Enhance Emotional Literacy
Learning to accurately identify and appropriately express your emotions.
Practical workplace skill
Emotional intelligence as a workplace skill.
Emotional intelligence (EQ) is the ability to blend thinking and emotion to make sound decisions, respond well under pressure, and interact effectively with others. Technical skills alone are not enough, managing emotions, communicating clearly, handling stress, and building relationships is what separates average employees from high performers. At VBLT, EQ is developed as a practical workplace skill, not theory.
Why it matters
It shapes everything that happens at work.
Emotional intelligence directly impacts how employees respond to pressure and stress, communicate with coworkers and leadership, handle conflict and difficult situations, make decisions in real time, and build trust and professional relationships.
Organizations that develop it see better communication, collaboration, leadership effectiveness, accountability, and culture.
The Six Seconds Model
A proven framework for developing EQ.
The Six Seconds KCG model organizes emotional intelligence into three actions: Know Yourself, Choose Yourself, and Give Yourself. It is a practical path for turning self-awareness into intentional leadership.
Know Yourself
Accurately detecting emotions, making sense of them, and understanding how they drive our reactions.
Choose Yourself
Switching off the autopilot to move from unconscious reaction into intentional response.
Give Yourself
Leaning forward to create effective solutions, fueled by feeling a connection with the larger world and your own sense of purpose.
Core Competencies
The eight skills that drive results.
These are the measurable skills leaders develop to respond better under pressure, communicate with clarity, and build teams that perform.
Recognize Patterns
Consciously identifying our own habitual reactions.
Apply Consequential Thinking
Assessing the short- and long-term costs and benefits of our choices, emotionally as well as tactically.
Navigate Emotions
Managing feelings to access the wisdom and energy they offer.
Engage Intrinsic Motivation
Gaining energy from personal values and commitments versus being driven by others.
Exercise Optimism
Taking a perspective of choice and opportunity.
Increase Empathy
Recognizing and appropriately responding to others' emotions.
Pursue Noble Goals
Connecting your daily choices with your deepest sense of purpose.
Certification through 6seconds.org.
What makes this different
Built on experience, not theory.
- Built on real leadership experience, not just theory.
- Focused on workplace application, not abstract concepts.
- Designed to improve behavior, performance, and communication.
- Delivered in a direct, practical, and engaging format.
Ready to talk about your leaders?
A short call to name what is actually breaking and what success looks like in 90 days.