The Leadership Vision Blog & Podcast Archive
What We’re Grateful for at Leadership Vision in 2021
In this episode, our team members reflect on the things we’re most thankful for in 2021 and how those things are informing us going forward. Our themes of gratitude unsurprisingly revolve a lot around the pandemic and what all of us are thankful for in spite of the many, many things we’ve lost this year, both the trivial things and the profound. Enjoy!
Discussing the Five Courage Questions
In this episode, Nathan, Melissa, and Brian discuss five questions that you can use for courage and how we have used them in professional relationships here at Leadership Vision. These are questions you can ask whenever there’s something difficult in life or when you need clarity or more understanding about how you’re going to show up for something.
Learning About the Strengths Communicator Training with Amy
In this episode, Nathan sits down with Leadership Vision’s executive assistant, Amy, to discuss her recent experiences in our Strengths Communicator Training. We discuss her personal and professional takeaways from the training and what she’s learned about herself and her loved ones. Tune in to learn how you can benefit from the Strengths Communicator Training and how to sign up for our next session this winter. Enjoy!
Understanding How Teams Relate
In the final episode of our series on the dominant domains, we discuss the Relating domain and how it shows up on teams. The four domains of Strength are another way to organize and think about the 34 themes of Strength. These episodes are meant to introduce you to the language of the domains of Strength as one of the many ways you can better understand the culture of your team. A better understanding of team culture allows you to better prepare for your engagement with your team and to help the team really understand the nature and composition of who they are when they come together.
Understanding How Teams Influence
In this episode, we discuss the Influencing domain as a way to help us better understand team culture. This discussion is part three of a multi-part series about dominant domains and how they show up on teams.
How to Leverage Your Strengths in Job Transition
Very few of us will spend the duration of our careers in the same role. Logan shares advice that allowed him to navigate his most recent job switch and three important ways you can leverage your Strengths in job transition.
2 Keys to Leading Through Change
Leading through change is a constant challenge for all leaders. No matter your scope of influence or the number of people being affected, change will always be one of the challenges facing leaders. Change will test your adaptive capacities. Change will cast shadows of doubt within yourself, cloud your vision of the future, and erode the clarity of a well-planned strategy. Change may threaten relational trust and distract even the most focused of your team. On the other hand, change can be a welcome catalyst for greater clarity, compassion, and community.
Understanding The Good and Bad of Strengths
In our work as consultants with StrengthsFinder, we often hear people referring to different Themes of Strength with “good or bad,” “positive or negative” type of language. There is a misconception that certain Strengths are better than others, or at least better for certain things. We are constantly pushing back on this type of thinking, and instead, seek to help people understand that Strengths are character neutral – they are not good or bad, but entirely individual to the person who uses them. Keep reading as Joseph explores this idea with his own Themes, and offers an easy activity for reflection.
Don’t Miss the Train: Get on Board with our 2017 Strengths Communicator Trainings
Leadership Vision is pleased to announce the dates for our next Strengths Communicator Training. A cohort is forming now for June 21-22 and August16-17. This “train the trainer” model will provide you the tools to further develop your ability to better understand the unique behaviors of Strengths in yourself and in others. In this blog post, Bethany von Steinbergs shares why you don’t want the upcoming Strengths Communicator Training to “pass you by.”
An Incubator for Developing a Strengths Based Organization
When Leadership Vision partners with an organization through any of our consulting services, we help create an ideal environment for individuals and teams to grow. We seek to build rapport with our clients around a behavior-based approach to Strengths. From the way Leadership Vision consultants introduce themselves, to the ways we engage the individuals and teams around Strengths prompts, our work is filled with meaning and purpose.
A Visual Representation of My Strengths
If a friend asked you to choose an image that represents your Strengths, what image would you choose and why? Steph shares an image from her track and field days and explains how it is a visual representation of her Strengths.
Top Salespeople and the Domains of Strength
Sometimes, people can become overly focused on having specific Themes of Strengths to fulfill specific job roles. In this article, Jeff shares examples of extraordinary salespeople and their use of Themes of Strength in their work. He also explains how to understand the many Strengths that can be generative in a sales role.
Strengths and Culture: Beauty and Meaning
As a shaper of culture, keep three things in mind: First, the convergence of cultures actually creates a new culture. Secondly, the convergence of cultures allows for individuals to grow in their unique identities. Finally, a Strengths Based approach can Infuse the world with Beauty and Brilliance through relationship and conversation.
Professional Best Practices: 3 Team Activities Using StrengthsFinder Language
When it comes to creating team building activities that actually work, we have found the best ones to be simple, repeatable, and sustainable. Brian shares three lessons to illustrate how to introduce professional best practices while using StrengthsFinder language to prompt team conversations and application.
Attend a Leadership Vision Preview on March 30th in Minneapolis
Do you have employees in your organization who have taken the StrengthsFinder assessment? Perhaps, you have taken the assessment organization-wide and you are wondering what to do next? Or maybe you are an individual who is fascinated by Strengths and desires deeper training and development. If any of this applies to you, join us on Thursday, March 30, 2017, from 2-4:30 PM for our next Leadership Vision Preview Experience at our offices in downtown Minneapolis!
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