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POPUP Festival
Celebrated in 200+ countries in partnership with UNICEF World Children’s Day, POP-UP Festivals are free wellbeing festivals that help kids grow their emotional intelligence. Provided with free, playful, meaningful activities, hosts all over the world bring essential skills to youth.
Climate of Emotions
Climate of Emotions (COE) is a leadership training program for young climate activists to build emotional skills – so they can be more effective in their work on climate action and build the inner resilience required for long-term work on environmental sustainability.
EQ Cafes
EQ Cafés are a 2-hour, interactive, cost-free learning workshop led all around the world by trained volunteers who are passionate about increasing the world’s emotional intelligence. Gain skills, meet others in your area, and learn the latest neuroscience around emotions.
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This eBook offers beautiful, simple techniques for making emotional intelligence a bigger part of your daily life. Learn 8 facts about emotions and do activities to put them into action →
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Case: EQ Team in Big Pharma
In one of the world’s leading pharmaceutical companies, a Key Accounts team on the verge of collapse implements a six-month emotional intelligence program; EQ scores increase by 8.9% correlated with double-digit financial growth, high performance evaluations and multiple promotions.
EQ Stories: Coaching a Career Change
EQ Stories are profiles of people whose lives have been helped by emotional intelligence and Six Seconds' coaching model. This story is from Six Seconds' Marilynn Jorgensen, Master Coach/ICF Trainer. Why is emotional intelligence coaching so powerful? "Bill" is a...
The 4 Cs of Trust and How to Make Them More Visible
Want to increase your level of trust with someone? The first step to earning trust is to make sure that you are fully trustworthy – and also perceived that way. Check yourself against the 4Cs of trust.
The EQ and IQ Debate: Which Is Better? Honestly, It’s the Wrong Question.
After 100 years of research, there’s little agreement on the definition of intelligence or how to measure IQ. Yet Adam Grant insists cognitive skill trumps all, and “Emotional Intelligence Is Overrated.” His critique is wrong, but important.
Talk About Great Leaders: Contexts for Performance
Research: What are the 3 key qualities that distinguish great leaders from good? What if you could “peek inside” the relationships of thousands of high performing leaders – what sets the best leaders apart?
Time to redefine “engagement”?
What does ’employee engagement’ really mean? And is that enough to drive the results we need?
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