Organizational
Courage
Assessment (OCA)

Discover if your organization can best be characterized as fearful, courageous, bureaucratic, or quantum—depending on whether members do the “right thing” or “look the other way” when experiencing challenging situations
Organizational Courage

Take the OCA to Determine If Your Organization Needs to Become Increasingly Courageous or More Quantum for Long-Term Success and Satisfaction

Kilmann Diagnostics is dedicated to resolving conflict throughout the world, so we naturally incorporate the Organizational Courage Assessment in our Quantum Transformation Course. Why?

When groups and organizations must transform their systems and processes in order to survive—and thrive—in our increasingly fast-paced, interconnected global village, it will take a lot of courage (doing the right thing, despite the fear of receiving negative consequences) to confront the mega-conflicts that always emerge during the transformation process: leaving the old ways behind while embracing a whole new way of seeing, thinking, feeling, and behaving.

BOTTOM LINE: It’s only by regularly engaging in acts of courage that members will be able to revitalize their organization for long-term success and satisfaction for all key stakeholders.

Click here to see: Sample Results and Interpretive Materials.

ONLINE ASSESSMENT

take this assessment anywhere, anytime: on your computer, or on your tablet or smartphone

20 MINUTES TOTAL

the average time for completing this assessment and then graphing your courage scores

EXTRA RESOURCES

download our article on the development and validation of the Courage Assessment

TAKE THIS COURSE

to learn how to best use the results of this assessment, take this recorded online course:

Organizational Courage Assessment

Kilmann Diagnostics is dedicated to resolving conflict throughout the world, which is why we offer this online assessment tool on our website: so you can examine whether organizational members have the requisite courage to confront the mega-conflicts that always emerge during any change and improvement program. Indeed, it’s only by engaging in acts of courage (taking risks despite the fears) that members will be able to transform their bureaucratic organization into a quantum organization. Be prepared to experience many eureka (aha) moments!

BENEFITS OF TAKING THE
ORGANIZATIONAL COURAGE ASSESSMENT
Kilmann Diagnostics Benefit 1

THE FIRST OF ITS KIND TO QUANTIFY COURAGE: The Courage Assessment, published in 2002, was the first of its kind to provide a quantitative measure of organizational courage—which was partly inspired by the many courageous acts that took place on September 11, 2001.

Kilmann Diagnostics Benefit 2

THE MOST KNOWLEDGEABLE EXPERT AT YOUR DISPOSAL: Drs. Kilmann, O'Hara, and Strauss developed a quantitative assessment that determines the extent to which members (a) observe various acts of courage in their organization and (b) acknowledge how afraid members would be of performing those same acts of courage—instead of relying on interviews and stories to document acts of courage (which had been the accepted approach in the past).

Kilmann Diagnostics Benefit 3

ASSESSING ACTS OF COURAGE AND THE FEAR INVOLVED: Combining the two dimensions of observing courage and fearing acts of courage reveals four types of organizations: (1) Fearful Organizations, (2) Bureaucratic Organizations, (3) Courageous Organizations, and (4) Quantum Organizations. Not surprisingly, each of these four types has a different likelihood of achieving organizational success in today's turbulent world.

Kilmann Diagnostics Benefit 4

DOWNLOAD THE EXTENSIVE INTERPRETIVE MATERIALS: The online version of the Courage Assessment takes about 15 minutes to complete. Right afterwards, you can download a pdf file for graphing and interpreting your type of organizational courage, which includes sample results from three different organizations.

Kilmann Diagnostics Benefit 5

GRAPH YOUR COURAGE RESULTS TO SEE THE BIG PICTURE: This tool enables you to graph your results on a Courage Profile so you can easily see whether (and to what extent) the groups and departments in an organization have the same or a different relationship with courage and fear, which then leads to further discussion and action.

Organizational Courage Results
Kilmann Diagnostics Benefit 6

ACTION RECOMMENDATIONS ARE PROVIDED WITH THE RESULTS: After taking this self-report assessment, you'll learn why a combination of personal and/or system-wide transformation is essential in order to encourage people to do the right things for long-term organizational success—either by learning how to cope with the fear in the situation (personal transformation) or by eradicating the fear in the workplace through a dedicated program for improving the formal and informal systems (organizational transformation).

