2 Day On-Site Certification - EQ In Action Profile

Why choose certification in this emotional intelligence tool?

This tool makes a contribution in several unique and important ways.

It's all about relationship

Emotional Intelligence does not exist apart from relationships. We are created, developed, and sustained in relationship throughout our lives. Our brain and our emotional competencies develop in relationship. As adults, our emotional intelligence is dynamic. Most of us run the gamut of being emotionally smart to dumb depending upon the situation and the stress we are under. This tool provides individuals with a profile of their basic internalized relational map that has been developed through life experience from infancy to this moment. The report profiles an individual's relationship strategies in different difficult contexts.
The tool is behavioral based, rather than a self report

Rather than self-report about what a person thinks they would do, this tool places individuals in a real situation as they watch several video segments where someone is talking directly to them. They are asked to track their own experience as they watch the video and attend to what the individual talking to them must be experiencing. Individuals are then given about fifty words and statements for each video segment and are asked to rate the degree the word or statement fits their actual experience. An EQ profile report is created based upon their reported experience.
The purpose is learning rather than diagnostic

The tool mirrors how individuals interpret their experience in stressful situations. It identifies individual's strengths and weaknesses on key dimensions of Emotional Intelligence, and then provides an EQ Fitness Handbook: 150 practices for Daily Living, which gives a selection of specific practices for each dimension measured. The goal is all about learning and disciplined practice to genuinely make desired changes.

Comments from Coaches & Consultant Who Use the Profile

I learned about this EQ Assessment at the ICF Conference, and walked away, saying this truly was my best "take away."

I did my research well before committing to an EQ assessment certification program, and discovered EQ in Action to be the tops in every regard. It is solidly founded upon the most current theories in neuro-plasticity and early attachment, its video simulation component evokes real-time emotions, and I can almost guarantee insight while discovering your EQ results through their 23+ page report (an emotional thumbprint) — that like it or not, fits to a tee. This is a profound tool to self understanding and understanding yourself in relationship to others. I truly can not believe the price. It is 1/3 the cost of many others, just as solidly evidenced-based, yet less costly. What a fantastic deal! And PS, they even give you an EQ Practice book! How smart is that!

If you truly want to look into the mirror of self reflection, on a very deep level, there is absolutely no better way. I am astonished at how accurate an emotional thumbprint this assessment provides to each of my clients (most are MD's.) If you want to see real transformation in your coaching clients, this gives you the specific areas where the best work can be accomplished. And as they say in neuro-science — practice, practice, practice! Through this test, you discover exactly what you need to change in order to transform.

Sara Miller
Executive Coach - Specializes in working with physicians
Howell, Michigan

As a coach, I need reliable tools to better understand human development and complexity. This EQ instrument combined with Jan's training has provided critical insights into myself and how I can be more effective, plus an excellent new dimension and tool I can offer my clients. Thanks, Jan, for being such a terrific and generous educator!

Janet Bickel
Career and Leadership Development Coach & Consultant
Falls Church, VA

The EQ In Action Profile has proven to be one of the most, if not the most, powerful personal assessment instrument in our inventory of psychometric assessments. It has been instrumental in our global delivery of high quality executive and leadership coaching services. Our clients ceased to be amazed at the fidelity of this instrument and the tremendous practical contribution it has made to deepening their understanding and application of necessary behavioral changes critical to their success as private and public sector executives and leaders. Thank you Jan, Ron and Jeannine for you excellent product and superb service support.

Bob Benwick
Master Executive Coach & Confidante
Surrey, BC Canada

Certification and Training Approach & Design Highlights

The days will be spent on 1) learning the theoretical underpinnings of this tool that support its unique contribution to the field of Emotional Intelligence, 2) learning the tool itself including the development and testing process, the statistical measures, the constructs it measures, and understanding the profile report, 3) interpreting the profile and the patterns that emerge, and 4) last but not least, learning the most effective consultation process for clients in the initial interpretive consultation and in on-going use of the results and the "practices" in coaching. Brief theory presentations are interspersed with hands-on learning and practice with feedback and coaching.

