Chief among the reasons that the MBTI is both so popular and so useful is the fact that a group’s Type data can be captured, studied and communicated through a Type Table. OKA has long put a lot of time and attention in both using and teaching others how to use these amazing training aids. Below are
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Hile Rutledge guests on PM Point of View Podcast
PM Point of View Podcast OKA's Hile Rutledge and long-time colleagues Ray Linder and David Cooper were all guest contributors on two recent M Powered Strategies' podcasts. The PM Point of View podcast is a rich resource for project managers that covers any number of topics of use to project
Teams, Meetings and the Stages of Group Development
Tuckman's Group Development Model Groups have developmental stages, and the meetings that groups have (and need to have) vary in structure and tone based on the stage of development any given group is in. Sometimes referred to as the Orming Model, Bruce Tuckman’s group development model originally
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
Introversion Is Not a Shield
Type as an excuse I have been a passionate user of psychological type (with the MBTI and more recently the Pearman assessments) for more than half my life now, and a growing concern of mine is people’s masking—consciously or not—troubled or dysfunctional behavior with type terms. Bad decisions or