Transforming Organizational Courage
WHY TAKE THE
ORGANIZATIONAL
COURAGE ASSESSMENT?

Groups and organizations must transform their systems and processes in order to survive—and thrive—in our increasingly fast-paced, complex global village. It will take a lot of courage (doing the right thing, despite the fear of receiving negative consequences) to confront the mega-conflicts that always emerge during the transformation process. It’s only by engaging in acts of courage that members will be able to revitalize their organization for long-term success. As such, this assessment is relevant to these OCCUPATIONAL IDENTITIES:

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Only for Yourself—
Not for Anyone Else

When you click on the button at the bottom of this section, you’ll be adding 1 ONLINE Organizational Courage Assessment, only for yourself, to your Shopping Cart, which you can then proceed to purchase on this website.

CAUTION 1: If you wish to purchase this assessment either for 1 other person or for a group—which might also include you along with the other members in your group—go to the next section on this page that’s designed for that specific purpose.

CAUTION 2: If you wish to purchase the PAPER version of the Organizational Courage Assessment for yourself, visit: Amazon or Barnes & Noble.

 

The price for 1 ONLINE Courage Assessment is $25. Once you complete your purchase, you have 90 days to take the assessment tool and download a file for graphing and interpreting your two courage scores.

Refund Policy: As stipulated in All Our Policies, within 30 days from the purchase date, if you happen to change your mind for any reason, just contact us and you’ll receive a full refund so long as you have not yet completed the Organizational Courage Assessment. But we do not offer any refund, in whole or in part, once this initial 30-day period has elapsed or if you have already taken the assessment tool.

 

TO PURCHASE 1 ASSESSMENT ONLY FOR YOURSELF:

Organizational Courage Assessment

$25.00

SKU: OCA Category:
Organizational Courage Assessment
Purchase this Online Assessment

For 1 Other Person—
Or for a Group

When you click on the button at the bottom of this section, you’ll be adding the ONLINE Organizational Courage Assessment (OCA) to your Shopping Cart. In this section, you can make a purchase either for 1 other person or for a group of people (which, if you choose, can also include you).

However, the OCA will not be placed in your private account—unless (and not until) we receive your KD_Spreadsheet that includes your relevant information along with the same requested information about the other members in your group. See the section below: Completing Your KD_Spreadsheet.

CAUTION 1: If you wish to purchase 1 online OCA only for yourself (not for anyone else), go to the other section on this page that’s designed for that specific purpose.

CAUTION 2: If you wish to purchase the PAPER version of the Organizational Courage Assessment for 1 other person or for a group, visit: Amazon or Barnes & Noble.

 

QUANTITY DISCOUNTS FOR THE ONLINE OCA

For 1 to 49 persons, the price is $25.00 per person.
For 50 to 99 persons, the price is $22.50 per person.
For 100 to 499 persons, the price is $20.00 per person.
For 500 to 999 persons, the price is $17.50 per person.
For 1000 or more, the price is $15.00 per person.

In the Quantity text box below, enter the number of online OCAs that you wish to purchase for a group of participants (or leave the default as 1, if you are making this purchase for just 1 other person). If you enter 50 or more OCAs, the total charge will be based on the relevant quantity discount.

Then click on the button, ADD TO CART, so you can proceed to purchase your specified quantity of this online assessment.

Completing Your KD_Spreadsheet

After you’ve made your quantity purchase, be sure to download the KD_Spreadsheet for Creating Group Accounts and carefully follow the instructions.

For example, if you are buying the OCA for one other person, fill out the spreadsheet for just that one person. If you’ll be taking the OCA along with other persons in your group, please make sure to also include YOUR information on the completed KD_Spreadsheet.

When you send your carefully completed KD_Spreadsheet to info@kilmanndiagnostics.com, also let us know the date when you want us to import your spreadsheet into our website and thus initiate the OCA process for your group members. Immediately after we import your spreadsheet, the one or more persons who are listed have 90 days to take their Courage Assessment and download the interpretive material for graphing and interpreting their scores.

