Which Certification?
We recommend that everyone who wants to bring the benefits of EQ to themselves, their clients/organization/family/school start with the EQ Certification program — but you are welcome to design your own adventure, and to contact us to discuss the options! If you’re looking for powerful measures, try the SEI (for EQ) or VS (for org climate) certifications – both are available in a 1-1 format so you can start today.
Six Seconds offers a complete range of certification programs to develop and apply emotional intelligence – at work, school, home, and in the community.
Please download the “Certification Pathways” brochure to see an overview and flow of the programs. On page two of the brochure, you’ll see more details about the “Practitioner” pathway.
| Course | Certification / Resources | Notes | Brochure |
| EQC: The Emotional Intelligence Certification | EQ Practitioner: Use Six Seconds model and tools yourself and with your team and colleagues | Immerse in Six Seconds’ transformational learning so you “get it in your bones.” 5-day, in-depth, get the “building blocks” to develop your own EQ and in turn help others develop. |  |
| SEI1-1: EQ Assessment Certification (Virtual) | EQ Assessor: Administer the SEI, SEI-YV and SEI360 emotional intelligence assessment toolkit |
In depth, customized, scheduled 1:1 — virtual classroom + coaching + practice = powerful learning.Choose from Coach (more focus on Adult Version) or Educator (more focus on Youth Version) ICF Accredited |
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| VS1-1: Vital Signs Performance Assessment Certification (Virtual) | VS Consultant: Add this remarkable Vital Signs toolset to your consulting practice – measuring the drivers of organizational performance | The VS tools for individual leaders, teams, and whole organizations rapidly pinpoint key opportunities for improving performance. Take the pulse with climate tools to enroll people in change, focus consulting interventions, and show ROI |  |
| SEI Assessment: Education/ Community Focus (Virtual) | EQ Assessor: Administer the SEI-Youth Version (ages 7-18) as well as the SEI and SEI360 emotional intelligence assessment toolkit | This virtual course equips educators, counselors, and others to use the powerful SEI-YV and the other tools in the SEI suite. Six classes online over a 6-week period plus 1-1 coaching.This course can also be delivered in-person for schools / organizations. |  |
| CEQ: Coaching EQ Certification | EQ Assessor + EQ Coach (for certified coaches): Use the Six Seconds Coaching Framework and the SEI emotional intelligence assessment toolkit |
Supercharge coaching with EQ! The most in-depth of the SEI training options, this is ideal for those who coach, and those who want to really sink their teeth into use of the SEI and EQ in coaching. ICF Accredited |
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| EQAT: Advanced Trainer Certification | Advanced Trainer: Train with Six Seconds’ methods; effectively deliver modules from Six Seconds’ library | Learn to use Six Seconds’ powerful learning methodology in a highly-rigorous train-the-trainer experience |  |
| EQL: EQ Leader Certification | Deliver the 1-day EQ Leader curriculum (can be spread over several days). | Corporate focused, “turnkey” program with great curriculum – focuses on leaders being better as leaders, starting with themselvesThis program is available in-house for L&D teams. |  |
| EQE: EQ Educator Certification | EQ Educator: Effectively facilitate social emotional learning classes using the Self-Science process | The pioneering EQ curriculum highlighted as a model for teaching the skills of EQ in Daniel Goleman’s 1995 bestselling book. |  |
Note: The Six Seconds EQ courses use the same model and learning methodology and little content duplication – they are designed to help practitioners grow in expertise and work toward world-class mastery over several years. Please download the “Certification Pathways” brochure to see the flow of programs.