The Leadership Vision Blog & Podcast Archive
Harmonizing Team Culture and Leadership in a Hybrid Work Era: The Power of Purpose and Expectations
Can daily habits and clear expectations supercharge your team’s culture, even in a hybrid work world? In this episode, we journey through the significant yet often-overlooked elements that are key to nurturing a thriving team environment. Together with Dr. Linda Schubring, we examine the influence of purpose-filled gatherings and the powerful impact of intentional leadership choices on team dynamics. Discover the secret to creating spaces that not only encourage connection but also spark creativity and foster a shared sense of purpose. We also delve into our own transformative moments, inviting you to reflect on the experiences that have profoundly shaped your leadership journey. Enjoy!
Visualizing Strengths: A Journey Through AI-Generated Landscapes of Human Motivation
In this episode, we embark on an imaginative exploration as we merge Strengths with the transformative power of artificial intelligence (AI).
We picked five different Strengths and created AI images for each of them. What’s fun about this activity is that there’s no right or wrong answer. We had a lot of fun playing with this new technology, but even better, we found it helpful to explain Strengths through our eyes.
Our conversation springs from that moment of ingenuity, taking a deep dive into the world of Strengths visualization, where we translate the essence of unique qualities into AI-generated images. We hope this conversation enhances your understanding of your Strengths and the Strengths of others. Enjoy!
Mastering Compassionate Leadership: Enhancing Emotional Capacity and Connection
Ever wondered how the best leaders seem to have an uncanny ability to connect with their team? In this episode, we delve into the profound significance of emotional agility and vocabulary in shaping the dynamics and culture within a team. With real-world anecdotes and practical tools, our conversation will arm you with strategies to enhance your leadership style and cultivate deeper team connections. This episode isn’t just a lesson; it’s a masterclass in compassionate leadership, inspired by the most forward-thinking minds in the field. Get ready to explore these insights and strategies that will not only transform your own leadership style, but also deepen the connections between those you lead. Enjoy!
Unveiling Strengths and Building Team Culture: Insights from The Learning Community
Have you ever imagined your personal Strengths as a vivid image, telling the captivating story of who you are as a professional? In this episode, we delve into a unique aspect of how we build positive team culture within organizations – the Learning Community (or Picture Day as it has become know as to some of our long standing clients). This process involves creating visual narratives to help individuals and teams understand their unique Strengths results. The episode provides a fascinating insight into how visual storytelling can enhance team dynamics and personal growth. Enjoy!
Mastering Communication and Relationship Dynamics in Leadership
Have you ever considered the profound influence of language, tone, and style in connecting with your team? In this episode, we share the second of a two-part series (originally aired as one episode) where we were guests on the Access Ideas podcast with Janna Stam.
In our conversation, we illuminate the the nuances of leadership, the dynamics of communication, the intricate nature of trust, some great reflections on Strengths and a plethora of other things. It was a little bit wide ranging, but it was a lot of fun.
Join us for an episode brimming with transformative ideas that will empower you to lead with empathy, adaptability, and a deep understanding of your team’s dynamics. Enjoy!
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Three Big Changes at Leadership Vision
In this episode, we discuss three big changes that we’re going through at Leadership Vision. We talk about why and how these changes have an effect on you, our listeners, readers, and watchers, and then share a little bit about our change process and how we arrived here.
Inevitably you will face some changes this year. Maybe you’re going through one right now. Our hope is that this episode can be not only a resource, but also a source of motivation and encouragement when you inevitably feel stuck or lost. So get out a notepad and listen up because this is gonna be a good one!
How to Create Vision with Your Values
We want to inspire you to really think differently about the way you’re approaching your job, your parenting or family life, or community activities. And it starts with understanding your values. In this episode, we discuss how our values have shaped the direction of Leadership Vision, plus three steps for creating your own vision for the new year.
Reflections on Growth & Change at Leadership Vision
This episode is a bit of a look back to look forward. In 2023, Leadership Vision will be shifting and getting more clear about what we do, what we offer to our clients, and how we help people understand and express their beauty and brilliance. We had a whole episode mapped out about our new direction when we realized that we should pause and take a moment to reflect on how we got to this point. In doing that, we came up with three questions for you to consider as you think about your contributions to your team. The first question is what stands out about this past year. How have you grown in the past year, and what contributions have you made?
How to Apply Your Strengths to Different Contexts
In this episode, we explore the idea of self-awareness and how it can help you understand and apply your Strengths in different contexts. Self-awareness helps us to know ourselves better, recognize how we show up in the world, and understand how we can contribute to an organization. We also share a brief activity to help you to start thinking about the different contexts of your Strengths. Enjoy!
Ways to Invest in your Leaders in 2023
As 2022 is now over, and all the hope and optimism of 2023 is standing before us, we wanted to take a moment to pause and reflect on three of our favorite podcast episodes from the past 12 months. Today’s episode contains three snippets from longer conversations focusing on helping leaders transform how they express their beauty and brilliance.
As we charge into the new year, we imagine a place where people feel connected and a certainty of purpose emerges. We believe people are the most important focus of attention and investment. As you think about what you want to accomplish this year and maybe what your team wants to accomplish, we’d love to be one of the many resources you engage in making your goals a reality.
The Four L Model of Leadership
On this episode of the podcast, Brian Schubring and I talk about what it takes to reach that next level of leadership fitness. We call it becoming Leadership Lean. During this time of year, January, many people—maybe even you—set goals, especially those involving fitness and other health-related pursuits. This could be exercising, eating better, trying to accomplish a specific achievement or milestone, or perhaps, just trying to incorporate more movement into your daily life. Whatever your goals, they all involve disciplined learning and unlearning of certain behaviors. This is true of anything you want to be better at, be it parenting, podcasting, or the pursuit of your lofty goals. We need to move beyond the space we’re currently in and move into an area that’s a little scary. In this episode, we explore and unpack what it takes to become Leadership Lean. Brian shares his four L model which includes Listening, Leaning, Learning, and Leading.
Reflections on Being Present
It’s the end of the year 2022, and as Brian, Linda, and I were reflecting on what we wanted to discuss for our last episode of the year, we hit record and it led to this wonderful conversation. The theme of this episode is the idea of authentic connection, purposeful connection, and understanding the why behind what we’re doing.
This isn’t a scripted episode about the top three things to do with Strengths on your team. It’s more of a conversation about pausing. So here it is, our final episode of the year. We hope you have a great holiday season and will see you in the new year. Cheers!
How to Expand Your Understanding & Expertise in the Application of Strengths
We connect daily with people who have received their CliftonStrengths report and love what they have learned about themselves. Yet, at the same time, they are hungry for a deeper understanding and application of strengths.
This is why we created our “Seeing Strengths from a New Perspective” online course. This 6-part course is designed to help you understand the ideas and concepts of strengths and productively apply them in your life.
If you are looking for the best resource to guide the development of your strengths in 2023, this course is for you!
The Importance of Living Our Gratitude
It’s Thanksgiving in the United States, and as has become our tradition at Leadership Vision, this episode is all about gratitude.
We’ve been doing this since 2015, and each year after we do these podcasts focused on gratitude, we are stirred to action and encouraged to live more toward the light and the good in the world. We want to express our gratitude and invite you to express your gratitude to your families, tribes, co-workers, and others in your sphere of influence.
But more than that, let’s live our gratitude…
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