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OKA, the leading certification provider of assessment tools around topics such as Emotional Intelligence, Motivation, Values, Change, Influence, and Resilience launched a new digital badging program for its certification holders. Individuals who complete the required courses and earn a passing score
Airheads and Anchors–Using Different Change Styles
Change is constant, and how we each view and deal with it--understanding, flexing to and even using different Change Styles--is an important detail in our team, leadership and organization development efforts. Change Styles Example Claudette and Jim each manage one of two separate but
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
Is Leadership Taught or Found?
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
Using the Right Lever
Influence Working with leaders and teams for over twenty years, I have often been asked to address and develop a person or group’s influence skills. We like to use the Influence Style Indicator (ISI) to support this work. While not all, many (if not most) people regard influence as an act of force