The Leadership Vision Blog & Podcast Archive
What You Should Know About the Story You’re Telling Yourself
In this episode, Melissa and Nathan discuss how to recognize when we’re telling ourselves stories that probably aren’t true, how to correct them, and where to go from there. We will share a few examples from our own lives, and then give you a couple of tools to help you stay true in the moment in order to have better emotional health.
Why you need to DO THE WORK that NOBODY sees.
Today on the podcast, Brian, Linda, and I offer some encouragement as we discuss our internal, unseen personal growth. Even though this work can go unseen by most, we still need to pursue growth. It is worth it in the long run. Enjoy!
Do you Understand how your Strengths Pair Together?
Today on the podcast, we’re talking about the importance of understanding how your Strengths pair together. Brian, Linda, and I discuss the difference between expressive pairings and motivational pairings, how you can understand both, and why you need to communicate these new findings to those on your team. Enjoy!
4 Things You Need To Understand To Maximize Your Influence
Today on the Leadership Vision Podcast, Brian and Nathan ask how your education, experience, expertise, and environment have shaped your emotional connection to others and ultimately your ability to lead. Enjoy!
4 Ways to have more productive Self-Reflection
Today on the podcast, we will be talking about four things to consider when doing self-reflection. We invite you to consider your perspective of attitude, acceptance, alternative, and action each time you pause to reflect. These simple things can open our minds to different ways of reflecting to influence and change our perspectives. Enjoy!
Three Ways to Defend your Magic (podcast)
In this episode, Sara Schlipp-Riedel and I discuss the idea of “Defending One’s Magic.” If that sounds a little “fluffy” to you, the idea is simple. Defending your magic is being able to fall back on truths learned through your Strengths whenever you question who you know yourself to be. It’s the idea of self-discovery, self-empowerment, and self-awareness.
The Importance of Building Trust on your Team (podcast)
Aleasha Morris and Nathan Freeburg continue our series on the Team Engagement Model on the Leadership Vision Podcast. In this episode, we’re talking about why your team needs to be rooted and grounded in trust for long-term success. Our study and intensive observation of teams through a Strengths based lens has revealed that there is an unmistakable difference between healthy and unhealthy teams. In this episode, learn what trust means, questions that can help you identify the level of trust on your team, what happens when your trust is missing, and finally, examples of what this looks like in action.
The Importance of Having a Team Purpose (podcast)
In this episode of the Leadership Vision Podcast, Aleasha Morris and Nathan Freeburg continue our series on the Team Engagement Model. Today they are talking about PURPOSE: why your team needs a collective definition of their existence. Our study and intensive observation of teams through a Strengths based lens have revealed that there is an unmistakable difference between healthy and unhealthy teams. Listen to the episode, then ask yourself the questions in the show notes to better understand and evaluate your core purpose.
A Brief History of Leadership Vision
A Brief History of Leadership Vision and how our work with Strengths has lead to the creation of strong people, on strong teams, that are part of strong organizational cutlture.
The Importance of Knowing Your People (Podcast)
In this episode of the Leadership Vision Podcast, Aleasha Morris and Nathan Freeburg continue our series on the Team Engagement Model. Today we’re talking about why knowing your people matters for the long-term success of your organization. Our study and intensive observation of teams through a Strengths based lens has revealed that there is an unmistakable difference between healthy and unhealthy teams. Listen to the episode, then ask yourself the questions in the show notes.
What Different Strengths Pairings Sound Like
Sometimes at Leadership Vision, we play an informal game of Strengths pairings. Basically, we mash up two of the names of our Themes of Strengths to explain how they work together. We know that Strengths do not work alone. We never go one at a time with our Strengths. Rather, we try to tell a story and challenge people to see how pairs and combinations of Strengths can be discussed. In this article, Linda shares examples of Strengths pairings and how they look in different individuals.
How to Know if your Team is Surviving or Thriving (Podcast)
In this episode of the Leadership Vision Podcast, Aleasha Morris and Nathan Freeburg are talking about teams, specifically, how to know if they are thriving or just surviving. This is the first in a series of podcasts we’re doing about how to make sure your team is the most effective, efficient, and engaged that it can be! In this show, you’ll learn about our setup process that we go through to help teams fully engage and we’ll introduce the three core elements of our Team Engagement Process, Knowledge, Purpose, and Trust. Listen now!
Learning to Change The Way We See Ourselves (Podcast)
Today on the show, we’re doing something a little different. We have five great episodes in the works and are excited to share them with you. They are part of two series we’re doing, focused on helping teams build Strengths Based organizational culture. So, in this episode, instead of our typical style of Nathan interviewing a member of our team, it’ll just be Nathan, sharing something designed to encourage you, the individual, to change the way you see yourself. To re-program the potentially harmful tapes we have playing in our heads about who we are.
The Importance of an Education on “the 34”: Bringing to Life the 34 Themes of Strength
When preparing your team or organization to thrive in the world of Strengths, a foundational understanding of the 34 Themes of Strength is critical. Too often, we run into people who want to short-circuit the process, but over and over again, we’re finding it important to begin with a baseline of education. Sara and Logan share how they found a new desire to help teams understand these foundational elements after a recent engagement.
Preventing and Overcoming Four Common StrengthsFinder Mistakes (Podcast)
Today on the show Nathan and Brian talk about some of the most common mistakes people make when trying to build a Strengths Based understanding of themselves and those around them. They’ll offer some best practices and lessons learned (the hard way), that may help revive your efforts, and encourage you to stay the course. No matter where you are on your journey with Strengths, there’s something here for you!
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