The Leadership Vision Blog & Podcast Archive
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!
4 Ways to have more productive Self-Reflection
Today on the podcast, we will be talking about four things to consider when doing self-reflection. We invite you to consider your perspective of attitude, acceptance, alternative, and action each time you pause to reflect. These simple things can open our minds to different ways of reflecting to influence and change our perspectives. Enjoy!
A Tool to Help Your Team Navigate Change
In this episode, we talk about change! We walk you through our “Change Pyramid” tool, which can guide you through a recent change experience and then use that knowledge to navigate your next life change. Enjoy!
Understanding How You Approach Moments of Change
In this episode, we talk about change! Everyone has their own preferences and ability to navigate change. In this episode, Brian, Linda, and Nathan share a little bit about how they navigate change, where their personal preferences come from, and how you can better understand your own change preferences. Enjoy!
Strengths Communicator Training: Webinar Replay
Quite often we encounter individuals who want to take their knowledge and awareness of Strengths to a deeper level. In fact, it’s rare when people don’t want to do this. For personal or professional reasons, Strengths education helps everyone become more of who they are. If you’d like to go to the next level with Strengths, consider joining our Strengths Communicator Training in January. In Today’s post, Bethany and Nathan discuss via webinar, what this training is, and how you might benefit.
What We Learn by Listening
Recently, Bethany has developed an even greater affection for the 1 to 1 Conversation. She stumbled upon a quote by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow which states, “A single conversation across the table with a wise man is better than ten years mere study of books.” In the work we do, this is the place where we learn: the 1 to 1 Conversation. In today’s post, Bethany von Steinbergs shares a few things she has learned about the power of listening in a Strengths conversation.
Using Strengths During Times of Transition: Part II
When Brian reflected on transitions throughout his life – various jobs, relationships, family dynamics – he realized he does not transition well. He quickly embraces what is next, without much thought given to healthy transition. After much reflection, he has learned how to utilize his Strengths in these situations. Keep reading and see what you can apply to your own life.
What We Are Thankful for at Leadership Vision in 2016
There is something special about this time of year. Getting together with family, eating amazing food, and sharing the ways our lives have changed over the previous 365 days. Reflection is a powerful process that can remind you of the good things, and teach you something about the bad. Our team spent time thinking about what we are thankful for this year. As you reflect on your own year, here is a glimpse into ours.
Strengths at Home
Creating a Strengths Based Culture, speaking the language of Strengths, and approaching conversations through the lens of Strengths, are all critically important to creating a relational and intentional environment where each person’s unique perspective is defended and protected. But, what happens when you go home? Steph shares some helpful insights about the benefits of knowing and learning your Strengths with friends and family at home.
Protect Your Magic: Defending your Strengths
As we head into this next season the concept of protecting one’s magic – understanding what makes you uniquely you – is especially important. Below are Sara’s suggestions for protecting your magic and finding compassion for the magic of those around you.
Leadership Lessons from Loss
At a recent dinner conversation, the host posed a question: “What is one thing you’ve learned about yourself this year?” Here are three things Linda has learned this year about leadership, as she reflects on the loss of a dear friend.
How to Use Your Strengths to be a Good Follower
At Leadership Vision, we implore our clients that no matter what their title, they can lead. We believe leadership is about influence, and everyone has influence. What does that mean for followers? Today, Joseph shares how you can you use your Strengths to be a better follower where you are.
3 Things to Know about your Strengths in the Real World
We often like to talk about our StrengthsFinder themes in the best possible situation. Strengths exist when you’re at your best. Anything short of that isn’t a Strength, but a Theme. Yet life isn’t that easy. Today, Carrie shares three things she has learned about Strengths as she has examined them in the “real world.”
3 Common Objections to StrengthsFinder™
Sometimes, as we enter into conversations about StrengthsFinder™ we find people either love it or don’t. This could be a result of simply not understanding the tool or a dislike of assessments in general. Today, Bethany shares three of the most common objections we get and presents the Leadership Vision approach to helping others understand the benefits of Strengths-based work.
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