The Leadership Vision Blog & Podcast Archive
90 Days to a Stronger Community: Join the Challenge to Stir Goodness!
We’re giving you a challenge: to spark joy and strengthen connections within your teams and communities over the next 90 days. Through intentional acts of celebration and connection, we explore the transformative power of shared experiences in fostering a sense of belonging and support.
As part of this journey, the Leadership Vision team shares their participation in a deeply meaningful 5k race for breast cancer awareness, marking a tradition of resilience and unity. This episode serves as a poignant example of how collective actions can significantly impact our sense of community and belonging.
Join us in embracing this challenge to create lasting, positive change.
Crafting a Culture of Strength in Teams and Beyond
Today’s episode is a re-broadcast from an older episode that came as Brian sifted through the pages of old notes from his mentor, the late Chip Anderson. Brian embarked on an emotional journey that reconnected him with the roots of Strengths-based leadership and culture. Chip’s profound wisdom, like hidden treasures, came alive in this episode, as Brian discussed how the unique tapestry of an individual’s Strengths often reveals its richest colors in solitude. The conversation ventured into the often-overlooked power of personal rhythms and how honoring these can pave the way for a person’s Strengths to thrive, akin to how an artist finds creativity in the quiet hours. ENJOY!
Navigating Life’s Invitations: Leadership and Self-Discovery
In the latest episode of our podcast we venture into the heart of leadership beyond the conventional. This episode isn’t just about guiding teams or making strategic decisions; it’s an intro to how the challenges and everyday scenarios we encounter are, in fact, veiled invitations for personal growth, introspection, and leadership development.
Throughout the episode, we unravel the concept that true leadership is forged in the moments of adversity, in the quiet of reflection, and in the joy of discovery. It’s in the way we respond to the unexpected invitations from life—be they obstacles, relationships, or moments of choice—that we find the essence of our capacity to lead with impact and empathy.
We discuss how adopting a mindset of presence and mindfulness allows us to see challenges not as barriers but as pathways to enhancing our leadership skills. Through stories and reflections, we explore the transformational power of being fully engaged in the moment, how this approach can lead to more meaningful connections with others, and how it can amplify our ability to lead with authenticity and purpose.
The conversation also highlights the importance of self-awareness in leadership. By understanding our reactions to life’s invitations, we gain insights into our strengths and areas for growth. This episode encourages leaders at all levels to embark on a journey of self-discovery, to embrace the richness of life’s experiences as opportunities to learn, grow, and inspire those around them.
Join us as we navigate the complexities of leadership and self-discovery, offering listeners actionable strategies and thoughtful insights to become more present, aware, and responsive leaders in their personal and professional lives. Whether you’re facing a leadership dilemma, seeking to deepen your self-awareness, or looking for ways to enhance your impact, this episode is a compass guiding you towards becoming a more effective and compassionate leader.
Unlocking the Secrets of Exceptional Leadership and Employee Engagement with Tom Willis
Are you leading your team to its fullest potential or unknowingly holding it back? In this episode, we discuss the ‘secrets’ to fostering a thriving work culture with executive coach Tom Willis and discuss his book, “The Great Engagement,” and leadership’s transformative role in employee engagement. Together, we examine how leaders are the source of workplace disengagement and its remedy, emphasizing the shift from blame to self-awareness and proactive change. Our conversation unveils how anyone—from CEOs to janitors—can find profound meaning in their work by aligning personal purpose with organizational missions.
Leading with Cultural Sensitivity: Insights from Elizabeth Hoemeke on Managing Diverse Teams
Leading a culturally diverse team requires more than just management skills—it’s an art form that hinges on cultural sensitivity and inclusivity. In this episode, we dive into the intricacies of leading such a team in the global business arena with our guest, Elizabeth Hoemeke, CIO of One Inc. Elizabeth shares her valuable insights and experiences in navigating the complexities of cultural diversity within her team, from fostering effective communication to understanding the unique backgrounds of each team member. Through our conversation, we offer a look at how Elizabeth manages her unique team and emphasize the importance of adaptability, empathy and clear expectations in leadership. 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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