The Top Strengths Coaches
/ 08th July 2024Ever wondered what drives individuals to excel, overcome challenges, and achieve their goals? Meet a diverse group of strength coaches who have dedicated their careers to empowering others. From fitness influencers advocating for physical and mental resilience to business coaches guiding professionals through career transitions, these experts bring a wealth of knowledge and passion to their work.
Join us as we explore their journeys, philosophies, and the strategies they employ to help their clients reach new heights of success.
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In Brief : The Top Strengths Coaches
- Cora Lonning– Cora, an experienced Organizational Development practitioner for over 25 years, specializes in enhancing business through people development, leveraging data-driven processes to align talent with strategic goals.
- Betina Gozo – Betina Gozo, a Nike trainer for over 8 years, is passionate about promoting fitness and training to inspire positive lifestyle changes, empowering people to feel great both physically and mentally.
- Brent Obannon – Brent Obannon’s coaching journey began at seventeen, leading him to serve in his church and later establish a successful counseling practice.
- Jason Biggs – Jason Biggs, a seasoned corporate leader with over 20 years of experience, specializes in helping individuals understand their motivations and leverage them to achieve their goals.
- Suresh Mansharamani – Suresh Mansharamani’s remarkable journey from a refugee camp to a self-made multi-millionaire shapes his coaching approach, which emphasizes passion, hard work, and resilience.
- Lisa Reynolds – Lisa Reynolds, known as The Strengths Coach®, is a positive psychology expert dedicated to helping professionals and business owners grow personally and professionally.
- Dr. Shauna T. Sobers – Dr. Shauna T. Sobers believes in harnessing your unique talents to achieve your highest potential. With her coaching, you’ll break free from focusing on weaknesses and instead leverage your natural strengths to reach your goals, empowering you to overcome labels and achieve success in all areas of life.
Ryan Covele
Ryan Covele is currently the head strength and conditioning coach at Earlham College where he is responsible for the strength and conditioning programming for all athletic teams. He runs two media accounts and sends posts from his own newsletter in addiyjin all without assistance. He also attends most sporting events throughout the year.
What do you do differently or how is your coaching different from others?
My coaching philosophy is different than that of most because I take the time to actually know the person before the athlete. I have both soft skills and hard technical skills revolving around strength and conditioning implementation.
What according to you has been the single most important thing that has contributed to your success as a coach?
The most critical thing that has led to my success as a coach has been my unwillingness to tolerate complacency both within myself and others. I aspire to be the best on the planet at what I do and settling in my profession isn’t an option for me.
Cora Lonning
Cora has been an Organizational Development practitioner for over 25 years, collaborating with leadership teams to grow business through people development. She combines process and data to enhance the people side of business, leveraging her unique ability to identify strengths and build talent aligned with business needs. Cora transforms tension into productive energy, conflict into innovation, and differences into collaboration by creating corporate competency models that drive business strategy. Partner with Cora to transform your people into your strategic differentiator!
What do you do differently or how is your coaching different from others?
My education, practice, and experience as a Learning Architect ensure that the leadership development processes, pathways, and frameworks I create are grounded in sound organizational learning principles. These well-developed frameworks support the vision, values, and strategy of enterprises across all departments and locations. I coach at all organizational levels within a comprehensive learning framework. With expertise in blended learning methodologies, performance management, and engagement strategies, I develop unique solutions and approaches that strengthen culture, align talent with strategy, and foster individual growth. The coaching I deliver is outcome based and purpose driven. My ability to clearly define the learning pathway enables me to collaborate with clients to achieve desired outcomes.
What according to you has been the single most important thing that has contributed to your success as a coach?
My inspiration comes from my father and his work. He started as the Youth Development Director for the State of Oregon, where he shifted juvenile agencies from a disciplinary to a developmental focus. He believed, “Our purpose is to serve young people, not punish them.” Through community partnerships, he created pathways that developed life skills and values, leading to mutual success.
Advocating for people to become their best is my deeply held conviction. I believe in the power of personal growth to make the world better and that everyone wants to contribute meaningfully. Sharing my knowledge passionately has been key to my success as a coach.
Betina Gozo
Betina is a Nike trainer for 8 years who advocates for strength training, Her number one goal is to promote fitness and training to inspire people to make positive lifestyle changes, live their most optimal life and most importantly, feel great. She’s known for motivating people to reach outside their comfort zone to transform body and mind in every stage of life.
In addition to leading workouts for thousands of people worldwide, Betina has made an impact in the digital fitness world. She’s known for her Lead and Follow workouts for beginners, pregnancy, and postpartum routines with Nike Training Club, Apple Fitness+, and NordicTrack.
With over 10 years in the industry and an array of certifications, she’s honored to be on the Women’s Health Magazine Advisory Board who she collaborated with for the book The Woman’s Guide to Strength Training – Featuring Weight Training Workouts to Help You Get Toned, Burn Body Fat, Increase Longevity, and Pursue a Healthy Lifestyle (Women’s Health Publishing). Stayed tuned for her new book, Women’s Muscle & Strength: Get Lean, Strong, and Confident releasing in February 2024 with Human Kinetics.
What do you do differently or how is your coaching different from others?
