Exercises to Build EQ in Your Clients

EQ Leader Program 2.0, Skills, ,

One purpose of this blog is to provide coaches methods to help their clients build EQ skills, and thereby help clients be more successful. Since we began this blog thirty-four issues ago, we have explored many ways to do so. Some posts have focused on practical methods, while others have been more theoretical.  You can catch up on any that you missed at Blog – EQ Leader, Inc. You can also find a complete program for building EQ skills in leaders in the EQ Leader Program 2.0 manual. The manual has been used by coaches world-wide since 2006, and was updated and revised in September of 2020. Today’s post will focus on building a specific EQ skill, Emotional Self-Awareness (ESA). The EQL manual contains field tested exercises, used by coaches all over the world, to build each of the sixteen skills that comprise EQ. While each skill is important, ESA…

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A young blond child leaning on their crossed arms on a table, staring at a marshmallow.

The Marshmallow Story

Coaching, Impulse Control, , ,

The impact of EQ skills starts young. This edition of the EQ Leader Coaching Blog reports a scientific study that is unusual in that it is heartwarming as well as powerful. This is a study that I always make sure to tell my EQ workshop and webinar audiences.  Look at this picture of a cute little kid, smiling and looking longingly at a marshmallow.  In this study, a scientist brings a four-year-old into a room, barren except for a small table and two chairs. They chat for a bit. Then the scientist says, “I have to leave for a few minutes. Here’s a marshmallow. You can eat it while I’m gone. But if you wait to eat it until I return, I’ll give you a second marshmallow.” The scientist then leaves. Some children gobble that marshmallow up as the door is closing. Others wait. They work at distracting themselves from…

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