Short Duration Virtual Workshops

We are immersed in a VUCA world (volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous), and these stressors strain our health, relationships, work effectiveness and overall well-being. Research tells us the core strengths and behaviors of the resilient—the people who endure, bounce back and even transform through life’s disappointments and diminishing events.

As people, we communicate and interact—and even think and remember—in stories. Whether recounting a long-ago triumph, whispering a tale of horror around the campfire, or telling ourselves how the future will unfold—our lives are held, lived and communicated through story. Narrative is the most basic human, cognitive form— providing the mental models that structure what people find meaningful and motivating at work and in life. People who develop Narrative Intelligence come to understand themselves and what’s going on around them through a powerful story-based lens, and learn how to
translate those insights into personal and organizational development opportunities.

Conflict can be corrosive and destructive—or something that creates energy, clarifies problems, strengthens relationships and motivates individuals and teams to new levels of achievement. Individuals and teams improve when they approach conflict deliberately. Avoiding, compromising, competing—there are a number of different styles, each of which is the perfect tool for a given time, person and place.

Leadership is the intentional use of power with people toward some desired end. So how do you—any of us—do that? How do you effectively lead? Emotional Intelligence (EQ) provides an easily accessed and practiced skillset that can be nicely applied to leadership.

Whether meeting and working with people in person or online, it can be a challenge for leaders and teams to actively create and maintain a culture of safety and openness. While not an effective and desired skillset for every team or culture, being able and open to greater inclusion and collaboration would benefit many of our professional endeavors.

This program explores the importance of Self-Awareness and how it contributes to our effectiveness in areas such as: building relationships, making decisions, and managing stress.

Managing the work and productivity and boosting the cohesion of groups and teams is a challenge in general—when your group does not share the same physical space, those challenges are even greater. Hybrid teams—some folks are co-located and working in person while others are working from a distance and engage only online—are become increasingly common.

This interactive workshop focuses on the importance of both Interpersonal Relationships and Empathy in today’s world. In this short duration, 2-hour virtual workshop, your participants will view and discuss a number of movie clips with these behaviors on display, brainstorm actions and exercises that will activate and flex these behaviors toward greater inclusion, and compose and share an action plan that details both insights and next step actions each participant agrees to take.

Effective meetings consider team dynamics, group maturity, and the content that needs to be discussed or transferred. Some team meetings need leaders to control them while others need more gentle facilitation and shared leadership throughout the group.

The most helpful approach to facilitating a person or group through the process of change is actually rooted in the grief research and writings of Elisabeth Kubler-Ross. A change model built on these grief stages allows us to frame properly and sensitively the painful process of change—in all aspects of life.

Generational differences continue to challenge many organizations–and this will only accelerate as the Cloud generation—now just entering college—makes its way into our already generationally diverse workforce. Generational theory offers a powerful lens for understanding differences in the way we buy and sell, lead and follow, communicate, and interact with authority and technology.

Emotional Intelligence (EQ) can contribute more to our success than IQ or subject matter expertise. EQ is basically the sum of our behaviors—the behavioral face we each show the world. In this workshop (#1 in a three-part series)—OKA presents the EQ elements that focus on self-awareness and self-control (Self-Regard, Self-Actualization, Emotional Self-Awareness, Independence, Assertiveness, Emotional Expression, and Impulse Control).

Emotional Intelligence (EQ) can contribute more to our success than IQ or subject matter expertise. EQ is basically the sum of our behaviors—the behavioral face we each show the world. In this workshop (#2 in a three-part series)—OKA presents the EQ elements that pull us out of ourselves and focus on others (Interpersonal Relationships, Empathy, and Social Responsibility).

Emotional Intelligence (EQ) can contribute more to our success than IQ or subject matter expertise. EQ is basically the sum of our behaviors—the behavioral face we each show the world. In this workshop (#3 in a three-part series)—OKA presents the tensions within the EQ-i model (self and other, expression and containment, and present and future-focus).

Many people brace themselves for getting (or giving) feedback—believing it to be critical and diminishing. However, effective feedback is actually a gift that cab strengthen relationships, inspire positive change and even motivate growth and development. People skilled in giving (and receiving) feedback have both distinct advantages in the workplace and happier personal lives.