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Gallup Q12 – Q2: I Have the Materials and Equipment I Need to do my Work Right. Let's Talk Strengths

Gallup Q12 – Q2: I Have the Materials and Equipment I Need to do my Work Right.

Have you ever been tasked to do a job and not given the tools you…

Brent O'BannonMay 7, 2019

Building Your Team Let's Talk Strengths

Building Your Team

“Relationships help us to define who we are and what we can become. Most of…

Brent O'BannonApril 30, 2019

Monetizing Your Analytical Strength Let's Talk Strengths

Monetizing Your Analytical Strength

Do you work with anyone who is always asking questions when you present them with…

Brent O'BannonApril 17, 2019

Gallup Q12 – Q1: I know what is expected of me at work. Let's Talk Strengths

Gallup Q12 – Q1: I know what is expected of me at work.

Gallup's employee engagement work is based on more than 30 years of in-depth behavioral economic…

Brent O'BannonApril 6, 2019

Make Your Strengths a Part of Your Daily Habits Let's Talk Strengths

Make Your Strengths a Part of Your Daily Habits

Just knowing your strengths isn’t enough; you must make your strengths a part of your…

Brent O'BannonApril 1, 2019

Leveraging Your Strengths Let's Talk Strengths

Leveraging Your Strengths

One of the most insightful questions that a prospective employer can ask is to tell…

Brent O'BannonMarch 18, 2019

Going In-depth with the Gallup Q12 Survey Let's Talk Strengths

Going In-depth with the Gallup Q12 Survey

Over 25 years ago the Gallup organization set out to find out what differentiates an…

Brent O'BannonMarch 13, 2019

Facing our Weaknesses Let's Talk Strengths

Facing our Weaknesses

In his book, Go Put Your Strengths to Work, Marcus Buckingham suggests exploring one's strengths…

Brent O'BannonMarch 5, 2019

How Do You View Your Strengths? Let's Talk Strengths

How Do You View Your Strengths?

I coach people for a living as a PCC – Professional Certified Coach and GALLUP-Certified…

Brent O'BannonJanuary 13, 2019

Use What Makes You Different to Make a Difference Let's Talk Strengths

Use What Makes You Different to Make a Difference

One of my favorite quotes says “What makes you STRONG sometimes makes you STRANGE. What…

Brent O'BannonJanuary 6, 2019

What is a Talent and a Strength? Let's Talk Strengths

What is a Talent and a Strength?

I'm a father of two—a daughter and a son—and it amazes me how their personalities…

Brent O'BannonDecember 31, 2018

Calling on Strengths to Get Out of Debt Let's Talk Strengths

Calling on Strengths to Get Out of Debt

Americans have more credit card debt than ever before. According to the Federal Reserve, U.S.…

Brent O'BannonDecember 15, 2018

Do You Know What is Expected of You At Work? Let's Talk Strengths

Do You Know What is Expected of You At Work?

Do I know what is expected of me at work? Everyone’s initial reaction is –…

Brent O'BannonDecember 8, 2018

Strengths and Self-Actualization Let's Talk Strengths

Strengths and Self-Actualization

After studying Sigmund Freud, Abraham Maslow developed a different type of psychology—a “healthy” psychology, as…

Brent O'BannonNovember 30, 2018

Using Your Strengths to Live Richer Let's Talk Strengths

Using Your Strengths to Live Richer

Monetize Your Strengths—This phase is often one of the most exciting, especially for entrepreneurs, small…

Brent O'BannonNovember 20, 2018

When Management is Broken Let's Talk Strengths

When Management is Broken

I was recently talking with a friend of mine about engagement in the workplace.  She…

Brent O'BannonNovember 12, 2018

Growing Stronger Using Your Strengths Let's Talk Strengths

Growing Stronger Using Your Strengths

Discovering your strengths is a process. Donald Clifton taught that the strengths’ theory is based…

Brent O'BannonNovember 5, 2018

How Much Financial Control Do You Have? Let's Talk Strengths

How Much Financial Control Do You Have?

Have you ever searched for books about financial matters on Amazon? Or gone into a…

Brent O'BannonOctober 27, 2018

To Engage or Not to Engage Let's Talk Strengths

To Engage or Not to Engage

Employee Engagement – it is one of the buzziest buzzwords used in business.  We seem…

Brent O'BannonOctober 18, 2018

Strengthen Your Mindset Let's Talk Strengths

Strengthen Your Mindset

Discovering your strengths is much like climbing aboard a dog sled. Knowing your strengths is…

Brent O'BannonOctober 8, 2018