The Leadership Vision Resource Library
6 Tips for Successful Team Facilitation
In this episode, Brian and Linda Schubring share some of their insights and strategies for successful team facilitation. Leaders often find themselves in situations where participants have low expectations due to previous experiences of super boring, unproductive, or passive training sessions. To overcome these challenges, Brian and Linda suggest creating an engaging and interactive environment that captures the attention and participation of all team members. They also share a few valuable tips and tricks to engage your teams and help you learn how to navigate conversations with dexterity, foster meaningful connections, and facilitate productive discussions. If you’re in a rut or need to do something different, this episode can help you harness some of our methods and philosophy to maximize engagement and achieve your goals. Enjoy.
Mid-Year Reflections with the Leadership Vision Team
Last week we shared our mid-year reflection check-in, a series of questions to help you zoom in on how the first part of the year has gone and zoom out to look forward in order to create the best possible end of the year. In this episode, Brian, Linda, and I share our own mid-year reflections. We handpicked a few of our check-in questions as examples and also to share a little bit of insight into what Leadership Vision is working on as we look into the first half of this year and then look forward to the second half. Enjoy!
Pause, Reflect, Thrive: Your Mid-Year Check-In for Success
We hope you’re enjoying a fantastic week as we approach the Fourth of July holiday here in the united states. Like many of you, our team is taking some time off, so we thought we’d again share our mid-year reflection episode as we move into the second half of 2023.
This mid-year break or interruption in our regular routines, is an opportunity to reflect on how the year has gone thus far and plan for how we’d like the remainder of the year to unfold. So, whether you’re grilling, spending time with family, or simply taking a moment to yourself, let’s dive into some reflection questions that can help guide your assessment and shape your future endeavors.
Unleashing Success through People-Centric Leadership and Teamwork
In this episode, we uncover how considering the individuals within your team can be the key to unlocking remarkable success. We discuss why shifting our focus from the what and how to the who is crucial for effective leadership, share a powerful tool that can help you press pause, reflect, and build strong team foundations, and dive into real life examples of teams that have experienced this transformative journey. Whether you’re a seasoned leader, aspiring to become one, or a fresh new hire, this conversation will provide you with some practical insights and actionable steps to cultivate strong team dynamics and foster a culture of collaboration and understanding. Enjoy!
The Connection Between Self-Leadership and Leading Others
In this episode, we share a somewhat candid conversation about the challenge of recognizing personal needs and the connection between self-leadership and leading others. Throughout our discussion, Brian and I share personal anecdotes and observations about our struggles to name and prioritize individual needs. We also highlight the significance of understanding and addressing our own needs as a fundamental aspect of self-leadership and compassionate leadership towards others. Listen and reflect as we unpack these perspectives and provide some practical suggestions for recognizing and prioritizing your own needs as a leader. Enjoy!
A Team Building Activity Using Your Images of Strength
In this episode of the Leadership Vision Podcast, we dive into a conversation from back in 2017 about images. We discuss the power of images, the power of finding objects, and how you can use them to get to know your Strengths and the Strengths of other people a little bit more. We also share a very helpful and practical show & tell activity that we encourage you to try with your team. Enjoy!
What is Leadership Vision?
In this episode of the Leadership Vision Podcast, we release our very first videocast of a conversation with Leadership Vision CEO, Brian Schubring, from 2017. We discuss what Leadership Vision is, how we got started, a little bit of our history, some of our foundational beliefs, what were we trying to achieve as an organization, and how our work can help all types of teams thrive. Enjoy!
Embracing StrengthsFinder Theme Names 2.0
In this episode of the Leadership Vision podcast, Nathan and Brian revisit the topic of embracing StrengthsFinder theme names and focus on five N’s: Name, Narrative, Needs, Notice, and Neuroscience.
The Domains of Strength
In this episode of the Leadership Vision Podcast, Nathan and Brian discuss the domains of Strength in-depth, describing what each of them means, how to use them in a team setting, and what to do if you have too many or not enough of a certain domain represented on your team.
What are Your Stories of Joy from 2020?
2020 has been challenging for all of us, but it’s important to remember there have been a lot of good things, too. At Leadership Vision, we have experienced a whole lot of small, positive things and we have a hunch that perhaps you may have some small positives as well. We’d love to hear your stories of joy from 2020! Send us a voice memo to share one small, positive experience or a source of joy from 2020 for an upcoming episode!
What are Your Values?
We’re taking a short holiday break from new episodes of the Leadership Vision podcast but we want to hear from YOU! What are your values? Where do they come from and how do you apply them to your relationships, work, and daily life? Share your values with us, or ask us a question about how personal or team values can help guide your team, and we’ll include them in an upcoming episode.
Exploring Our Value of Fun
On this episode of the Leadership Vision Podcast, we explore our value of fun. We discuss the meaning of fun and why we believe having fun is so important for building strong teams. We share examples of how we cultivate fun on the Leadership Vision team, and how the value of fun shows up in experiences with our clients. At the end of the episode, we share key takeaways for cultivating fun and building emotional safety on your team.
Exploring Our Value of Team
On this episode of the Leadership Vision Podcast, we explore our value of team. We discuss the meaning of team, why it’s such a core value to us, what makes strong teams, and how the value of team shows up in our Strengths and in experiences with our clients, peers, and loved ones. We also share key takeaways to help you start exploring the importance of teams in your life.
What We’re Grateful for at Leadership Vision in 2020
On this episode of the Leadership Vision Podcast, our team members reflect on the things that we’re most thankful for in 2020 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. Thanksgiving allows us an opportunity to pause and reflect on our hectic and hurried lives, to think about the things we are most thankful for in life, and appreciate the ways our lives are blessed. Enjoy!
Exploring Our Value of Wisdom
On this episode of the Leadership Vision Podcast, we explore the team value of wisdom. Nathan, Brian, and Linda discuss the meaning of wisdom, the importance of sharing wisdom with others, and how wisdom shows up in Strengths, on the Leadership Vision team, and in experiences with clients, peers, and loved ones. We also share reflection questions to help you start exploring the wisdom in your own life.
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