The Leadership Vision Resource Library
Why You need to Unlearn Your Leadership Skills
In this episode, we discuss the importance of letting go of some of our leadership “best practices” and being willing to open ourselves up to new interpretations of those leadership styles. Brian and Nathan discuss the importance of unlearning the successes that brought us to where we are and that we may need to be open to a new leadership style to get to the next level.
Three Questions to Help You Navigate Personal Change
In this episode, we discuss the importance of reflecting on transition and share three questions to help you succeed. Fall is naturally a time of change, from the changing of the seasons, the leaves, or more specific changes like children going back to school and business preparing for the year’s final quarter. Brian, Linda, and Nathan reflect on the past few months of changes and discuss what we each need to be best prepared for what is next.
Four Common Expressions of Leadership
In this episode, we present four common expressions of leadership and ask you to identify which one resonates with you the most. Then, we ask you to look at the “Common Issues” or flip-sides to those expressions and do the same. We hope you do this with a trusted friend or family member and see what happens.
What Do Your Strengths Need to Thrive and Survive?
On this episode of the Leadership Vision podcast, Brian Schubring, our founder and president talks about how to understand what our Strengths need to thrive and what they need to survive. We have found that you’ve reached a deeper level of awareness when you’re able to articulate exactly what your Strengths need in both of these situations. Thriving and surviving may seem like contradictory or even opposite states of being, but actually, we’ve found them to be more similar than different.
5 Ways to Solve Leadership Challenges
Over the years, Leadership Vision has helped countless teams work through various challenges, and hundreds of team leaders get unstuck. But sometimes, the leaders we help already know at least part of the answers to the questions they ask us.
In this episode, our founder and CEO, Brian Schubring, shares five pieces of advice he gives team leaders when encountering challenges. As you listen, think about some challenges you’re facing on your team and use one or all of these pieces of advice to think through your situation.
What Does it Sound like When Strengths Work Together? (podcast)
On this episode of the podcast, you’ll hear from three of our team members as I interview them about the similarities and differences between their shared Theme of Competition. But this episode isn’t really about the Theme of Competition Instead, in my conversation with Steph, Brian, and Logan, we’ll dive deep into the way their other Themes of Strength show up and impact their shared Theme of Competition. It’s a fascinating conversation and showcases just how unique each individual is, even when shared Strengths are present.
How Strengths Knowledge Builds Emotional Intelligence
At Leadership Vision, we are well aware of the profound importance emotional intelligence plays in the lives and careers of our clients. Data shows that building Emotionally Intelligent People, Teams, and Cultures is more important for effectiveness, engagement, and productivity than nearly any other single business objective. As you work toward an Emotionally Intelligent team dynamic, how can you use Strengths as the baseline for growth?
What are Your Personal Strengths ‘Blind Spots’? Summer Strengths Conversation #4
Our consultants got together with Nathan before our summer break to record a series of mini-episodes for the podcast. Over the past few weeks, we’ve been sharing Strengths-Based questions to ponder in the week ahead. Today’s episode is the fourth and final episode in our four-week series. Go back and listen to the others! These questions are perfect for discussion with a friend, team, or even your entire organization. Today’s question: What are your personal Strengths ‘blind spots’? Which of your Strength(s) gets in the way without you realizing it? Listen now and begin your reflection.
Which of Your Strengths Could Be ‘Louder’ and Which Could Be ‘Quieter’? Summer Strengths Conversation #3
We’re on summer break at Leadership Vision, but fear not! Our consultants got together with Nathan to record a series of mini-episodes for the podcast. Over the next few weeks, we’ll share one Strengths-Based question to ponder in the week ahead. This episode is the third in a four-week series and we hope it will provide you with something to chew on as you go about your week. Here’s the question for this week: Which of your Strengths could be ‘louder’ and which Strengths could be ‘quieter’ at times?
How Did You Use Strengths in a Conversation this Week? Summer Strengths Conversation #2
Over the next few weeks, we’ll share one Strengths-Based question to ponder in the week ahead. This is episode two in a four-week series. We hope these questions will be practical; one thing to focus on as you develop your awareness of how your Themes of Strength operate. These questions are perfect for discussion with a friend, team, or even your entire organization. Here’s the question for this week: What two strengths did you use in a conversation with a colleague or employee this week? What was the result? Listen now to begin your reflection!
How Do you Deal with Conflict? Summer Strengths Question #1
Over the next few weeks, we’ll share one Strengths-Based question to ponder in the week ahead. This episode is the first in a four-week series and we hope it will provide you with something to chew on as you go about your week. We also hope that these questions will be practical; one thing to focus on as you develop your awareness of how your Themes of Strength operate. These questions are perfect for discussion with a friend, team, or even your entire organization. Here’s the question for this week: How do your Strengths help you deal with conflict?
Reframing the Way We Ask Four Common Strengths Related Questions (podcast)
In this episode of the Leadership Vision Podcast, Brian Schubring and Nathan Freeburg talk about the discipline of interpreting and understanding Strengths. They talk about why the way we teach others to explain and understand Strengths is different from how we’ve traditionally been taught how to learn and how to reframe four common Strengths related questions.
Understanding the Link between Fear and Courage (podcast)
On this episode of the Leadership Vision Podcast, Carrie Jones and Nathan Freeburg discuss the link between fear and courage, and how both are necessary. We wrestle with the appropriate role that fear plays in helping us become courageous, but also how fear can paralyze us and prevent us from reaching our potential. Fear is temporary; regret is forever. We also share a prompt at the end to encourage you to act more courageously, so listen now!
What Do Your Strengths Need to Thrive and to Survive? (podcast)
On this episode of the Leadership Vision podcast, Brian Schubring, our founder and president talks about how to understand what our Strengths need to thrive and what they need to survive. We have found that you’ve reached a deeper level of awareness when you’re able to articulate exactly what your Strengths need in both of these situations. Thriving and surviving may seem like contradictory or even opposite states of being, but actually, we’ve found them to be more similar than different.
Applying Strengths to Family of Origin (podcast)
On this episode of the Leadership Vision podcast, Brian Schubring and I talk about how to take our origin stories and frame them in ways that put them in their rightful place. To do this, we share five steps that will help us acknowledge the role our past has played in shaping our present and future. We’ll also share some tips for giving it an appropriate place in our current life, so listen now!
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