The Leadership Vision Blog & Podcast Archive
The Transformational Nature of Strengths
In today’s episode, we will talk about Strengths as being descriptive, generative, environmental, and transformational. Those words take some unpacking, so stick around to hear Brian, and I walk through our four differentiators, and also share a tip about how to apply the big idea to yourself or your organization.
Shaping our Identity in the Crucible of 2020
In this episode of the Leadership Vision Podcast, we invite you to reflect on this current moment to find meaning in and learning from our present world. Surrender to how this season is refining you to emerge stronger, more confident, more filled with purpose, and as passionate as ever.
How our virtual Delivery Helps Teams Deal with Real-World Business Problems
Today on the podcast, Brian and Linda Schubring and I will be recapping two of our recent virtual events. We will discuss some of our biggest takeaways from them and also share how we’ve been using our platform to discuss relevant, real-time business, and team challenges with our clients. So keep listening!
On the Importance of Rest
In this episode we talk about how to make intentional interruptions in our lives to break the flow and monotony. We’ll discuss how that can give us the space to unravel some of the knots that have have been tied around these global and national events. We hope this will remind us of who we are and what we need to flourish in these challenging times. We don’t accidentally get healthy and feel rested. It takes intentionality, discipline, and focus.
Understanding your Communication Patterns and Preferences
In this podcast episode, we examine where our communication preferences and patterns have come from, how those origins impact the way we communicate today, and what our team needs to know about us to communicate most effectively.
Our Top 5 Posts from 2015: All About Teams
2015 was a great year for Leadership Vision. We grew our team by three, took on several new clients, and launched an online offering of our core offering. A big theme we kept coming back to was team. Not only in the way we thought about and intentionally grew our own team, but the way we worked with other teams has changed as well. Teams are vitally important to any organization. Drilling into our google analytics, it was obvious that this is what our readers cared about as well. Keep reading to learn our five most searched and shared articles from 2015. All of them, in some way, reference Strengths work with teams.
Exploring the Thinking Domain of Strength
The Thinking domain of Strength doesn’t only refer to individuals who are constantly working things out in their owns heads. Rather, people with these eight strengths are able to think into creative ways to solve problems, or devise a plan that may be an unusual take on the issue. Whether it’s thinking into a current problem, or dreaming about how to overcome tomorrow’s, the strategic thinking themes can take a thought or idea and look for the best way to move forward on it. Continue to read, and watch, as Brian explains the 8 themes of Strength in this domain.
Giving the Gift of StrengthsFinder
Giving StrengthsFinder as a gift is a wonderful idea for families, friends, co-workers or anybody you care about who could benefit from knowing more about what makes them special. Below are a few ideas, some helpful tips, and how to go about giving this great gift.
What we are thankful for at Leadership Vision in 2015
Thanksgiving allows us an opportunity to pause and reflect on our hectic and hurried lives. When we contemplate the many things we have to be thankful for, hopefully it causes us to jump with delight. Even if life hasn’t gone according to plan, perhaps you can focus on what did go well, and count your many blessings. Read as a our team reflects on the things they are thankful for this year.
The Importance of Knowing when to lead and when to follow
We recently added two team members, to boost our efficiency and range. This addition has allowed Carrie the opportunity to see the leadership qualities in her own strengths in a new ways, while also reaping the benefits of the additional Strengths on our team. Keep reading as Carrie unpacks how we can all know when it’s time to lead and when it is time to follow.
Getting Work Done. Exploring the Executing Domain of Strength
The themes in the Executing Domain of Strength tend to get things done, with speed, precision, and accuracy. These nine themes are the hardest working of the bunch. They put in the hard work now, so that when it’s time to move, they are ready. They make things happen! Watch as Nathan teaches these themes and see how it compares to your experience.
Using StrengthsFinder to Build Strong Friendships
As we age, we often look back over our life and examine the things that have made us who we are. Friendships are key to what has shaped us today. As we think about StrengthsFinder, it is a fantastic tool often leveraged in a business or work setting. However, if applied to our friendships, it can be fundamental to deeper awareness of self and others. Read as Joseph explains how he has done this.
How Strengths Change with the Seasons
We believe that strengths have seasons just like the Midwest. At Leadership Vision, we have found we utilize our strengths in different ways at different times. We live in Minnesota where there is a distinct change in all of the four seasons: autumn, winter, spring and summer. Where we live, “the weather” is a topic of conversation from basic small talk to deeper reflections on how the seasons affect perspective, mood and productivity. In much the same way, Strengths have a season as well, and you may find yourself embracing that season or waiting for it to be over.
Understanding the StrengthsFinder Theme of Significance®
Have you ever been inspired to be involved in a cause bigger than yourself? Have you ever signed up for something that you were convinced was worthwhile, then found yourself involved in changing people’s lives in ways you could never have imagined? If so, you may have been influenced by a person with the StrengthsFinder Theme of Significance®.
Join Our 2015 Strengths Communicator Training
Leadership Vision is offering an opportunity for you to join the Strengths Communicator Training December 3-4, 2015 and January 14-15, 2016 in Minneapolis Minnesota. At the conclusion of these four days, you will become familiar with the complexity and behavioral nuances of each of the 34 Themes of Strength, further deepen your Strengths-based language through 12 guided conversations, and will know how to identify Strengths pairing and applications of Strengths. Keep reading to learn more, and register.
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