If you’ll be conducting a coaching session, workshop, or other type of educational program for several persons (or someone else) and you want to make use of their OCA results before that event, ask them to send you a copy of their two courage scores and/or a scan of their completed Organizational Courage Profile.

Our Refund Policy and Expiration Policy

Refund Policy: As stipulated in All Our Policies, within 30 days from the purchase date, if you change your mind about using the Organizational Courage Assessment for any reason (if, for example, your training program gets cancelled), just contact us and you’ll receive a full refund for any unused assessments. But we do not offer any refund, in whole or in part, once this initial 30-day period has elapsed or for any group members who’ve already taken the assessment tool.

Expiration Policy: For most group OCA purchases, the number of persons listed on the spreadsheet will equal the quantity of assessments that you just purchased. However, if you purchased a larger quantity of assessments than the people listed on your spreadsheet (for the purpose of taking advantage of our quantity discounts), we’ll credit your group account with those extra OCAs, which we refer to as, “open slots.” But you’ll need to submit another (entirely new) KD_Spreadsheet when you know the participants who’ll be making use of those open slots in your account, which then initiates their 90-day access period for completing the Organizational Courage Assessments.

Those “open slots” in your group account can be assigned to participants any time within ONE YEAR of the purchase date, after which, those “open slots” officially expire. But either before—or after—those slots expire, you can take advantage of our Renewal Policy to reactivate those open slots for one more year by paying 50% of the current price of that online product on our Special Payments page.

Managing Your Group Account

After you have sent us your carefully completed spreadsheet, you can then manage your group account all on your own, which is the standard practice for our OCA Buyers. Another popular choice: You can assign the remaining tasks of your OCA project to an experienced assistant or skilled project manager (especially for large quantity orders).

Essentially, it just takes a well-organized, detail-oriented person to efficiently manage a group account, since the most important tasks primarily include: reminding your group members to take their assigned OCA by a certain date, keeping track of who has—and who hasn’t—completed their survey, and reminding your group members to email their courage scores or Courage Profile to you (or a designated facilitator).

If you purchase a quantity of 10 or more assessments, upon your request, we’ll email you 1 screenshot of your group account, so you can see who has—and who has not—taken the assessment. However, since this extra service is time-consuming for us to manage on your behalf, we do charge $25 for each Extra Services Bundle, if you want to receive additional screenshots of your group account (see purchasing details directly below).

Purchasing an Extra Services Bundle

If you wish to purchase one or more of an Extra Services Bundle (for us to help you manage your group account), please visit Special Payments, scroll down to the bottom of that page, next enter the total amount for one or more of an Extra Service Bundle ($25 multiplied by the number of Bundles), and then complete your purchase. When the text box appears, Order notes, please enter: 1 Service Bundle for OCA, 2 Service Bundles for OCA, etc.

Please keep this in mind: If you (or another person) can effectively manage your group account, you won’t need us to provide you with one or more screenshots to help you keep track of your own participants. As a result, you won’t have to purchase an Extra Services Bundle (beyond the 1 bundle that’s automatically included with a quantity purchase of 10 or more Organizational Courage Assessments).

PROCEED WITH YOUR QUANTITY PURCHASE FOR 1 OTHER PERSON…OR FOR 2 OR MORE PARTICIPANTS IN A GROUP (WHICH CAN ALSO INCLUDE YOU):

Organizational Courage Assessment – Group Purchase

$25.00

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Quantum Transformation for Organizations

QUANTUM
TRANSFORMATION:
DISCOVER THE FULL
POTENTIAL OF THIS
ASSESSMENT TOOL

During our 5-hour course on Quantum Transformation, you’ll learn that (1) acts of courage and (2) the fear of performing acts of courage together indicate if your work group or organization is mostly fearful, bureaucratic, courageous, or quantum. Knowing which type is primary then suggests what combination of personal and/or organizational development is required to achieve long-term success and satisfaction for all key stakeholders.