The Leadership Vision Podcast

Send us Fan Mail Today on the Podcast, Sara Schlipp-Reidel and Nathan Freeburg talk about managing your Strengths when life circumstances aren't the way we prefer them to be. When we're 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 s...

Send us Fan Mail 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. About The Leadership Vision Podcast The Leadership Vision Podcast is a weekly show sharing our expertise in the discovery, practice, and implementation of a strengths-based approach...

Send us Fan Mail Steph Wahlund and Nathan Freeburg will be talking about the importance of practicing the development of professional skills in personal contexts. To become fluent in these things, we need to practice them in all environments. They also share a few examples of how you can do this. About The Leadership Vision Podcast The Leadership Vision Podcast is a weekly show sharing our experti...

Send us Fan Mail 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...

Send us Fan Mail On this episode of the Leadership Vision Podcast, our president and founder Brian Schubring recaps our most recent Strengths Communicator Training by sharing a few of his personal leanings and three things anybody can apply to their own Strengths-Based work. These things are critical for developing a Strengths mindset. RESOURCES : Theme Print | 34 Themes About The Leadership Visio...

Send us Fan Mail On today’s episode, we have a question for you: What are you reading and how is it impacting you? This is part of our monthly series of Strengths reflection questions that present just one question, but we hope it will lead you to ask yourself and those around you several other questions to deepen your understanding not only of how your Strengths manifest on a team but also unders...

Send us Fan Mail Today on the Leadership Vision Podcast, Sara Schlipp-Riedel and Nathan Freeburg reflect on what they have learned over the summer months. Today's episode is the third and final in a three-part series where Nathan interviews members of our team about their summer insights in the hopes of implementing these new learnings for the remainder of the year. On this episode, Nathan an...

Send us Fan Mail Today on the Leadership Vision Podcast, Carrie Jones and Nathan Freeburg reflect on what they have learned over the summer months. Today's episode is the second in a three-part series where Nathan interviews members of our team about their summer insights in the hopes of implementing these new learnings for the remainder of the year. On this episode, Nathan and Carrie talk ab...

Send us Fan Mail Today on the Leadership Vision Podcast, Steph Wahlund and Nathan Freeburg reflect on what they have learned over the summer months. Today's episode is the first in a three-part series where Nathan interviews members of our team about their summer insights in the hopes of implementing these new learnings for the remainder of the year. On this episode, Nathan and Steph talk abo...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to the Leadership Vision Podcast where we share our expertise in the discovery, practice, and implementation of a strengths-based approach to people, teams, and culture. On today’s mini-podcast episode, we have a question for you. This is part of our monthly series of Strengths reflection questions that present just one question, but we hope it will lead you to ask yoursel...

Send us Fan Mail This episode is the second part of a two-part podcast where we give you a little glimpse into our team.  Click here to listen to the first half of this episode. But if you don’t want to do that, here’s a quick recap: A few months ago, we were testing out new podcast equipment and decided we should have five of us on one episode. It ended up that I got to chat with Sara, Linda, Car...

Send us Fan Mail Our team likes to have fun. We laugh a lot, we tell jokes, and generally, try to keep things light when we’re together. Despite our physical distance, we’re closer than most teams - we tend to share some of the ups and downs of life with one another. We also share goofy stuff too and tend to know random facts about one another. On this episode of the podcast, you’re going to get a...

Send us Fan Mail Today on the podcast, Sara Schlipp-Riedel and I discuss a recent activity we did on our team. Sara leads our staff meeting and asked us each to answer a handful of "mid-year" check-in questions. They are designed to help us evaluate how the first half of our year has gone, and look towards the second half. The intent is to figure out what sorts of corrective measures mig...

Send us Fan Mail Today on the podcast, Brian Schubring and Nathan Freeburg discuss seven elements that lead to team health. We conducted a series of team engagement series interviews and identified these seven things as being consistent signs of healthy teams. In today’s episode, we’re going to share multiple examples of each of these seven elements to help you begin identifying the health of your...

Send us Fan Mail Today on the Leadership Vision Podcast, Steph Wahlund and I are again doing a deep dive on the nuances of a couple of Themes of Strength: Woo and Relator, Input and Learner. We talk about some of the common differences and similarities between these Themes of Strength. These two pairs are, in some ways, similar, and can be confused with one another. We answer common questions abou...

Send us Fan Mail Today on the Leadership Vision Podcast, Steph Wahlund and I are doing a deep dive on the nuances of a couple of Themes of Strength. Specifically, Analytical and Deliberative, Maximizer and Competition, and Achiever and Activator. As we mentioned at the top of the show, our original intent was to talk about the ways Strengths have been misunderstood. Common questions we get about t...

Send us Fan Mail Today on the Leadership Vision Podcast, we're talking with Carrie Jones, one of our consultants, and COO here at Leadership Vision. You may remember her Strengths Question from a few weeks ago when she asked us to reflect on a person who, or place that has shaped who we are today. We believe that taking the time to reflect on people or experiences in our lives is critically i...

Send us Fan Mail Happy Memorial Day! Memorial day is a day Americans honor those who have served in the Armed Services. It’s also the unofficial start to summer in the united states, so maybe you’re headed to a cabin somewhere, or staying home and relaxing at a picnic with friends and family. Whatever you’re doing, we hope it’s life-giving. I’m actually in Chicago at the moment at a big family gat...

Send us Fan Mail About The Leadership Vision Podcast The Leadership Vision Podcast is a weekly show sharing our expertise in the discovery, practice, and implementation of a strengths-based approach to people, teams, and culture. We believe that knowing your Strengths is only the beginning. Our highest potential exists in the ongoing exploration of our talents. Subscribe to the Leadership Vision P...

Send us Fan Mail Today's episode is part of our monthly series of Strengths reflection questions. Describe a person who or place that has shaped you. How/Why? It’s just one question, but we hope it will lead to several other questions to deepen your understanding not only your Strengths, but your role on a team, in a family, or any other context in which you exist. We feel it’s important to r...

Send us Fan Mail Today on the podcast, we're talking with Dr. Linda Schubring, about Diversity and Inclusion as it relates to multiple generations working together. With more generations in the workforce than ever before, it's critical to get these groups on the same page. Listen now! RELATED Diversity and Inclusion Part 1 Diversity and Inclusion Part 2: Gender Read the full blog post he...

Send us Fan Mail On the show today, you’ll first hear Linda sharing a story about her work at Aeritae Consulting around gender diversity. She’ll share some low hanging fruit and then she and I will wrestle with some of these things and flesh it out just a bit into more practical terms. In addition to being one of our consultants at Leadership Vision, Linda is also the VP of Employee Experience at...

Send us Fan Mail Today on the podcast, we're talking with Dr. Linda Schubring , about the vital topic of Diversity and Inclusion. First, we’ll be talking broadly about our view of Diversity and Inclusion, and second, Linda will share specifics about the Diversity and Inclusion initiatives as it has been applied to her role as VP of Employee Experience at Aeritae Consulting , a Tech Consulting...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to the Leadership Vision Podcast where we share our expertise in the discovery, practice, and implementation of a strengths-based approach to people, teams, and culture. According to dictionary.com, vulnerability is the quality or state of being exposed to the possibility of being attacked or harmed, either physically or emotionally.  Yuck! That sounds terrible, no wonder...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to the Leadership Vision Podcast where we share our expertise in the discovery, practice, and implementation of a strengths-based approach to people, teams, and culture. The 1 to 1 conversation is the foundation of everything we do when building strong teams. If you want your team to operate at the highest levels, first you have to understand your team members. By extensio...