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Kolbe Strengths: Organizational Productivity and Effectiveness - OK Only


Total Credits: 2 including 2 CE Credit


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Description

Discover how to work in alignment with your natural strengths during this engaging, interactive Kolbe Strengths Workshop. Designed for professionals who have already completed the Kolbe A™ Index, this session will help you unlock the full power of your results and apply them to everyday work and leadership challenges.

Whether you’re leading a team, managing projects, or striving to improve how you work with others, this workshop offers practical insights that drive better communication, collaboration, and performance.

What You’ll Learn:

  • How to interpret and apply your Kolbe A™ Index results
  • The difference between how you think, feel, and instinctively take action
  • Ways to reduce stress and friction by aligning work with your strengths
  • Strategies for building stronger, more productive teams

Important:
Participants must complete the Kolbe A™ Index prior to the session and have their results report available during the workshop.

NOTE:  This course qualifies for CE in the state of Oklahoma.  If you need CE please save the codes and submit them for credit.  If you don't need CE or not licensed in OK, you can ignore the codes.  

Basic Course Information

Learning Objectives
  • Identify key factors influencing organizational productivity and effectiveness.
  • Recognize the role of individual skills and team dynamics in performance.
  • Apply knowledge of your individual Kolbe A™ Index results to improve personal productivity and reduce stress.
  • Understand the three parts of the mind—cognitive, affective, and conative—and the unique role conation plays in decision-making and performance.
  • Communicate more effectively by recognizing and adapting to the conative strengths of others.
  • Identify practical strategies to reduce friction, improve collaboration, and build strengths-based teams.
  • Apply Kolbe insights to everyday work scenarios, including leadership, hiring, delegation, and team dynamics.

Major Subjects
  • Understanding Conative Strengths and instinctive action
  • Overview of the Kolbe System™ and the Kolbe A™ Index
  • The three parts of the mind: Thinking (Cognitive), Feeling (Affective), and Doing (Conative)
  • Decoding and interpreting individual Kolbe profiles
  • How differing strengths impact team interactions, communication, and problem-solving
  • Strategies for aligning tasks, roles, and expectations with natural strengths
  • Real-world applications in agency leadership, hiring, and team development
  • Common misinterpretations and mistakes to avoid when using Kolbe results

Course Materials

Speaker

Sara Bradshaw Ray, CIC, CKC's Profile

Sara Bradshaw Ray, CIC, CKC Related Seminars and Products

Sr. Vice President of Strategic Initiatives

Big I Oklahoma


A third-generation insurance professional, Sara Bradshaw Ray, brings over 35 years of experience spanning agency ownership, company commercial underwriting, and cluster development. She is widely recognized for her deep understanding of agency operations and strategic leadership in a rapidly evolving industry.

As the founder of the consulting practice at Big I Oklahoma, Sara leads BIGiOK Consulting, one of only a handful of state association-based consulting groups in the country. Her areas of specialty include Executive Coaching, Strategic Planning, Operational Improvement, and leveraging instinctive strengths through her certification as a KolbeTM Consultant. Through this work, she equips independent agencies with the tools and insight to unlock performance, lead with purpose, and position for growth.

Sara is also the visionary behind MyNetwork, an international learning network for women in insurance leadership. Now in its 11th season, MyNetwork offers facilitated mastermind groups designed to equip, empower, and enhance the lives of female leaders through virtual programming, peer exchange, and executive
development.

A sought-after speaker and writer on leadership and organizational effectiveness, Sara brings insight with authenticity. When she's not coaching or facilitating growth conversations with agency leaders, she's soaking up time as a devoted wife, proud mom of adult twins and their spouses, and adoring "Grammy"; to two grandchildren. A citizen of the Cherokee Nation, she's also deeply rooted in her faith and community in Stillwater, Oklahoma.


Dates

Wed, Feb 18, 2026 - 1:30 PM to 3:17 PM CST
Wed, May 20, 2026 - 1:30 PM to 3:17 PM CDT

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Prerequisites

 Prerequisite Required Before Purchase

You must complete the Kolbe A Index assessment before watching this course.


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