The Leadership Vision Resource Library
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?
How to Work with Someone with Very Different Strengths than You
On this episode of the podcast, we host a conversation between two of our consultants, Logan and Carrie, and listen in as they process their journey of working with one another through their very different Strengths.
The Importance of Creating Space in our Lives
On this episode of the Leadership Vision Podcast, Carrie Jones and Nathan Freeburg talk about intentionally creating space in our lives to reflect and fill with what we need most. It’s timely and we encourage everyone to figure out what they need most to feel less frantic in life. Listen now!
The Importance of a Descriptive and Generative Approach to the Understanding and Application of Strengths (podcast)
On this episode of the podcast, Steph Wahlund and Nathan Freeburg dive into the meaning and importance of the terms Descriptive and Generative. Not only are these two key terms we ask all of our participants to understand, Not only are these two key terms we ask all of our participants to understand, but in many ways, the words Descriptive and Generative define our entire philosophy of implementing a Strengths-Based approach to people, teams, and culture. It’s important however to understand that these two words must be taken together.
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 […]
Why StrengthsFinder
Many people have asked us, “Why have you spent the last 12 years focused on StrengthsFinder?” Or something that sounds like this, “How can you build […]
Exploring the StrengthsFinder Theme of Significance
Continuing on in my mini series about my own strengths and how they play out in my day to day life, today I focus on […]
Exploring the Strength of Focus
This picture illustrates how my brain works – always focused on the horizon. I ask, “Where am I headed?” and “How can I get there?” […]
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