Grow Your Emotional Intelligence
Strengthen your relationship with yourself and others for personal and professional success.
We support you to thrive with emotional intelligence.
Did you know that research links emotional intelligence to critical life success factors, such as better effectiveness, stronger relationships, more wellbeing and a higher quality of life? EQ is 2x as predictive of performance as IQ, and these are measurable, learnable skills that you can improve at any age. Get trained at Unlocking EQ and EQ Practitioner and invest in your own future success.
Do you want?
• Stronger relationships
• More effectiveness
• Greater wellbeing
• Better quality of life
Get started today learning and practicing emotional intelligence.
Find your focus and purpose
with emotional intelligence.
Our nonprofit mission is growing the world’s emotional intelligence. Let us support you to find more insight, connection and purpose with proven tools & methods for learning and practicing emotional intelligence.
 Why emotional intelligence?
Explore the life outcomes correlated with higher EQ.
Stronger Relationships
Build and maintain networks of healthy, sustainable relationships based on mutual respect.
Greater Wellbeing
Find more balance and invest in your physical, mental and emotional health.
More Effectiveness
Increase your capacity to set and achieve goals for yourself, personally and professionally.
Better Quality of Life
Exceed your goals, and increase overall achievement and satisfaction in your life.
Practicing EQ eBook
This 20-page eBook offers beautiful, simple techniques for making emotional intelligence a bigger part of your daily life. Just fill out this form and we’ll send your free copy.
3 Steps to Grow Your
Emotional Intelligence
1. Join Unlocking EQ
Dive into Six Seconds’ powerful methodology and learn why, what, & how emotional intelligence works. Unlocking EQ is an introductory course and a prerequisite for all Six Seconds advanced certifications.
Two 1.5 hour sessions, live online from the comfort of your home or office.
2. Go Deeper with Practitioner Certification.
Who do you want to be?
Clarify your purpose and most important goals. Explore your patterns and self-limiting beliefs. Make better decisions by evaluating all your options.  Leave with an in-depth understanding of emotional intelligence and practical new tools to apply immediately in your life. Set yourself on the path of personal and professional success as a Certified EQ Practitioner.
3. Tell us about your goals
How can we support you?
Our mission is growing the world’s emotional intelligence. If you’re interested in growing your own EQ, please don’t hesitate to reach out and we’d love to welcome you into the Six Seconds Community.
Featured Articles
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 learning and coaching intervention based on the Six Seconds Emotional Intelligence assessment and methodology. Following the intervention,...
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? Â "Bill" is a...
Requesting Trust: 5 Practical Steps to Repair and Increase Trust
Requesting Trust: 5 Practical Steps to Repair and Increase Trust Want to increase trust with someone? Try this challenging-but-rewarding framework for talking about it By Joshua Freedman - January, 2015, revised in October, 2019 Once you’ve identified the value of...
The 4 Cs of Trust and How to Make Them More Visible
Earning Trust: The 4 Cs of Trust and How to Make Them More Visible Want to increase your level of trust with someone? The first step is to make sure that you are fully trustworthy - and also perceived that way. By Joshua Freedman - January 18th, 2015, revised in...
Assessing Trust
Assessing Trust: 3 Quick Techniques to Check Your Current Level of Trust with Someone Want more clarity about how much you trust someone? Try these 3 techniques to get mental, physical and emotional feedback on the current situation. By Joshua Freedman,...
The EQ and IQ Debate: Which Is Better? Honestly, It’s the Wrong Question.
The EQ vs. IQ debate is in full swing after Adam Grant's latest article blasting the value of emotional intelligence. His critique is wrong, but important. Let's take a deeper look at how he frames the relationship between EQ and IQ - and why it's misleading. His...