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
OKA’s EQ Playlist–Social Responsibility
What songs awaken and speak to your social consciousness? In the EQ-i model, Social Responsibility is the ability and tendency to cooperate and contribute to the welfare of a larger social system, to have and act in accordance with a social consciousness and to show concern for the greater
New Year’s Resolution: Flex Your EQ
The EQ-i model gives you a great template to not only know, but improve your self-awareness, your relationships and the way in which you engage the world around you, so when you are making your New Year's resolutions for 2015, start by flexing your EQ. Following are 15 different suggestions—one for
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
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


