The Psychology of the Workplace with Brent O’Brannon
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Knowing the specific strengths and weaknesses of your employees is critical to running successful businesses. It not only helps with developing your workforce, but also helps with retention and work culture as well.
That’s why in this episode, we talk with Brent O’bannon about his experience leading strength assessments for business leaders and their teams and why it’s so important to do so. Brent tells us about his past as a pastor, speaker, a counselor, and how accurate strengths assessments can revolutionize your workplace.
Brent is the first Gallup certified strength coach, a professor of psychology, and a master certified coach for entrepreneurs.
In this episode, we discuss:
- What’s the Gallup strength finder?
- The 34 different talents and strengths
- What’s the most common strength in people?
- Why achievement is such a common strength
- Internal vs external pressure to succeed
- Being individualistic vs community-driven
- The importance of naming blind spots
- How Brent’s work helps elevate business leaders
- The difference between counseling and coaching
- Learning from your past
- When workplaces don’t recognize the strengths of their employees
- Brent’s background as an author
- The difference good assessments can make
- What makes a good assessment?
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