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The Upside of Uncertainty: Neuroscience for Coaching
How bad is uncertainty for you, for your clients, for the world? Uncertainty is a problematic feeling – yet it’s also essential in coaching because it signals learning and growth. Here’s how.
What’s Missing in Climate Discussions? The Power of Emotions
Solving the climate crisis requires people to connect, collaborate, innovate, and take inspired action — all of which are driven by emotion. Here’s how two of the world’s largest organizations in renewable energy worked with Six Seconds to harness emotions and support young leaders.
Emotional Intelligence at Work: 3 Steps to End Meeting Madness and Its Emotional Toll
The modern workplace has a meeting problem, and it takes an emotional and financial toll on people. Here are 3 steps to restore sanity.
EQ Education News: Am I Doing This All Wrong? 5 Tips for Parenting Shy Kids
Emotional intelligence skills are learnable at any age. In this month’s newsletter we explore the emotion Shy among children
Emotional Intelligence at Work: 7 Principles to Rewrite the Unwritten Rules of Expressing Emotions
An organization’s emotional culture influences employee satisfaction, burnout and the bottom line. Is it time to rethink your rules?
The Neuroscience of Chai: Overcoming My Own Obstinance
Why do we sometimes take risks to learn, but other times we’re so determined to stay “right”? Zooming into the neurobiology, in a sense we have a tug-of-war between the striatum and the amygdala, between opportunity and risk. It’s just like trying Chai for the first time on the steamy streets of Kuala Lumpur.
When Change Fails: Tips for Coaching with Emotional Intelligence
Sometimes change is easy, but when we get stuck, big, difficult feelings emerge. While some coaches are ill-equipped to engage those challenging feelings, it’s a prime opportunity for transformational coaching.
Voices from the Network : Pamela Chng & Suyin Tay
Today we talk to Pamela Chng and Suyin Tay, two social entrepreneurs based in Singapore who run Bettr Coffee, and its nonprofit affiliate, Bettr Lives, a Six Seconds Preferred Partner.
The Neuroscience of Change: How to Make New Year’s Resolutions Stick
Why do New Year’s resolutions nearly always fail? And what can we do to make them stick? Explore the neuroscience of change and motivation.
Emotional Intelligence at Work: Why Traditional Performance Reviews Often Backfire – and 6 Principles to Follow Instead
Not a fan of performance reviews? You’re not alone. Here’s why the annual performance review doesn’t work – and what to do about it.
Building Inclusion Across Borders: Three Lessons from Make-A-Wish Foundation’s DEI Launch
Six Seconds and Make-A-Wish launch a pilot DEI program in Europe fueled by emotional intelligence – with promising results.
Goalsetting That Works: Three Coaching Tools to Leverage the Neuroscience of Emotion
Drawing on neuroscience of change, how can we use emotional intelligence coaching for setting goals in a way that will help make change happen better? Please a fantastic goalsetting tool (that’s free for now!)