The Leadership Vision Blog & Podcast Archive
Exploring Our Value of Generosity
On this episode of the Leadership Vision Podcast, we explore the team value of generosity. Nathan, Brian, and Linda share their experiences of generosity through their individual Strengths, and share examples of generosity experienced with clients, teammates, and loved ones.
An Introduction to Our Team Values
On this episode of the Leadership Vision Podcast, Brian and Linda introduce and define our five core values. They describe who we are, how we interpret the world around us, and how we show up to engagements with each other. Our five values are generosity, courage, wisdom, team, and fun.
Three Lessons about Strengths-Based Teamwork
Three things we learned about Strengths-based teamwork from reading The Very Busy Spider that will help you build your team culture:. Listen now!
Adjusting to Zoom, Quarantine, and the Many Challenges of 2020
In this episode of the Leadership Vision Podcast, Nathan, Brian, and Linda share a conversation about Zoom, quarantine, and adjusting to the many challenges of 2020.
Strengths & Relationships
In this episode of the Leadership Vision Podcast, Nathan and Brian discuss how their Strengths can get in the way of their relationships.
Using Strengths Outside our Day Jobs
Through the exponential increase in self-awareness that Strengths provides, we can be more selective about the things and people we commit ourselves to. We will have an easier time saying no to the things that do not give us life, and seeking out opportunities that do. Often, we are able to find more ways to use our Strengths in places outside of our day-jobs. Keep reading as Sara gives us some relevant examples.
Why we are Passionate about Strengths Communicator Training
We just completed the first portion of our latest Strengths Communicators Training. It was fantastic! Recently, Brian’s business coach asked him why he was so passionate about this training. Brian’s answer didn’t surprise us, but it did give us deeper insight into why we priorities what we do. Keep reading to hear the story.
Understanding your Phantom Strengths
‘Phantom Strengths’ is not an official Gallup or Leadership Vision term. It is simply how we describe various Talents combining to look like a Strength that a person doesn’t actually have. Sometimes it may be in an individual’s top ten and you simply don’t know it. Other times, it is the pairing of Talents that may lead you to believe an individual has a Strength they do not have. Keep reading as Steph explains more about what these are, how to spot them, and why it matters.
Three Reminders for Personal Strengths Development
Since our team is on vacation this week, and you probably are too, we decided to provide you with a few of our favorite posts to read, or re-read, as you relax. We’re in the middle of a project to better organize all of our archived articles, to provide a more useful resource for you. These three posts stood out as great examples of why personal Strengths development is so important. Take a few extra minutes to reflect on your own Strengths…by the lake, the pool, or in the hammock!
The Importance of Focusing on Your Base
One of the best parts of my career so far has been having fantastic managers who helped steer me. I have also had a few […]
How Strengths Mature by Leveraging Firsts
Since joining Leadership Vision, Bethany has been doing her best to leverage all of her “firsts”. It is important to maximize your first year in a new role by assuming a learning posture. This means positioning your heart and mind in an “arms wide open” way, receiving each moment with impartiality, generosity, and curiosity. Keep reading to learn more about how this is done.
Strengths and Team: What are your Back-Up Singer Strengths?
As leaders, sometimes we get on a stage with a bunch of rock stars and we have to take turns, leading, and shining. The Strengths movement has been great at helping us understand when it’s our turn to be up front, and when it’s our turn to be the “back-up” singer. Read more as Linda poses a great question for teams to consider about this.
Giving your Strengths Permission to Relax
Strengths need time to relax. They need a time and a place where you can let your proverbial “Strengths hair” down, and just let them run wild, without trying to control or focus them. We have found that this sharpens Strengths, and makes them more generative in the moments when you need them to be “on” and “engaged” in a team environment.
How Others Provide Perspective on Strengths
Have you ever found yourself in a situation where you felt completely unprepared? Have you ever thought, “there’s no way I can do [fill in your thing],” only to realize, through the perspective of those who know your Strengths well, that you can? Steph reflects on the reactions of two colleagues at a recent situations that helped shed some light on how her Strengths were perfectly situated to help here thrive.
A Strengths Letter to New Professionals
Recently, Joseph and Sara had the opportunity to sit down with a college senior who was seeking to learn more about the world of leadership consulting and the work of Leadership Vision. Like many young people we meet, she was anxious for advice on how to position herself for success in the coming months and years. Here are three things we shared with her about how to set herself up for a career of success: Know your Strengths, Be Informed and Empowered and Start Somewhere.
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