The Leadership Vision Blog & Podcast Archive
The SFD: Analyzing & understanding the stories we tell ourselves
In this episode, we discuss the concept of the SFD. The SFD is a tool to utilize after something hard happens, when there’s a difficult fall, or if something didn’t go the way you thought it would. It allows us to analyze the stories we tell ourselves and to understand them better.
What You Should Know About the Story You’re Telling Yourself
In this episode, Melissa and Nathan discuss how to recognize when we’re telling ourselves stories that probably aren’t true, how to correct them, and where to go from there. We will share a few examples from our own lives, and then give you a couple of tools to help you stay true in the moment in order to have better emotional health.
Why you need to DO THE WORK that NOBODY sees.
Today on the podcast, Brian, Linda, and I offer some encouragement as we discuss our internal, unseen personal growth. Even though this work can go unseen by most, we still need to pursue growth. It is worth it in the long run. Enjoy!
Do you Understand how your Strengths Pair Together?
Today on the podcast, we’re talking about the importance of understanding how your Strengths pair together. Brian, Linda, and I discuss the difference between expressive pairings and motivational pairings, how you can understand both, and why you need to communicate these new findings to those on your team. Enjoy!
4 Things You Need To Understand To Maximize Your Influence
Today on the Leadership Vision Podcast, Brian and Nathan ask how your education, experience, expertise, and environment have shaped your emotional connection to others and ultimately your ability to lead. Enjoy!
How the Learning Community Experience Benefits Teams (PODCAST)
Today we’re simulating what it’s like to be in the room for a Learning Community experience, hearing all of the observations and reactions. Brian walks us through how he connected the conversation with a particular participant, to the image he drew, how she responded, how her team reacted, and some of the big takeaways from that moment. He explains how he arrived at the picture and shares with us some examples of her Strengths in action.
The Importance of an Education on the 34 Themes of Strength: Bringing to Life the Themes of Strength
In order to provide a foundation for team development, continued growth in Understanding the Talents expressed in each of the Themes of Strength, and to establish a common language from which to move forward as a team, we believe a Strengths-based team or culture should start with an education around each of the 34 Themes of Strength. Here’s why!
How We Teach the Learning Community (Podcast)
Today on the show, Nathan talks with our President and CEO, Brian Schubring in Part II of our three-part series about the Learning Community event, a culminating Team experience that integrates a day of Strengths learning, 1 to 1 conversations, and thoughtful observations shared through a visual narrative. We capture how an individual’s Strengths are being used at that particular point in time, and share those insights in a unique way. Click below to listen!
How the Learning Community Extends the Conversation about Strengths (Podcast)
On this episode of the Leadership Vision Podcast, Nathan Freeburg and Brian Schubring talk about how the Leadership Vision Learning Community experience further embeds the language of Strengths within an organization. The Learning Community is a culminating Team experience that integrates Strengths learning, 1 to 1 conversations, and reflective observations shared through a visual narrative. Click below to listen to the episode, then click the links in the show notes for further examples.
Three Things You Need to Understand About the Millennial Generation (Podcast)
The “millennial generation has grown up entirely in the digital age, so their lives have been well documented online, and are easier for us to dissect and criticize. Regardless of what you think about millennials, the fact of that matter is that shortly, they will dominate the American workforce and all of us would benefit greatly from understanding what motivates them.
An In-Depth Look at Strengths Communicator Training (Podcast)
To become fluent in the language of Strengths, you need to understand the behaviors behind them. These behaviors give them “meaning, depth, color, dimension, sound, timing and texture.” The behaviors, not the names, are where the uniqueness of each Strength exists. This is what participants of our Strengths Communicator Training learn to recognize. On this episode of the Leadership Vision Podcast, Nathan interviews President and CEO, Brian Schurbing, about Strengths Communicator Training. They talk about the who, what, how and why about this certification program. They also share some of the insights we’ve gleaned from participants during this process. Listen now!
Prioritize 3 Things to Build a Strengths Based Organization (Podcast)
On this episode of the Leadership Vision Podcast, Nathan talks with Linda Schubring (fellow Leadership Vision Consultant, and Director of Culture at Aeritae Consulting, a Tech Consulting company in St. Paul Minnesota), about the three elements that exist in all successful Strengths Based Organizations. Listen now to find out how to turn your organization into one that is focused on Strengths.
How Strengths Professionals Can Identify Talents and Name Strengths
The single most important factor in determining your success as a Strengths Professional is your ability to hear and identify the talents and behaviors of Strengths. Without the ability to discern the nuances and uniqueness of Strengths, we miss the transformational potential Strengths may have. The next time we are helping someone understand their Strengths, strive to identify the Talents first and name the Strength second.
Listen to the NEW Leadership Vision Podcast!
Leadership Vision is excited to announce our brand new podcast! Starting today, we’re rolling out a weekly show that will focus on how we are using Strengths to build strong People, Teams, and Organizational Culture. We hope to share our expertise in the discovery, practice, and implementation of StrengthsFinder that we have gained since we first started working with the tool in 1999. Keep reading to find out how you can listen and subscribe.
Changing the Way You See Yourself
What tape is playing in your head about who you are? Do you talk too much or are you to intense? Do you start something without thinking or never finish a single project because you want it to be perfect? What image looks back at you in the mirror? Is it positive or negative? Here are three ways to change negative images to reflect your beauty and brilliance using StrengthsFinder.
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