EQ Advantage
Emotional Intelligence Coaching
About EQ Advantage
Emotional Intelligence not only gives you a competitive advantage in business today, but it will be critical for businesses of tomorrow.
It's a sad fact that many great companies fail to achieve their potential. They might have superb technologies, competitive business models, be well funded and filled with the most qualified minds in their industry... yet still, they falter or fail.
At EQ Advantage, we help businesses and professionals succeed by working with senior leaders to address five key - and very common - blockers. They are:
How business leaders think and feel about themselves.
How they express themselves.
How leaders relate to, and communicated with, others.
Decision-making within the business
The way leaders handle stress and change.
Our Values
Positivity
Positive thinking is not blind optimism; it is a practised life skill and it starts with how you talk to yourself. We use neuroscience to reframe that inner dialogue to create happier, healthier, more engaged lives for ourselves and our clients.
Making a difference
There is no greater achievement in life than to know you have made a positive difference to people and planet. As a business, we strive for this each day (and we help our clients achieve this too).
Authenticity
"The privilege of a lifetime is to become who you truly are."
– Carl JungIt is our aim to help you become who YOU truly are.
Our founder
Julie Martin
Founder Julie is a certified EQ-i 2.0 and EQ360 practitioner and high-performance coach. With decades of professional experience running her own businesses - including owning and running a manufacturing business where she increased the turnover by 640% over ten years - Julie understands the role emotional intelligence plays in the workplace.Passionate about making a difference and supporting others to make positive changes in their careers, Julie has provided over 20 microloans to women-led businesses in the last few years. She also sits on the board of the Engineering and Manufacturing Network and is currently a Director of Networking for an Industrial Design Business.
How we can help you
By working with a skilled Emotional Intelligence practitioner and coach and evolving your own Emotional Intelligence, you will:
Increase your ability to build and strengthen those important relationships in both your professional and home life. Whether you are an introvert, extrovert or a mixture of both, relationships form the basis of a balanced and fulfilled life. We’ll help you develop your own skillset to make the very most of the relationships that matter to you.
Become more resilient, less stressed and learn how to handle conflict and change. We live in an increasingly challenging and complex world, which can leave us feeling overwhelmed and engulfed by anxiety on a daily basis. Our aim is to provide you with both the mindset and toolkit not just to survive but grow and thrive, regardless of what life throws at you.
Understand and Improve your communication skills. Great communication starts with understanding the self. We help you work out what makes you tick and what makes you, you. We help you get clear on your values, purpose, beliefs and goals. And then we help you improve how you communicate to the world around you, from kitchen table to boardroom table and beyond.
Just like reading a map, you won’t know how to get somewhere unless you know where you are starting from. So we find your starting point by using a gold standard, scientifically validated assessment.
OUR SERVICES
1:1 EQA Growth and Growth+ Programmes - psychometric evaluation, interpretation, development plan and coaching.
EQA Values Programme - 1:1 and group programmes available; gain clarity on your own values and understand how these align with your business values.
EQA 12-Month Growth Programme - commit to your personal and professional development with psychometric testing, interpretation and monthly coaching sessions for a full year.
EQA 360 Degrees - available as a 6-month or 12-month package.
Understanding EQ
"To live is to choose. But to choose well, you must know who you are and what you stand for, where you want to go and why you want to get there."
- Kofi Annan
When you talk about intelligence, most people connect the word with high levels of education, professional people with degrees, and someone who is well-read or has a deep knowledge of their given subject. However, Daniel Goleman, a world-renowned psychologist, describes Emotional Intelligence (or our Emotional Quotient) as one form of intelligence that we tend to overlook. It’s the intelligence element that comes before thought and shapes our IQ.It is a scientific fact that the limbic system (the part of the brain responsible for behavioural and emotional responses) precedes thought. Therefore, when you manage your emotions, you allow yourself to make the very most of your cognitive intelligence. Developing your emotional intelligence means developing your ability to understand, control and express your emotions. Working with a qualified EQ Coach can help you to learn the techniques you need to develop your emotional intelligence so that you can thrive, personally and professionally.
The role of Emotional Intelligence in business
Our founder, Julie, spent her career working in environments where 'IQ' was valued more than 'EQ' (it was what led her to become a certified EQ practitioner and founding EQ Advantage). She says:"I once had someone say that he didn’t want to develop his team's EQ because they were 'smart and serious techies' who had no time for 'that warm and fuzzy stuff'. But the truth is that high emotional intelligence is actually the reason for success - even in industries like technology and manufacturing."The Carnegie Institute of Technology carried out research that showed 85% of financial success in the technology sector was due to skills in human engineering, personality and ability to communicate, negotiate and lead. Only 15% was due to technical ability.In other words, people skills or skills highly related to emotional intelligence are crucial skills for any professional.
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We'd love to speak to you about how we can support you or your business. You can contact us by email or phone and we will get back to you within 48 hours.