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As I write this, it is the last week of November, and one of the things I’m thankful for is my friendship and association with Rita Murray. She and I came into OKA as Associates at about the same time about twenty years ago. We have written a book together (Generations: Bridging the Gap with Type),
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Type, Gender and Societal Expectations
A client recently voiced some discomfort with the Type profiles from Type Talk At Work, which note differences of men and women within the same Type. There have always been people who have objected to the suggestion that men and women within a Type show any differences (attributable to gender), and
Type’s Surprising Role in Resilience
The connections to resilience and emotional intelligence were immediate and strong. The EQ-i presents itself as an ideal—almost obvious—entry point to understanding, assessing and building resilience. Type, however, and the MBTI assessment are not as clear a set of resilience access tools as the
EQ Under Fire
EQ Under Fire Last year Adam Grant caused a flap in the Type (MBTI assessment) community when he criticized the validity of the Indicator and questioned the decision to ever use it. This year Grant is at it again, this time taking aim at the
Resilience and EQ
Resilience is hot. 2014 has brought with it a spike in the number of requests for resilience training, keynotes and support materials. As we at OKA have flexed to respond and take this topic on, I have discovered resilience to be a topic that has spawned a good deal of research, and while there is