EQFIT - Equipping People to Prosper

Ever wonder if there were a set of vital signs to measure how healthy and vital a leader, team, or organization is? There is! It is called the Vital Signs assessments by Six Seconds. Even better, these tools provide actionable data, data that you can truly do something with. Go to our YouTube channel for an in depth video where I walk you through a Team Vital Signs report. You will be amazed at wh...

We all have blind spots. We all have a facade (things we hide from others). Both of those things stand in the way of unleashing our untapped potential. We need clarity. That is the role of assessments. Assessments provide for ourselves a mirror to see clearly inside and for others, a magnifying glass to see what's behind the mask. Assessments are a path to clarity and deeper insights...and to pred...

Ever wish you could know how it would be like to work with someone for a year...BEFORE you hire them?! Actually, you can. Explore what a well designed pre-hire assessment package can do for you and you organization when hiring talent. Get behind the candidate mask and find out how they are going to show up in the workplace, before you invest in hiring them.

How do you make important decisions? You start by gathering the best information you can, right? When it comes to important decisions about people, there are many tools you can use to build the best "mirror" (or crystal ball) possible. To see what's inside, we need to get past blind spots and the facade presented, and gain the best insight possible. Real ROI comes when you make your best decisions...

Are you drifting without a clear purpose? Purpose gives us a compass to guide us and help us maintain movement in the direction we want to go. Explore how to define or refine your overarching purpose for your life. Get weekly insights: https://www.eqfit.org/pl/2147663690 More free content: www.eqfit.org www.eqfit.org/podcast www.eqfit.org/blog https://www.youtube.com/@eqfit

Want to become adept at the skill of empathy? Why? To enhance every part of your life! We live in a world where connection and relationships are more important than ever before...and it is more challenging than ever before to do these well. Empathy is the key. It is the ability to understand others feelings, perceptions, and the reality they operate in. Get weekly insights: https://www.eqfit.org/p...

What is optimism? Is it just a feeling? Or is it something more? Optimism is much more than just a feeling. It is a skill of EQ (emotional intelligence) and it is a practice that can help you be more successful, satisfied, and impactful. Explore how you can practically apply optimism in your life and work for better outcomes.

Ever wonder where motivation comes from? Probably not where you think. You have an internal battery. How much energy it holds and how well you recharge it are up to you. Learn how to get the most out of your internal battery.

When you have strong emotions, there is a burst of emotional energy that is generated. This energy will go somewhere. What you do with that energy will make the difference in your outcomes. Will you allow your emotions to control you...or will you be more intentional and make choices that have better results? Get weekly insights: https://www.eqfit.org/pl/2147663690 More free content: www.eqfit.org...

When you have an important decision to make, having strength in consequential thinking as a skill provides real value. Understanding the consequences of your decisions and actions BEFORE you make or take them is a path to better outcomes. The choice is yours.

Ever find yourself reliving the same conversation, or situation? Patterns. We all have them. Some help us, some hinder us. How aware of your patterns are you? Do you have patterns you would like to change? That is what this episode is about. Take control of your patterns. Make them work for you, not against you.

Crazy, right?! We have the ability to feel 34,000 different emotions. Hopefully not all at the same time. "Name it and tame it." The more we can identify what we are feeling and how it impacts us, the more we will be able to navigate the emotions and get better outcomes. Listen in on how this works.

Do words matter? Does understanding who you are communicating to matter? The answer to both of these questions is YES! Take a deep dive into how to communicate more effectively to get the results you want and need. Get weekly insights: https://www.eqfit.org/pl/2147663690 More free content: www.eqfit.org www.eqfit.org/podcast www.eqfit.org/blog https://www.youtube.com/@eqfit

Ever have a behavior you wanted to change in yourself...or in someone else? It was not easy was it. Behavior change, like any change, can trigger resistance. In ourselves, in others. Getting past that resistance requires the ability to navigate the emotional environment that change creates. Explore EQ skills that will help you make the changes you desire. In yourself and in others.

Have you ever wondered why some relationships are easy and others are more difficult? EQ in relationships is a path to building better and more rewarding relationships. Join us on this episode where we explore EQ skills for relationship building. Get weekly insights: https://www.eqfit.org/pl/2147663690 More free content: www.eqfit.org www. YouTube@eqfit www.eqfit.org/blog

Ever struggled with making decisions? What gets in the way? The vast majority of the time the roadblock is based in emotions. Yes, sometimes you may not have enough facts or details, but you could still make a decision, right? You just don't "feel good" about making that decision yet. Making our best decisions comes when we have the right balance between the rational and emotional in our brains. L...

Self-direction is the last of the three main categories of EQ (emotional intelligence). Self-direction combines empathy and purpose to forge a compass that keeps you on the path you desire. Learn more about how this works in this episode.

Our survey points to Self-management as being the area the majority of survey participants want to enhance in their lives. Self-management is the skill set of being more intentional with choices to get better results and outcomes. Explore the 4 specific skills/competencies within the Self-management area. Find practical ways to be more intentional more often.

How self-aware are you? Most people say they are very self-aware. But we don't know what we don't know. Have you ever stopped and reflected on your blindspots and how those are impacting your life? How do you reflect on a blindspot? Get feedback. Feedback is a gift. What are you hiding behind a facade? How much energy and focus does it take to do that? What would it feel like to be free of some of...

How much "emotional load" are you carrying? How well do you navigate emotions, yours and others? To succeed and attain satisfaction, in life and work, we need to free up as much of our time, energy, focus, and effort as possible. Having a heavy emotional load drains these critical internal resources. Learn how to be more self-aware, self-managing, and self-directing so that you can achieve more of...

This is the fifth and final episode in the 5-part series on recession proofing your organization. We have explored: The power of people and opportunity Assessing to gain good insights Equipping people for whatever comes next Aligning everything Now we put all of that good work into action! A-C-T-I-O-N...a proven method for becoming action oriented and action activated.

Listen for the tools in this episode that will make alignment easier. Resources, time, energy, focus, effort will never have optimal impact unless they are aligned. Start with a clear Success Pathway (a plan to achieve success with clear goals and expectations), then align people, processes, policies, resources...and everthing else you can to accelerate achieving success. Opportunity is everywhere...

Recession Proofing part 3 - Building a recession resistant Success Pathway brings action to the assessments you have done. Now that you have good data, it is time to make a plan and prepare your people, teams, and organization to reach their goals. The more clarity and focus you can bring to action that generates value, the more you and your team can focus on what is important, and not get deraile...

If you want to prepare your organization, team, or yourself for a potential recession, where do you start? Start with getting good data and insights into the critical elements that impact getting results and achieving success. Part 2 of this series on "Recession Proofing Your Organization" focuses on what to assess, how to assess those important facets, and then what to do with your assessment res...

This is the first episode in a 5 part series - "Recession Proofing Your Organization". Will there be a recession this year? Maybe and maybe not. But a recession is coming sometime in the future. Whether we call it a recession, an economic downturn, or just a volatile economy, the ideas, tools, and initiatives discussed in these episodes will provide real value through practical actions you can tak...