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Coaching as a Strategic Lever: How Emotional Intelligence Transforms People, Performance, and Culture (Coaching Connections)

What if coaching stopped being a support function and became the operating system of your culture?

Across industries, leaders are facing an emotional landscape unlike any other—overwhelm, disconnection, disengagement, and a rising demand for workplaces that feel purposeful and human. Coaching is no longer “nice to have,” it’s the mechanism that shapes how people think, relate, and perform. When coaching becomes an everyday leadership behavior, it changes the way teams communicate, make decisions, and create value.

In this session, we’ll explore the strategic power of EQ-based coaching to transform culture from the inside out. Drawing on new insights from the new Business Case for EQ and early learning from large-scale coaching initiatives, you’ll discover how emotionally intelligent coaching creates ripple effects that move far beyond the coaching session—to the team, the culture, and ultimately to your customers.

This is not just a webinar on coaching skills; it’s a session on coaching as strategy—and the role EQ plays in building cultures where people can truly thrive.

Key Takeaways

1. Coaching as Infrastructure, Not Intervention
Understand why coaching—when grounded in emotional intelligence—becomes a strategic lever for performance, engagement, and cultural resilience.

2. The EQ Leadership Multiplier
Explore how coaching behaviors practiced by leaders (not just coaches) change emotional climate, decision quality, and trust at scale.

3. Culture as a Chain Reaction
See how emotionally intelligent coaching creates ripple effects from manager → employee → customer, and why this is a competitive advantage.

4. A Simple “Strategic Case” for EQ Coaching
Walk away with a concise framing you can use with executives or clients—linking coaching to value, not vague benefits.

Who Should Join

This session is designed for:

  • Coaches who work with leaders, teams, or organizations

  • People-development professionals (HR, L&D, Org Dev)

  • Managers or leaders who coach others as part of their role

  • Culture champions bringing EQ into their organizations

  • Anyone ready to elevate coaching from “skillset” to strategic capability

Whether you’re advancing your EQ coaching mastery or designing scalable coaching programs inside organizations, you’ll gain a powerful lens for the year ahead.

Why Join Live

By joining live, you’ll be part of the global EQ coaching community. You’ll engage in reflective conversations, explore real-world examples, and practice a strategic lens you can apply immediately with leaders and teams. You’ll also get a first look at key insights from the 2026 Business Case for EQ and an inside preview of how EQ coaching is fueling culture transformation in large organizations.

⭐ Why We Do This

Six Seconds exists to grow a world with one billion people practicing emotional intelligence. EQ Coaching is one of the most powerful pathways for bringing EQ into everyday leadership, shaping conversations, cultures, and systems. Coaching Connections is where we strengthen that work together.

How do I earn ICF CCEs for this session?

After you participate in the live event, you can register to an e-learning to receive ICF CCE (1 hour core competency, 0.5 hour resource), pay an admin fee of 25 USD and do the reflection assignment as explained in the e-learning.

 


Coaching as a Strategic Lever: How Emotional Intelligence Transforms People, Performance, and Culture (Coaching Connections)

Format:Virtual

Start Date:Jan 22, 2026

Time:08:00 AM, America/Los_Angeles

Facilitator:Joshua Freedman, MCC

Schedule Details

Live-online Zoom -- plus we'll send the recording to everyone who registers to watch the replay anytime.


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Free

Who Should Join

Coaches, leaders, and anyone wanting to use emotional intelligence to guide others with clarity and impact. ICF coaches: Earn 1.5 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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