Preparation — Advance work and reading

Participants take the EQ In Action Profile and have a one-hour telephone consultation regarding the report prior to the training. Participants will be using their profile to create learning goals. It will also be integrated into the three days of learning.

Several readings are required in advance and others are recommended. See the list at the end of this flyer.

Day I. This day opens with learning key emotional intelligence theory concepts that are the underpinnings of this instrument. This is followed by individuals reflecting on their own profiles, given the theory including doing some exercises. The day then moves to thoroughly learning the instrument from its construction, constructs measured, the meaning of the data, seeing patterns between dimensions and then understanding the implications for real-life relationships. One or more profiles are presented. Participants then study one or more profiles and present to the group. This includes feedback and coaching.

Day II. We begin with a recap of the first day and review any areas that need further clarification or discussion. We then move to learning about working with clients in completing interpretive consultations. Participants view a DVD of life consultations and then practice with one another. Feedback and coaching is used throughout the two days.

Applications for the use of this instrument in coaching, leadership development, team development, conflict management, and graduate education classes will be presented and discussed.

The day ends with an overview of what participants need to know to use the instrument and managing their account on line. Learning the EQ Profile and working with partners to present profiles to the group. This includes presentations to the entire group, dialogue regarding the patterns and the implications of the patterns, and coaching.

Post Training Work: To complete the certification process, all coaches must have two individuals (can be clients, family members, or colleagues) take the tool and complete an interpretive consultation with them. Coaches call Learning In Action Technologies and review these profiles in advance of meeting with clients. This includes deepening learning with coaching on the content and process.

Faculty:

Jan Johnson, M.A., President, Learning In Action Technologies

Jan has been a leader in roles ranging from Director and Vice President in health care systems to owner of her own successful company for the past twenty-five years. Jan has demonstrated her leadership ability to create a clear vision and then make that vision a successful reality in several organizations and contexts. Her extensive experiences in product and service development, consulting, operations, and providing research services have been key in her current position as President of Learning In Action Technologies. Jan specializes in Emotional Intelligence in the Workplace with simple, practical ways to intentionally enhance EI competencies. She has been the lead visionary, designer and developer of this tool and other EQ products. Jan has presented at professional conferences in the US and Canada and has published several professional articles.

Ronald R. Short, Ph.D., Founder & Senior Principal, Learning In Action Technologies

Ron is a social psychologist whose thirty-five years of experience include undergraduate and graduate education and extensive experience consulting with organizations in many different kinds of industries both in the United States and abroad. Ron pioneered the application of systems principles in the organization setting following post-doctoral training with Salvador Minuchin, MD, Ph.D., a renowned leader in family systems theory. The very practical consulting and training services available through Learning In Action are a distillation of Ron's long term focused work on understanding relationships within systems and the knowledge that change begins with the ability of individuals to learn from their experience with others. Ron contributed throughout the development of this tool, paying particular attention to make sure the tool has high learning value, is designed to promote learning, and ensures choice and action is place in the hand of the individual.

Required reading:

Primal Leadership, Daniel Goleman
Learning In Relationship, Ron Short, *
A General Theory of Love, Thomas, Lewis
The Developing Mind-How Relationships & the Brain Interact To Shape Who We Are, Daniel J. Siegel
Several articles are provided by Learning In Action Technologies, *

* Provided by Learning In Action Technologies

2008 Dates & Cost: ($1450. -- 10% discount for 45 day early registration and payment)

February 21 — 22, 2008 Seattle, WA — Talaris Conference Center
March 5 — 6, 2008 Seattle, WA — Talaris Conference Center
May 5 — 6, 2008 Seattle, WA — Talaris Conference Center
September 10 — 11, 2008 Seattle, WA — Talaris Conference Center
December 3 — 4, 2008 Seattle, WA — Talaris Conference Center

To register print, complete and fax the registration form to 425-401-6998 or call 425-641-7246.