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Lead With Clarity in 2026: How Emotional Intelligence Drives Better People-Strategy in a Year of Complexity

What if the most important leadership skill of 2026 isn’t speed, but clarity?

Every leader is stepping into a year defined by rapid AI adoption, shifting expectations, and unprecedented emotional strain on teams. Yet the data shows a surprising truth: the organizations that succeed are the ones where leaders use emotional intelligence to create alignment, trust, and better decision-making.

In our new Business Case for Emotional Intelligence, leaders with strong EQ make better decisions 87% of the time, and teams led by high-EQ managers are 4× more engaged and far less likely to burn out. Emotional intelligence isn’t “soft” — it’s the operating system for clarity in a noisy world. Start 2026 by learning the skills that help leaders stay grounded, reduce friction, and move people forward with purpose.

In this session, you’ll learn how to:

✅ Turn emotional signals into strategic clarity
Use emotions as data to improve the speed and quality of decisions — especially under pressure.

✅ Build high-trust environments where execution accelerates
Learn the EQ behaviors that increase alignment, reduce burnout, and strengthen follow-through.

✅ Lead teams through complexity with confidence and connection
Tap emotional intelligence to stabilize teams, navigate uncertainty, and keep people committed during change.

 

Who Should Join

This session is designed for leaders, HR/Talent professionals, L&D teams, organizational development practitioners, transformation leaders, and managers who want to strengthen decision-making, build trust, and elevate performance in 2026.

If you oversee people, culture, customer experience, or change — this is for you.

Why Join Live

While everyone who signs up will receive the recording, joining live gives you the full experience: real-time interaction, breakout conversations, and a chance to apply the tools with peers from around the world. You’ll walk away with clearer insight, stronger focus, and practices you can use immediately with your team.

Why We Do These Live‑Online Webinars

Six Seconds is a global nonprofit dedicated to making emotional intelligence practical and measurable for leaders and organizations. Our research shows that emotions drive people, and people drive performance — especially in a world facing burnout, turnover, and AI-driven disruption.

By offering free, high-impact sessions, we aim to give leaders the tools to create healthier, more resilient organizations that can thrive in complexity. Join us and be part of a global community committed to building workplaces where people and performance grow together.

Learn how to optimize culture & performance by bringing emotional intelligence to scale | Read about our nonprofit mission and vision of a billion people practicing EQ

 

 

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Lead With Clarity in 2026: How Emotional Intelligence Drives Better People-Strategy in a Year of Complexity

Format:Virtual

Start Date:Jan 8, 2026

Time:08:00 AM, America/Los_Angeles

Facilitator:Joshua Freedman

Schedule Details

Live-online zoom -- plus we'll send recording to everyone who registers if you want to watch the replay.


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Free

Who Should Join

People responsible for people-strategy | CPO/CHRO and other senior leaders Coaches earn 1.5 ICF CCEs

Six Seconds is a community of changemakers contributing to a world of insight, connection, and purpose.

We think the world would be a better place if a billion people were practicing the skills of emotional intelligence (EQ). So, we research and share scientific, global, transformational tools & methods to support that goal.

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