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February 18, 2016

The Strengths ShortCut: A Pathway to Understanding

At Leadership Vision, we constantly seek to innovate our approach by connecting best practice in other domains to the integration of Strengths. Recently, we have been layering Strengths with behavioral science. A ‘cognitive miser’ is someone who finds different ways to save time and effort when negotiating the social world. We revert time and again, to the thinking pathway we know the best: a shortcut. When using Strengths with Teams, it is necessary to create opportunities for individuals to begin to excavate personal assumptions and biases to allow people to recognize their own Strengths ShortCuts. Keep reading as Aleasha gives examples how to do this.

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January 14, 2016

How to Set Meaningful Goals

As we think about our Strengths, it is important to set goals to measure the areas we hope to grow and improve. If we don’t focus on a few areas for positive, generative change, we stagnate, and keep doing things the way we’ve always done them. Goals give you purpose, and a motivation for whatever it is you’re doing. Here are a few simple tips to help you set meaningful goals as you enter the new year.

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November 25, 2015

What we are thankful for at Leadership Vision in 2015

Thanksgiving allows us an opportunity to pause and reflect on our hectic and hurried lives. When we contemplate the many things we have to be thankful for, hopefully it causes us to jump with delight. Even if life hasn’t gone according to plan, perhaps you can focus on what did go well, and count your many blessings. Read as a our team reflects on the things they are thankful for this year.

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November 5, 2015

Using StrengthsFinder to Build Strong Friendships

As we age, we often look back over our life and examine the things that have made us who we are. Friendships are key to what has shaped us today. As we think about StrengthsFinder, it is a fantastic tool often leveraged in a business or work setting. However, if applied to our friendships, it can be fundamental to deeper awareness of self and others. Read as Joseph explains how he has done this.

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September 17, 2015

How to Focus your Team on Positive Aspects of Strengths

One trend we are seeing more and more, is people want StrengthsFinder to become a formula or a prescription. Or worse, a label. We have written about some of this before, but it is worth further explanation. It is key to focus on the positive aspects of Strengths. As consultants, we steer people back to understanding their own strengths and taking the time to understand their co-workers strengths. Keep reading as Joseph describes our four part process to do this.

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