It's no secret that the key to attracting and keeping talent at work is through good management and high quality leadership. We hear it all the time from our clients - the number one thing that causes employees to leave is having a bad manager. That information alone isn't helpful, though. The
6-Pack of Safety: Creating Safe-to-Speak Workspaces
OKA has worked for years to boost collaboration within teams—teaching leaders and colleagues to co- create and nurture environments that are safe to speak. Being willing to speak up, share ideas, offer suggestions, risk being wrong—these behaviors require collaboration and an atmosphere within which
To Include or Not to Include–Using the Decision Style Profile
You need to decide about a number of schedule issues regarding an upcoming holiday that impacts your office and its workers. Who works; who takes off, and when will the office open and close? Your division, just having exceeded an important delivery goal, gets a lump-sum cash bonus. How is the
Teams Don’t Change—People Do
Teams Don't Change I can’t even count the number of times it has happened. A group of people—a nominal team—sits across the table from each other, each sharing the same conviction that some action or course correction should be taken. The team is too lax and needs more urgency, or relationships are
OKA’s Type Development Series: Developing Thinking
Growth & Development, not Labeling Type develops. Like a tree grows, so does our awareness of and comfort with all of the mental functions (Sensing, iNtuition, Thinking and Feeling). And while growth and development can happen organically—at their own pace, we can also approach our Type