Elevate your coaching practice with emotional intelligence
Get certified to bring emotional intelligence assessments and frameworks to the people you work with.
Take the Six Seconds Emotional Intelligence Assessment
Experience the SEI for yourself. Get your own Brain Brief Profile — a complete report, not a sample — and see the wider report family you can use with clients.
- About 5-10 minutes
- 77 questions
- Brain Brief Profile by email
Explore ICF-accredited coaching pathways
Full credential pathways accredited by the International Coaching Federation. The assessment certifications are built into them, so you finish with a coaching credential and the instruments to use in your practice.
ICF Level 1 — Associate Brain Coach
Your entry into ICF-accredited coaching, with emotional intelligence at the core. Graduates are eligible to apply for the ICF Associate Certified Coach (ACC) credential.
- Brain Brief, Talent and Discovery Profiles
ICF Level 2 — EQ Coach
The professional-level pathway for coaches building a serious practice, adding assessment mastery and integration work on top of Level 1. Graduates can apply for the ICF Professional Certified Coach (PCC) credential.
- The full SEI report family, plus all Brain Profiles
ICF Level 3 — EQ Master Coach
The capstone for experienced, credentialed coaches. Counts toward an ICF Master Certified Coach (MCC) application.
- EQ Assessor Certification first, if you are not already Level 2 certified with us
Earn CCEs with Six Seconds
Renew your ICF credential while you build a real specialty in emotional intelligence. A range of our certifications and courses carry ICF Continuing Coach Education units.
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Bring EQ assessments to your clients
These certifications qualify you to use a specific Six Seconds assessment with your own clients and teams. Each certification unlocks a family of reports.
EQ Assessor Certification
Get qualified to administer and debrief the Six Seconds Emotional Intelligence Assessment, or SEI. Ideal for 1:1 coaching conversations and in-depth engagements.
- Leadership Report
- Development Report
- SEI 360
- Group Development Report
Brain Profiler Certification
Get certified to use the Brain Profiles - concise, powerful reports built on the power of the SEI. Ideal for team workshops, introductory courses and 1:1 coaching.
- Brain Brief Profile
- Brain Talent Profile
- Brain Discovery Profile
- Brain Profile Dashboard
EQ Performance Metrics Certification
Get certified in the Vital Signs toolkit to measure the people-side of performance - from individuals to teams and entire organizations. Measure trust, engagement, and other underlying emotional drivers.
- Leadership Vital Signs 360
- Team Vital Signs
- Organizational Vital Signs
Take the SEI yourself and get your free Brain Brief Profile — the complete report, exactly as your clients would receive it.
Take the SEI AssessmentLearn and develop the skills yourself
The fastest way to understand what a client gets from this work is to go through it yourself. These are the programs where you experience the Six Seconds Model and the TFA framework from the inside, before you take them into your own practice. EQ Practitioner is also a requirement for ICF Levels 1 and 2.
Coaching Connections
Our free monthly webinar for coaches - whether you are a professional coach, coach-curious, using coaching methods in your work, or simply interested in the craft.
Join a workshopUnlocking EQ
An accessible, engaging introduction to the Six Seconds methodology - what emotional intelligence is and how it actually works.
Learn moreEQ Practitioner Certification
Our flagship program. A deep dive into the science and practice of emotional intelligence.
Learn moreEmotions are so incredibly valuable and yet discounted so much of the time. This course connects the dots to bring the value proposition of emotions to the workplace.Dawn Karner, HR Training Manager, Cache Creek Casino
Bring emotional intelligence into the room
Physical tools to use in your practice.
Think, Feel, Act Cards
Support clients to break down problems into manageable parts - the thoughts, feelings and actions behind them.
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EQ Coach Cards
Spark engaging conversations with the intentional questions on the EQ Coach Cards.
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Evoke Metaphor Cards
An engaging way for clients to express feelings, set goals, or open up their thinking.
View in the shopCredentials you can trust
Six Seconds courses are backed by a global network and recognized by international bodies including the International Coaching Federation and the Society for Human Resource Management, among others. Our coaching pathways are ICF-accredited at Levels 1, 2 and 3, and nearly every other course carries ICF continuing-education units.
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Try the assessment before you choose a program
Take the Six Seconds Emotional Intelligence Assessment (SEI) and explore our most popular reports.
- Free for Converge members
- Your own Brain Brief Profile
- See the Leadership Report and LVS 360
Meet our team
The Six Seconds team behind our work with coaches and organizations. Hala and Mariaelena are at ICF Converge — come find us at the booth, or get in touch and we’ll follow up.
Hala Jimenez
Mariaelena Welch
Chris Draper
Elise Jones
Susie Lubbers
Bringing EQ to a whole team?
We work with organizations to build emotional intelligence at scale — from leadership development to culture change — with dedicated programs and enterprise support.
Certification, at scale
- Group and in-house certification cohorts
- Full assessment suite for your people
- A clear pathway to organizational change