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Are leaders found or made? A client of mine recently was lamenting the performance of a manager on her staff. “He’s just not a leader—he doesn’t have it in him.” I hear this thought a lot--the belief that leaders are found, not made. While clearly some people have more natural aptitude for
Teaching Old Dogs
You can’t teach an old dog new tricks, or life begins at forty. Which is it? Teaching Christine--using the MBTI Christine, 38 years old, struggled in her new position to understand and motivate her staff. Five years prior, she claimed she would have just forced her new direct reports to do her
How do you define success?
What is success? While I'm constantly revisiting and revising my definition of success, most of the time I believe you are successful if you move toward your potential, can satisfy your needs and live in alignment with your values without preventing others from also finding their success. As
Using EQ & Looking for AND
Here is a podcast you may enjoy OKA's Hile Rutledge joined host Doug Hensch in his compelling podcast, Looking For AND. In this half-hour discussion we cover the challenges and limits that come with either-or thinking and how Emotional Intelligence can help bring people more options and make them
Psychometrics: Myers-Briggs and Beyond
Here is a podcast you may enjoy OKA's Hile Rutledge joined long-time colleagues and collaborators Ray Linder and David Cooper on a recent episode of PM Point of View. This well-established podcast deals with project management insights, tools and concerns and is hosted by Kendall Lott, of M Powered