With its years of personal development and human interaction training, OKA has been in the field of Emotional Intelligence for years, but not until now have we adopted a formal Emotional Intelligence assessment, and with the EQ-i, we've selected the best the field has to offer.
 
With the EQ model, Reuven BarOn has identified fifteen elements of emotional well being that each contribute to our interpersonal success and effectiveness in coping with environmental demands and overall happiness.

 

 

Intrapersonal Components ˇ         Self-Regard ˇ         Emotional Self-Awareness ˇ         Assertiveness ˇ         Independence ˇ         Self-Actualization   Interpersonal Components ˇ         Empathy ˇ         Social Responsibility ˇ         Interpersonal Relationship

Adaptability Components ˇ         Reality Testing ˇ         Flexibility ˇ         Problem Solving   Stress Management Components ˇ         Stress Tolerance ˇ         Impulse Control   General Mood Components ˇ         Optimism ˇ         Happiness

 

The EQ-i is a tool that enables you to self-assess your connection to each of these fifteen elements. Constructed and scored around the model of the IQ test, the EQ-i allows you to quantify your emotional behaviors and attitudes -- and even to compare yourself to a norm group -- to understand how your approach and behaviors differ from others around you.
 
Unlike an IQ test, however, which has right and wrong answers and is intended as an objective and for the most part unchanging measure of intelligence, the EQ-i's results are a more subjective portrait of personal behaviors that are changeable and require interpretation and context -- that is where OKA's unique approach to training and development comes in.
 
The challenge long posed by the EQ-i is translating the instrument's report form into a palatable plan of action and moving from insights to applied results. In an effort to bring the same kind of practicality and client-driven focus to Emotional Intelligence training that OKA has brought to the worlds of type, generations and Reversal Theory, we have put together a unique three-day EQ-i Certification Workshop that will train you not only to administer and interpret the EQ-i, but to use OKA's new training approach, which details the exploration and analysis of each of the fifteen EQ elements.  OKA wants to help you take EQ training beyond simple instrument administration to a larger, more impactful process of personal development and skill building.
 
OKA's new EQ-i Certification Workshop launches August 11-13, 2009 at OKA's training center in Fairfax, Virginia.  As a special feature of the class, every participant will take the EQ-i and get personalized feedback on their EQ-i Report from me (Hile Rutledge) prior to the class.

 

Want a Preview?  Given that the EQ-i may be a new tool to some of you, you may want to take and get feedback on the EQ-i yourself before signing up for certification.  To support this, OKA is offering the opportunity to take the EQ-i and get a 60-90 minute coaching/feedback session over the phone for $200.  If you then decide you would like to attend the August Certification Workshop, that $200 will be deducted from your registration fee. Sign up for either the certification class or the preview EQ-i coaching offer.

 

Here is a sample of one the EQ elements and the approach that OKA's new training design (and an accompanying workbook) will take with it.  I hope to get to work with you!  Access OKA's Emotional Inteligence Using the EQ-i: An Overview