The Leadership Vision Blog & Podcast Archive
Mastering Leadership Adaptability and Change Through Coaching with Stefanie Krievins
In this episode, we’re delighted to welcome Stefanie Krievins, a trained coach and facilitator with experience in HR consulting and business coaching. In our conversation, Stefanie shares insights into her career journey, her shift towards becoming a life coach and her innovative approach to organizational change and pro-troublemaking. Join us for this thought-provoking journey, and equip yourself with the tools to foster resilience and strength in your organization.
Marathon Mindset: Running Towards Leadership Excellence and Personal Growth
In this episode, we dive into how training for a marathon mirrors many life and business challenges. Brian and I discuss the unexpected yet profound parallels between training for a marathon and the broader strategies that we can all apply to life’s challenges, from engaging more deeply in our work environments to enhancing our daily personal interactions. Join us as we explore these unique insights and their wide-reaching implications for all of us.
Building a Resilience Plan with Dr. Marie-Hélène Pelletier
In this episode, we share a transformative conversation with Dr. Marie-Hélène Pelletier who brings her rich expertise in both business and psychology. Dr. Pelletier introduces her groundbreaking book, The Resilience Plan and outlines some of the basic ideas for building your resilience and the role teams play. She also offers some of her insights into practical strategies for all professionals aiming to enhance work performance and wellness. Enjoy!
A Personal and Professional Development Exercise
In this episode, we explore self-awareness and growth with Brian Shubring. Together, we delve into the intricacies of personal development, a journey that requires self-awareness and a commitment to growth and intentional living.
Our conversation highlights how our own reflections can set the stage for leadership, parenting, and social successes. We also share some of our own experiences, providing a blueprint for executives and anyone eager to craft their day-to-day life with intention. This candid conversation illustrates the profound impact of nurturing a relationship with oneself and the power of habits. We hope this conversation encourages you to take those small, yet vital steps towards a fulfilling life. Enjoy!
Strategic Leadership and Personal Wellness with Rich Horwath
In this episode, we unlock the secrets of strategic leadership and personal wellness with Rich Horwath, CEO of the Strategic Thinking Institute. Rich joins us for an insightful conversation on how leaders can refine their strategic acumen, from the intimate connection between self-care and peak leadership performance to the art of fostering a team culture primed for success. Throughout our conversation, Rich draws on his vast experience and passion for coaching to illuminate the path for outthinking the competition. His personal stories provide a unique lens through which we can understand the nuances of executive development and the symbiotic relationship between strategy and well-being. Join us for this enriching discussion that will bolster your leadership fitness in mental toughness, time management, and self-care. Enjoy!
The Importance of Embracing Lessons for Leadership
In this episode, Brian shares valuable insights on the importance of embracing lessons and details his personal journey of growth, highlighting his humility, openness, and willingness to accept help from others. We also discuss the significance of learning lessons as leaders and the need for leaders to embrace lessons from the past, be present in the moment, and prepare for future lessons. As you listen, we encourage you to reflect on your own experiences and the lessons that you’ve learned along the way.
What leaders do is a collection of small bite-sized leadership lessons designed to make you think differently about familiar topics. Each episode features Brian sharing his thoughts and experiences followed by an interactive question-and-answer session with members from our Leadership Vision online community.
What is Your Dominant Pair of Strengths?
Sometimes the simplest questions can bring about the most profound answers. In this episode, we revisit the idea of dominant pairs of Strengths and pose questions to our community and listeners about their Strengths and dominant pairs.
If you’re new to Strengths or curious about your dominant pair, use the StrengthsFinder assessment to learn more about your top five Strengths.
What Leaders Need to Level Up
Leaders obviously need to be at their best in today’s competitive business environment. They must think critically, make sound decisions, and motivate their teams. To do all this and more, leaders need to level up. Leveling up is about more than simply increasing your skills and knowledge. It’s about being more present, more engaged, and more effective. It’s also about being ready.
In this episode, we discuss three components leaders need to level up. We invite you to consider what you must do now to show up, grow up and pro up. Enjoy!
Why Leaders Wake Up Early
In this episode, we introduce our new podcast series, What Leaders Do, small little digestible nuggets of wisdom to help you be a better leader. We’re joined live by members of our community to discuss why the best leaders wake up early. We share insights on how leaders wake up early and stick to the habit. Plus, Brian shares his impressive, long-standing morning routine, including tips on how you can build your own morning practice. You can join the conversation in our next What Leaders Do episode by joining our community!
How the Best Leaders Slow Down When Faced with Challenges
In this episode, Dr. Linda and Brian Schubring and I explore how the best leaders and CEOs leverage action and accountability to face challenges and change head-on. We share a few stories from real leaders that we’ve worked with about our role as consultants and coaches in this process and give a few tips for how to slow down before you make any sort of decision when you’re facing your own challenges or changes. Enjoy.
What We Learned from Talking to 60 Different CEOs
In this episode, we discuss common pain points for CEOs and C-level leaders and what we’ve learned about how to navigate them. Whether you’re a C-level leader or a fresh new hire, we give tools that can help everyone navigate the challenging landscape of today’s work environment.
Three Keys to Doing Hard Things
In this episode, we discuss Steve Magness’s latest book, Do Hard Things: Why We Get Resilience Wrong and the Surprising Science of Real Toughness. We’ll share a brief overview of the book, give a couple of our biggest takeaways, and then share a few tips that we think will help you to better understand toughness and how you can apply that to your leadership and ultimately to doing hard things.
How to Use Strengths with Your Team in 90 Minutes or Less
Team leaders regularly ask us how they can use Strengths in a short team-building meeting or off-site experience. While brevity with Strengths is better than nothing, creating healthy teams takes ongoing, meaningful engagement. Understanding Strengths is an ongoing process, but you gotta start somewhere!
Today on the podcast, we outline how to use Strengths in a 60 – 90 minute team building meeting. It’s meant to give you tools to start the conversation in the Strengths world, create a positive experience, and then hopefully move into more engaging Strengths-based conversation.
How Good Leaders Lay People Off
Transition on a team is never an easy process. In this episode, we share how good leaders lay people off. We discuss three high-level tips and talk about some of the things we’ve learned from helping lots of leaders lay people off the right way.
3 Things Great Leaders Do When They Get Laid Off
In this episode, we talk about three things the best leaders do when they get laid off or experience a work transition. We share how good leaders lean into self-compassion, self-care, and reach out to their networks to get back on that proverbial employment horse. Enjoy!
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