The Leadership Vision Blog & Podcast Archive
The Link Between Well-Being, the Brain, and Strengths (podcast)
Today we’re talking about well-being as it relates to the intellectual, emotional, influential, and unconscious life of the brain. We also talk about how understanding that can really help us maximize our Strengths and ultimately, our levels of personal and professional well-being.
Re-Release: Successfully Navigating Teams Through Change (Podcast)
Today on the podcast, Brian Schubring and Nathan Freeburg discuss the topic of change. No matter your scope of influence or the number of people being affected, change will always be one of the challenges that leaders face. Since we’re at the beginning of 2018, a time that naturally brings about a variety of changes, we thought this would be a fitting place to begin the new year! So today, Brian and Nathan share three strategies for successfully navigating transition that will help teams and individuals come out stronger on the other side.
Re-Release: Four Things StrengthsFinder Cannot Tell us about a Person (podcast)
Today on the podcast, Brian Schubring talks about 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!
Re-Release What Do Your Strengths Need to Thrive and to Survive? (podcast)
On this episode of the Leadership Vision podcast, Brian Schubring, our founder and president talks about how to understand what our Strengths need to thrive and what they need to survive. We have found that you’ve reached a deeper level of awareness when you’re able to articulate exactly what your Strengths need in both of these situations. Thriving and surviving may seem like contradictory or even opposite states of being, but actually, we’ve found them to be more similar than different.
Re-Release Applying Strengths to Family of Origin (podcast)
This is a re-release episode where Brian Schubring and Nathan Freeburg talk about how to take our origin stories and frame them in ways that put them in their rightful place. To do this, we share five steps that will help us acknowledge the role our past has played in shaping our present and future. We’ll also share some tips for giving it an appropriate place in our current life. LISTEN NOW!
If you want to go Deeper with StrengthsFinder, Learn your Talents!
It is easy to look at someone’s top 5 Themes and make predictions about what they might be in generic and prescriptive ways. We see this all the time online and usually find it to be less than helpful. To really know what someone’s Themes will be like in real life, you must spend time with them hearing their story and listening for Talents. To truly unlock the power of StrengthsFinder we think this is a must. Keep reading as Joseph digs into how to do this and why it is important.
The Diamonds Among Us: A Story of Strength
Stories, much like Strengths, have the power to transcend time, language and culture. At a recent engagement in Panama City, Aleasha was reminded of our craving for story and the connection it creates. We can each find our own truth in the fiction. But sadly, there rarely seems to be room for story in our frenzied world, obsessed with contrived ‘reality’, status updates and vacuous tweets. Keep reading and remember, ‘We need not look elsewhere to find our riches.’
How to Leverage your Strengths During Conflict
Knowing your Strengths has many benefits that help you experience and live a fuller, more rewarding life. Knowing and operating out of areas where you naturally excel, allows you to tap into your full potential by giving you direction professionally and personally. When armed with this knowledge, you can also navigate change, conflict, or any confusing situation that otherwise leaves you stumped as to how to move forward. Learn a few tips on how to evaluate your own Strengths during times on tension and conflict.
What Image Describes Your StrengthsFinder Profile?
At Leadership Vision, we are image driven. We use images to inspire, teach and illustrate. Using photos and artistic renderings as tools, we summon our participants, as people of influence, to take responsibility for what they see. What Image Would you Chose to Describe you and your Strengths? Keep reading as Linda explains the importance of doing this.
Understanding the Difference Between Talent, Theme and Strength
The words “Theme” and “Strength” are often misused or misunderstood. Simply put, a “Theme” is a grouping of talents. A “Strength” is a Theme which has been productively applied. At Leadership Vision, we call this “generative”, meaning it brings life to you and gives life to others. Keep reading as Bethany explains how we use these terms to develop strong teams.
Join Our 2016 Summer Institute – Strengths Communicator Training and Design Lab
Leadership Vision is offering an opportunity for you to join the 2016 Summer Institute which includes our Strengths Communicator and/or Design Lab Training. Strengths Communicator is for Strengths professionals who want to enhance their skills in order to help others understand the unique behaviors of Strengths. The Design Lab is for professionals who are practicing the delivery and integration of StrengthsFinder with groups and teams. Keep reading for more details!
What Is Strengths Based Leadership?
What do you think is the objective of Strengths Based Leadership? At Leadership Vision, we believe Strengths Based Leadership is necessary because it turns the focus of Strengths from self, to focusing Strengths on meeting the needs of others. Keep reading as Brian explains how to handle this balancing act between an inward understanding of self, and an outward expression for others.
Moving Beyond an Individual Understanding of StrengthsFinder Results
Carrie was surprised, sitting in the Strengths Based Leadership training, by how much it shifted her thinking about her StrengthsFinder themes. As a result, she is now approaching leadership by considering the perspective and Strengths of others, instead of trying to make others adapt to her own. The self-reflection exercises helped her acknowledge areas for growth, and areas of great strength. Continue reading to learn more about this, and consider this: How can my Strengths be used to create trust, compassion, stability and hope in those around me?
A Generative Application of StrengthsFinder: For Self and Others
Steph is really starting to find her niche at Leadership Vision. Here, she shares what she has learned about her Strengths, and the ways they have brought life not only to herself, but our entire team. Keep reading and reflect on your own Strengths; which of them are generative to yourself and others? Which are not? How can you change that?
Strengths and Mindfulness: Paying Attention to what Makes us Unique
Mindfulness is paying attention in a particular way: on purpose, in the present moment, and non-judgmentally. Strengths helps us understand what makes us unique, and StrengthsFinder invites each of us to celebrate what is good and right in ourselves and in others. Keep reading to see how these two ideas come together.
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