Nearly 20 years ago, when I first met Brian Schubring, I remember asking him a pretty basic question: What does the name \u201cLeadership Vision\u201d actually mean?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n I was new to the organization and wanted to understand the name. Brian explained that leadership was about influence<\/strong>. Everyone has influence over someone. It might be one person, it might be hundreds or thousands, but leadership wasn\u2019t reserved for just the person with a title. Vision, he explained, was about the unique way each of us sees, understands, and navigates the world.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n I remember that conversation because it changed the way I thought about leadership. So, this summer, almost 20 years later<\/em>, I asked Brian and Dr. Linda Schubring on the Leadership Vision Podcast, essentially the same question.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A lot has changed since that first conversation (I believe it was July of 2007). Our work has changed, the organizations we serve have changed, and the challenges facing leaders have certainly changed. But the basic idea has remained remarkably consistent: leadership is about your influence, and vision is about your identity.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n As we talked, I realized there is a simple question that connects the two: What do you see?<\/strong> And this is a question we ask a lot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n