The Leadership Vision Blog & Podcast Archive

What Drives You? (podcast)
On this episode of the podcast, we feature a new monthly series of Strengths Based questions. They’re designed to help you reflect on how your Strengths have shaped who you are and provide a single action step you can take to better understand your capacity for greatest influence. In this episode we ask: What drives you? This one gets at your motivation.

What We’ve Learned About Implementing Change and Handling Conflict (podcast)
On this episode of the Leadership Vision podcast, Sara and Nathan briefly share the Leadership Vision approach to change and conflict then reflect on things they learned from working with a team in these areas. They’ll share some new insights into the topics of change and conflict, as well as the process of facilitating them. They’ll also offer a few suggestions that we think may help you navigate these two crucial and inevitable aspects of life on any team.

Join Our Summer 2019 Strengths Communicator Training! (Podcast)
On this episode of the podcast, we’re talking all about our Strengths Communicator Training. In this episode, you’ll learn not only about our Strengths Communicator Training but also some of the insights we’ve gained from the hundreds of participants we’ve worked with over the past several years. On the show, I talk with our President, Brian Schubring to unpack not only our methodology for teaching others about what we do but also some common elements and universal takeaways.
Even if you can’t make the trek to Minneapolis for one of our upcoming trainings, there are insights in this show that are applicable to anyone, anywhere with an interest in getting the best out of themselves and those on their team. Listen now and click the links below for more information about our next training.

Reflecting on 20 Years of Strengths (podcast)
On this episode of the Leadership Vision podcast, Linda and Nathan reflect on how they have seen their Strengths change over the past 20 years. 2019 marks the 20th anniversary of Linda and Nathan knowing each other, and they found it interesting to reflect on the ways their Strengths have become clearer and more understood over that time. While their conversation started in the past, it shifted into where they want their Strengths to go over the next 20 years.

Do You Feel Pigeonholed in Your Strengths?
On this episode of the podcast, we feature a new monthly series of Strengths Based questions. They’re designed to help you reflect on how your Strengths have shaped who you are and provide a single action step you can take to better understand your capacity for greatest influence. In this episode we ask: Which Strengths do you feel have been pigeonholed in your life?

Aeritae Consulting Group Testimonial
Below is a testimonial from one of our multi-year clients: Aeritae Consulting Group in St. Paul, Minnesota. We have been working with them for several […]

When Strengths Clash
Strengths are generative: a strength produces life in you and in others. This is one of the most fundamental and enduring principals of StrengthFinder™ recurring […]

Exploring the strength of Adaptability
I have always been a “go with the flow” kind of person. I certainly like things a my way, but when things don’t go my […]

Are you in a good strengths fit?
In every one of my roles, I work with teams of people and use StrengthsFinder. The effectiveness, or ineffectiveness of those teams has a direct correlation […]
Why Build a Professional Network
Why am I inviting people to be a part of a professional network? The answer is easy: connection, community, collaboration. Connection Individuals are stronger when connected. […]
A Simple StrengthsFinder Activity
Have you struggled to talk about what you are good at? Maybe you have been told that you are a people person, but can’t describe […]
Exploring the StrengthsFinder Theme of Ideation®
The StrengthsFinder Theme of Ideation® is a powerful addition to any team. They are catalytic because they can come up with creative ways to solve problems that otherwise seemed impossible. They can also get lost in their own world, so make sure you work to understand how this Strength works in that person.
Exploring the StrengthsFinder Theme Deliberative®
Have you ever noticed someone who makes great decisions over and over, but it takes her a long time to do so? Do you know those people who are quiet throughout a whole meeting and then all of a sudden, in 2 sentences, they capture what needs to be done, said, or considered? Who are those people who just need a little more time to weigh the options? These people may have the Strength of Deliberative®.
Book Review: Strengths Based Selling
Strengths Based Selling (SBS) by Tony Rutigliano and Brian Brim is yet another book based on the foundation of the Clifton StrengthsFinder assessment. If you […]
Exploring the StrengthsFinder Themes of Positivity and Harmony
The tension was palpable. Behind the sanctuary of the Cathedral of St. Paul, eight adults huddled over their VisionTrekk instructions, squinting at the minutely printed […]
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