Since OKA started writing, training and consulting on generational issues in 2008, I’ve noticed a constant, and at times urgent, request to focus on Millennials (folks born between 1981 and 2000) and the need for specific tools and techniques to deal with the challenges that this large and demanding
Paths Through Conflict
The Critical Yet Overlooked Skillset Of all the skills and behaviors essential for effective performance, the one that scares the most people into inaction and disengagement is conflict. To increase the ability for and the likelihood that our clients will take on this critical topic, OKA has
Baby You Can Drive My Car
Type's Building Blocks At the heart of Jung’s theory of Psychological Type are the four mental functions and the assertion that we are constantly toggling back and forth between these four essential mental processes: Sensing, iNtuition, Thinking, and Feeling. Jung’s full theory implies more
Teams Don’t Change—People Do
Teams Don't Change I can’t even count the number of times it has happened. A group of people—a nominal team—sits across the table from each other, each sharing the same conviction that some action or course correction should be taken. The team is too lax and needs more urgency, or relationships are
Top 5 Reasons to Use the Pearman
As a loyal and active MBTI trainer and thought leader for over twenty years, I was intrigued but skeptical about the Pearman—Type’s newest assessment tool, originally published by MHS in late 2015 and recently revised. Long a fan of both MHS (the Pearman’s publisher) and Roger Pearman himself (one