The Leadership Vision Blog & Podcast Archive
3 Unexpected Things We Learned from 70 International Leaders
In the summer of 2022, Brian and Linda Schubring worked with 70 leaders at an international school in Europe. Over seven work days, they learned so much from the educators there. In this episode of the podcast, Brian and Linda share three unexpected things they learned from these leaders.
Why the mission of an organization needs to be communicated early and often.
How Strengths are not the end goal but merely a tool.
And how taking risks might be something you’re missing in your organization.

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.

What We’re Grateful For At Leadership Vision In 2019
It’s the week of Thanksgiving here in the United States, so we’re taking a little break from our Team Engagement Podcast Series. Every year our team shares a few brief things we’re thankful for, and so this year, I decided to commandeer a staff meeting and record those reflections!

How we help teams Communicate more effectively
Today on the podcast, we’re talking about how we help teams Communicate more effectively. From defining Communication to understanding personal and team norms around Communication, we hope to help any team better understand how to get their message across and be understood. Listen now!

How we help teams collaborate more effectively
Today on the podcast, we’re talking about how we help teams collaborate more effectively. From defining collaboration to understanding your personal and collective experiences with collaboration, we hope to help any team better understand how to work together.

A Preview of what’s coming up at Leadership Vision
Today on the Leadership Vision Podcast, we’re sharing news of three upcoming pieces of training, and a four-part series we recorded with Brian and Linda Schubring talking about the all-important topics of Collaboration, Communication, Conflict, and Change. We use these four topics, and the ideas of Knowledge, purpose, and trust, to help teams become healthier, and thrive. LISTEN NOW!

Team Leadership & Facilitation Training Reflection (podcast)
Today on the Leadership Vision podcast, you’re going to hear Brian and Nathan reflect on our latest training, about 18 hours after it wrapped up and was fresh in their minds! We recently completed our first Team Leadership & Facilitation training cohort, and can’t wait to share what it is, how it went, and what we learned. Listen now!

A Practical Activity to Build a Strengths-Based Team
We have a special guest on the Leadership Vision Podcast today! Zack, the connections pastor at a church in Arizona, is the first to share his story. Today on the podcast, we get to hear how he is working to build a strengths-based team. Listen now!
How to Manage your Strengths when Things Aren’t going Well
Today on the Podcast, Sara Schlipp-Reidel and Nathan Freeburg will be talking about how to manage your Strengths when life circumstances aren’t the way we prefer them to be. When we are stressed, tired, hungry, angry, or experience any other triggers that don’t enable us to be the best versions of ourselves, how do we cultivate awareness, presence of mind, and emotional maturity to show up as the best versions of ourselves? Listen now!
What We’ve Learned after 100 Podcast Episodes
Today on the podcast, our team is reflecting on our first 100 episodes. We share what we’ve learned, some of our favorites, and what we’re hoping to do with the show in the next 100 episodes. LISTEN NOW!
Why you should integrate personal development with professional practice
Today on the podcast, we’re talking with Steph Wahlund about the importance of practicing the language and philosophy of Strengths and elements from our Team Engagement Series in all contexts of life.
Extending the Language of Strengths through Purpose, Place, Peace, and People
On this episode of the Leadership Vision Podcast, learn about a new approach to implement purpose, place, peace and people in our work with Strengths. Brian and Nathan recorded this episode right after he introduced the four P words at recent client engagements. In this episode, we’ll share how those words extend the language and philosophy of Strengths beyond 34 definitions. We also share what we’re learning to help individuals on their journey, teams trying to apply Strengths, and entire organizations focused on building a Strengths-Based Culture. Listen now!
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