Scary Days Ahead The COVID 19 Pandemic has forced most of the United States into quarantine. 3.3 million people filed for unemployment in a single week—the same week the United States reported more people infected with the virus than any nation on earth, and the worst of the crisis is still ahead
Grace, Please–Shelter in Place Survival Tip #2
Grace, Please My son is playing video games too much and seems stuck to the couch. I ask him--for the fifth time today--to please get up, move around a little, and help with some housework. My son, nearly a grown man, is mourning being a shut-in at home when he otherwise would be experiencing his
Take One for the Team–Shelter in Place Survival Tip #1
Heroic or Selfish? I was in my late twenties, an independent contractor, struggling hard to get my training practice off the ground. I was so lucky to have landed this big client job in the first place--nearly 50 people for a two-day, interactive training. My getting sick was never a part of the
Mixing Your EQ Cocktail: Balance, Blends, & Behavioral Change
MHS’s EQ-i2.0 model of Emotional Intelligence is comprised of 16 elements that collectively make up our behavioral face to the world—what we look and sound like to and the impact we have on the world around us. The most common approach taken with this popular tool (EQ-i) is considering the score of
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