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Unlock your clients' full potential with a transformative Strengths-Based coaching approach!

This session empowers you to help your clients or teams identify, amplify, and leverage their unique strengths to achieve extraordinary results, transforming your coaching practice and clients' lives.

Through an immersive, evidence-based experience, you’ll discover and share proven strategies to guide your clients in turning their natural talents into superpowers. Learn the practical uses of Clifton Strengths and Appreciative Inquiry tools and resources to give your clients insight into the strategies that will work for them.

You can immediately apply these theoretical concepts and practical tools in your coaching practice. Learn how to recognize hidden strengths, reframe challenges as opportunities, and create personalized action plans that fuel growth and confidence. You’ll also gain knowledge of strength-based development tools and frameworks that are easy to implement, deepening your coaching practice and empowering your clients to thrive personally and professionally.

Whether you coach individuals or teams, this session offers a fun, hands-on, strength-driven experience that will transform your coaching and the lives of those you serve. It equips you with insights and skills to foster resilience, boost confidence, and cultivate authentic success.

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You don’t want to miss this session. Elevate your impact by empowering your clients to unlock their best selves!

PRESENTER:

Rita F. Williams, PCC, CPCC, GCSC, EMBA
President/CEO
Coaching With Rita, LLC

Coaching, Facilitation, and Consulting Experience Great leaders walk the talk and model the way. Over her career, Rita helped more than 8,000 business leaders unearth the tools they need to build on their strengths, trust their emotional intelligence, and develop high-performing teams. Leadership is her passion. Whether personally or professionally, as the two are closely intertwined, Rita helps business leaders leverage the strengths necessary to develop self-awareness, collaboration, agile teams, and a foundation for sound decision-making. Her unique approach offers an unusual blend of caring, compassion, and results-driven strategies that help leaders move closer to their goals.

Business/Organizational Leadership Experience
Rita has experience in corporate and entrepreneurial settings. She began her banking career and worked through the ranks to a senior-level cabinet position as Vice President of Human Resources (HR). After many years with Ameritrust, Rita launched The Innovative Group, a General Business consulting practice focused on privately held family-owned businesses. She later joined JP Morgan Chase and then FedEx Ground, and retired from FedEx in 2019. Upon retirement, Rita launched an executive coaching practice, Coaching With Rita LLC. Rita specializes in Executive Coaching, Diversity Equity and Inclusion, Talent Development, Training, Business, and HR Consulting.

Education and Training
Rita graduated from Notre Dame College with a Bachelor of Business Administration and an Executive Master of Business Administration from Case Western Reserve University. She taught a leadership course in the MBA program at Notre Dame College.

Brent O'Bannon, MCC
President
Strengths Champion Solutions

Brent O’Bannon is a Master Certified Coach (MCC) by the International Coach Federation (ICF) and the world’s 1st Gallup Certified Strengths Coach. His company, Strengths Champion Solutions, offers strengths-based training, masterminding, and executive coaching. Brent is the author of Let’s Talk Strengths, Selling Strengths, & The Strengthspreneur® 10X Workbook found on Amazon in audio, print, and kindle formats.

Brent has 30+ years of work experience, 27,000 + coaching sessions, and over 1,000 global speaking engagements. He’s a faith and family man, who loves traveling, entertaining friends, playing tennis, and supporting non-profits. Brent has been married to his college sweetheart Rhonda for over 40 years and is a proud father and grandfather. Brent is called to champion strengths worldwide to inspire human flourishing. Learn more at https://brentobannon.com/