Kolbe Strengths: Organizational Productivity and Effectiveness - OK Only
Total Credits: 2 including 2 CE Credit
- Average Rating:
- 1
- Categories:
- Professional Development | Professional Development - Agency Management | Professional Development - Operations and Human Resources | Professional Development - Planning and Strategy
- Speaker:
- Sara Bradshaw Ray, CIC, CKC
- Course Levels:
- Intermediate
- Duration:
- 2 Hours
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.
- Cost: $75
- How to Get It: Contact Sara Bradshaw Ray or complete this short form to receive the assessment and payment instructions.
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
| IMPORTANT_CE Credit Instructions_Read Before Webcast_Updated (752.6 KB) | Available after Purchase | ||
| Organizational Productivity and Effectiveness 2.0 Timed Outline (680 KB) | Available after Purchase | ||
| Kolbe Essentials (550.2 KB) | Available after Purchase | ||
| Organizational Productivity and Effectiveness 2.0_Kolbe Strengths Slide (3 MB) | Available after Purchase | ||
| My Conative Strengths_worksheet (104.5 KB) | Available after Purchase | ||
Speaker
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
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Wed, Feb 18, 2026 - 1:30 PM to 3:17 PM CST
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Wed, May 20, 2026 - 1:30 PM to 3:17 PM CDT
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State Specific Details
Basic Course Information
PrerequisitesPrerequisite Required Before Purchase
You must complete the Kolbe A Index assessment before watchi
- Cost: $75
- How to Get It: Contact Sara Bradshaw Ray or complete this short form to receive the assessment and payment instructions.
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