The Leadership Vision Blog & Podcast Archive
Five Things That Lead to Team Health (podcast)
Today on the podcast, Brian Schubring and I are talking about why we spend so much time focused on teams. We unpack five things that are incredibly important to team health. It’s our why; why we do this work. When we work with groups, we help them move through normal dynamics and functions that every team experiences. We also want teams to put into practice some lessons that we’ve learned on how teams function well together.
There’s something here that you might be able to take back to your team right away and try to implement.
Parenting and Strengths: A Few Lessons with Logan and Nathan (podcast)
Welcome to the next installment of the Leadership Vision Podcast where we share our expertise in the discovery, practice, and implementation of CliftonStrengths.
On this episode of the podcast, I talk about parenting and Strengths with Logan Joyce, one of our consultants and Director of Business Development. This episode is about how we have seen our Strengths show up, change, and display themselves since we’ve become parents. There are more significant lessons here, too, that we apply to individuals and teams that in many ways have nothing to do with kids. Logan and I discuss how the concepts of empathy, patience, and curiosity – the trifecta of necessary parenting skills – are often missing in the workplace. We also ideate a bit about what it might be like if we brought those things back.
Listen now as Logan and I share some of the lessons we’ve learned, and continue to learn, about how our wonderful children have shaped our Strengths.
What We’re Grateful For at Leadership Vision in 2018
It’s Thanksgiving week in the United States, and so we’re taking a little break from talking about the implementation and practice of Strengths. Instead, I’ve asked our team to briefly reflect on their year and share a few things they are grateful for in 2018. They each wrote something and then recorded it on whatever recording device they could find. Reflection is a powerful process that reminds us of the good things and teaches us something about the bad. Best selling author Melody Beattie says that “Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow.”
On this episode of the podcast, we share a snapshot of what our team is grateful for in 2018. As we pause to reflect on our hectic and hurried lives, you’ll hear some of the complexity and diversity that exists on our team. We also share our written thoughts in the blog.
Learning on the Go & Reflecting on Our Work (podcast)
On this episode of the podcast, you’ll hear a conversation between Sara and Nathan as they travel to and from a client engagement. In the first part of the show, Sara and I talk about our work with the client and share a few points of learning we hoped to have with them. In the second half of the episode, on the way back to the airport, you’ll hear them reflect on lessons learned from the group; things they were surprised by, and things that went pretty much as expected. They also share some personal and professional takeaways. There were some tremendous moments of learning, not just from the client, but for our team as well. No matter where you’re at on your Strengths journey there are some helpful insights you can take back to your team, to your organization, or maybe just implement in your own life.
What’s the Number One Responsibility of a Leader? (mini-podcast)
In this episode of the Leadership Vision podcast, we’re experimenting with a new show format called “Quick Questions with Brian!” The idea is to ask our founder and CEO, Brian Schubring, one quick question about leadership, and get his best quick answer. Brian has 30+ years of experience not only coaching and consulting with all levels of high-impact leaders but also a plethora of experience of his own as a business owner and leader in a variety of capacities and in numerous contexts.
If you have a question about leadership you’d like Brian to answer or if you’d just like to give us some feedback on this occasional format (don’t worry, this isn’t replacing the longer format focusing on Strengths and teams) contact us!
Winning Others Over with the StrengthsFinder Theme of WOO®!
WOO® is a social Intelligence theme. People with the Strength of WOO® have a great capacity to inspire and motivate others. WOO® is skillful in a social setting.
The 1 to 1 Conversation: Creating a Seismic Shift in Understanding Your Strengths
Knowing your top 5 strengths is only the beginning. You may feel validated. You may feel vulnerable. You may feel skeptical. But something about the language of strengths makes you want to know more. The ground is shifting beneath your feet. But how can you make sense of it all?
Exploring the StrengthsFinder Theme of Learner®
People with the Strength of Learner® love to learn in many areas and simply enjoy the process of learning, more than the topic of what is being learned. They enjoy learning almost anything, or perhaps going deep in only a few things. Either way, learning is fascinating and energizing.
What our Strengths Communicator Certification Looks Like
Strengths Communicator Certification enables participants to better understand the philosophy of Strengths, as well as see talents inherent in them.
How our Learning Community 360 Builds Strong Teams
This week, our team had the opportunity to facilitate two different “Learning Community 360” experiences. This is the third step in our core offering of […]
Exploring the StrengthsFinder Theme of Intellection®
A person with the Strength of Intellection® likes to think. They love intellectual activity and are typically very introspective, and this thinking process is happening all up in their head. This person actually “needs” intellectual activity. And this intellectual activity is typically about many, many topics.
How our Preview Experience helps people understand our Strengths Based Approach
On Friday May 16th we hosted a preview experience at our headquarters, CoCo Minneapolis. Over 23 people from 16 different organizations joined us to: Learn more […]
Exploring the StrengthsFinder Theme of Input®
A person with the StrengthsFinder Theme of Input® is inquisitive and curious, always on the lookout for new and interesting information. People with Input® seem to want to know about everything, and they ask questions to propel them to learn even more. Input® indicates one’s ability to not just collect information but to store it, and then to retrieve it when needed.
Exploring the StrengthsFinder Theme of Individualization®
People with the Strength of Individualization® see each person as one of a kind. They are intrigued by the unique qualities of each person. They tend to have a natural ability to discover uniqueness or hidden talents without the need for an assessment or other tool.
What you Can do with StrengthsFinder in 60 – 90 Minutes
Recently we were asked if we could give some tips to help a small team lead their own 60 – 90 minute strengths event. Typically we […]
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