
How to Understand People with Influencing Themes (Podcast)
Today on the podcast, Brian Schubring and I are talking about the Influencing Domain of Strength. More specifically, how to understand the people who have some or all of their five Themes in the influencing Domain. Domains organize the 34 Themes of Strength into four major categories, which are Thinking, Relating, Executing, and what we’ll be talking about in this episode, Influencing.
Four Things StrengthsFinder Cannot Tell us about a Person (podcast)
Today on the podcast, Brian Schubring and I are going to be talking about the four things StrengthsFinder results cannot tell us. Strengths tell us a lot about what a person brings to any situation. It can tell us how they will show up in a relationship and what their potential capacity is for whatever the job might be. However, at Leadership Vision, we are learning more and more about the things Strengths CANNOT tell us about a person. Listen now!
The Four Things that Make Leadership Vision Unique
Welcome to the next installment of the Leadership Vision Podcast, where we share our expertise in the discovery, practice, and implementation of StrengthsFinder. Creating and sustaining […]
The Five Things We Value Most (Podcast)
Today on the podcast, our President, Brian Schubring, and I are talking about our values here at Leadership Vision. Values help guide the actions and decisions of an organization. When you take time to name them and write them down, you help define your core beliefs and set a direction towards what is most important. It’s something that can help your team unite around ideals and deal with conflict more positively.
Knowing When to Lead and When to Follow (podcast)
Today on the show, we’re talking about leading and following. At Leadership Vision, we believe everyone is designed for influence. But we also believe that part of our influence comes in the process of being a good follower. One key to an effective team is when members know when it’s time to be the person in front, leading, and when it’s time to be the person following, supporting and encouraging others in the front.
Two Things I Learned About Change from our Last Team Engagement Session
At Leadership Vision, we approach the process of change by looking at it through the lens of Strengths. Knowing your Strengths doesn’t necessarily make the process of change any faster or easier, but most often, it does make it go a little smoother. This is because knowing Strengths asks everyone to examine their responses to change and understand the perspectives of others.
Recently Sara and I led a team engagement session on the topic of change. What follows are a few of my reflections from that session, as well as the two questions we ask everyone to answer before moving through change. Not only are there a few light-bulb moments but we share excellent reminders for all of us trying to influence positive change in our organizations.
Why and How You Need to Listen for Talents, Not Strengths (podcast)
Today on the podcast, we’re talking about the importance of listening for Talents as a way to better understand what is going on with a person’s Strengths profile. Talents, the building blocks of a Strength, are the recognizable patterns of thought, feeling, and emotion that point to an area of a person’s greatest potential. There’s something here for Strengths practitioners as well as individuals who want to take their Strengths knowledge to the next level, so LISTEN NOW!
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