I am passionate about helping my clients not only get stronger, but to feel good in all aspects of their lives. I know that training doesn’t have to be someone’s life, to be part a big part of their lives. Besides integrating strength into their program, I want them to find other modalities of movement that makes them excited about moving more. I take a holistic approach with a side of empathy, taking time to discover what has brought them to me and everything leading up to that. When client has a more positive attitude from day-to-day and can proudly say they wake up feeling good, that’s when I know I’ve done my job.
What according to you has been the single most important thing that has contributed to your success as a coach?
I have been such an advocate to “never stop learning” year after year. I love to explore all different modalities and courses so that I can get a better understanding of the body as a whole, so I can outsource to trustworthy professionals when needed. I’ve also never underestimated the power of respect to everyone I’ve worked with. Being in this industry for over 10 years now, I still work with and have strong relationships with people I met 10+ years ago.
Brent Obannon
My life as a coach started at seventeen when I felt a calling to inspire people. I began serving in my church and speaking to our small congregation where I honed my skills as a leader and speaker. Later I received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology and a Masters of Behavioral Science.
During this time I married my college sweetheart and now it’s been 35 adventurous years. We launched two adult children and have our 1st grandchild. In 1993, I started a private counseling practice which multiplied to 5 office locations, 13 counselors and more clients than I could handle.
Jason Biggs
I’m a fan of a good long black (with a dash of milk) and a burger. To make sure I don’t look like a burger I exercise too. I’ve worked in the corporate sector for over 20 years, managing teams and marketing brands like NESCAFÉ, KLEENEX and HUGGIES. I like to help people understand why they do what they do and to leverage this to get what they want.
I’m a commercial guy at heart so that means delivering good business outcomes through practical and easily applied tools. I was a boss of people too and wish someone had shown me the stuff I know now. In the last eight years I’ve worked with over 50 organisations from senior leadership teams to front line team leaders, from large organisations to teams of 5, and have coached hundreds of people.
Suresh Mansharamani
I was born in a refugee camp in Maharashtra, started my career with a job of just Rs 300 per month to 300 times oversubscribed IPO in 1995 and my company got listed at Bombay Stock Exchange, followed by a Presidential Award, now a Certified Gallup Strengths Coach, Business Coach, OKR Coach, and Author of 5 Books. I couldn’t speak and write English when I started my career.
I had no significant education, no capital, no mentor, and no excuse too. I only had my passion, hard work, & total madness. I became a self-made multi-millionaire by the age of 38. My Biggest Failure 2006 we started the online DVD rental business MovieMart.in. It created lots of hype and media coverage, but it failed miserably. We lost a few crores. I worked very, very hard with the “Never Quit” attitude.
Lisa Reynolds
The Strengths Coach® – strengths expert and positive psychology coach to professional people and business owners who are looking to grow and develop personally and professionally. Whether you are making your next career step or taking your business to the next level, with Lisa by your side you will get there quicker and happier.
With over 20 years of experience, Lisa is a professionally qualified ILM accredited coach, a Master Strengths Practitioner, NLP Practitioner, qualified psychometric assessor and trained in the therapeutic areas of Transactional Analysis and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy. She is also Founder & People Director at Talent Performance, a successful strengths assessment and people development business. “I am truly passionate about helping the world’s leaders, future leaders and entrepreneurial business owners to better understand when, where and how you do your best work. I really believe that you can have success and high earnings WITHOUT sacrificing your health and happiness.
However what I often see is high achievers striving for the next big pay rise or financial milestone, without giving the same amount of time and attention to their health and happiness, leading to feelings of burn out and dissatisfaction. Are you one of these people? I know I certainly was until I started learning about positive psychology.
Now I’ve made it my life’s work to teach high achieving professionals and business owners like you, to use the science of positive psychology to create successful lives in a healthy way. And when times are tough and stressful, I’ll support you through the ‘darker sides’ of life, to stay healthy and resilient. Positive psychology is not about being happy all of the time. It’s about navigating life and all that it brings (even the really tough stuff) in a healthy, meaningful and positive way.”
Dr. Shauna T. Sobers
You are uniquely talented in every way. The way you think about things, the way you respond to life, and the way you relate to your friends, family, and coworkers is unique to you. But, are you getting the best out of yourself that you can possibly achieve? By partnering with me, we can focus on what it is that makes you uniquely you and take you to greater performance and satisfaction on every level!
Together we will break the mold of focusing on your weaknesses by using your natural strengths to achieve your goals. Never let the labels or categorization from others stand in your way again.
Join the over 23 million people who have taken Gallup’s Clifton Strengths assessment, enabling them to maximize their unique potential at work, home, and relationships. Your Strengths inform HOW you will achieve your successes and satisfaction, not WHAT satisfaction and successes you are allowed to have.
Conclusion
As we conclude our exploration into the world of strengths coaching, one thing becomes evident: the transformative power of resilience, passion, and expertise.
These coaches exemplify how a combination of personal dedication, professional insight, and a commitment to ongoing learning can inspire individuals to not only achieve their goals but to thrive in all aspects of life.
Whether it’s through physical fitness, career development, or personal growth, their stories and strategies provide invaluable guidance for anyone seeking to harness their strengths and pursue a fulfilling life journey.
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