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# Emotional intelligence: Your leadership superpower, featuring BlueEQ™
The Intangibles - Season One, Episode One: Building trust to unlock team potential
### High-EQ leaders master emotional awareness and create environments of deep trust. They can read the emotional landscape of a room in seconds, respond with clarity and compassion, and ensure every voice is heard. Their presence calms, connects, and empowers.
- **Superhero persona**: The Guardian
- **Superpower**: Creates environments where team members feel safe to express ideas, take risks, and learn from mistakes without fear.
- **Signature Move:** The Clarity Field – a powerful aura of emotional insight and psychological safety that disarms fear, sparks open conversation, and builds team confidence.
[](https://www.advantageperformance.com/coachs-corner-episode-1-the-pause-that-powers-presence/)
BONUS CONTENT!
### [Coach's Corner: Episode 1: The pause that powers presence](https://www.advantageperformance.com/coachs-corner-episode-1-the-pause-that-powers-presence/)
*Advantage President & CEO [Jonathan Hodge](https://www.advantageperformance.com/team/jonathan-hodge/) is a certified ICF coach through Georgetown University’s Institute of Transformational Leadership. *As part of our series on [The Intangibles](https://www.advantageperformance.com/the-intangibles/), focusing on **superpowers** you can awaken in your people to ease the pain of today's uncertainties, Jon is weaving in powerful coaching moments relevant to each episode in the series.**
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- A [study](https://www.lhh.com/us/en/insights/press-room-old/lhh-study-reveals-state-of-great-resignation-and-warning-signs-for-leaders/)by Lee Hecht Harrison Penna found that employees with high emotional intelligence are 4x less likely to leave their roles.
- In the report [“](https://www.niagarainstitute.com/blog/emotional-intelligence-statistics)[The EI Advantage](https://hbr.org/sponsored/2019/08/the-ei-advantage-driving-innovation-and-business-success-through-the-power-of-emotional-intelligence)[,” ](https://www.niagarainstitute.com/blog/emotional-intelligence-statistics)Harvard Business Review and The Four Seasons revealed the findings of their global survey of nearly 600 lleaders. Those who reported their organization as having high emotional intelligence showed a 64% increase in productivity and higher employee engagement.
- Research from TalentSmart, involving over 42,000 participants, found that EQ is the strongest predictor of workplace performance, explaining 58% of success across various job types. The study also noted that employees with high EQ earn, on average, $29,000 more annually than those with low EQ, with each percentage-point increase in EQ adding approximately $1,300 to annual salaries. This underscores EQ’s financial and performance benefits.
[(The Statistics on Emotional Intelligence in the Workplace)](https://www.niagarainstitute.com/blog/emotional-intelligence-statistics)
### EQ matters AND it is both an individual and organizational superpower!
*Recorded June 26, 2025*
## Next steps
- Download our [takeaway worksheet](https://info.advantageperformance.com/hubfs/docs/The-Intangibles-BlueEQ-Takeaway.pdf) on the EQ dimensions and how they help in times of stress and uncertainty
- [Contact us](https://www.advantageperformance.com/contact-us/) or talk to your Advantage partner to inquire about awakening the EQ superpowers in your organization via [BlueEQ assessments, MasterSeries classes, and learning journeys.](https://www.advantageperformance.com/solution/blue-eq/)
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- There's more! Be sure to [sign up for our next 2 episodes](https://www.advantageperformance.com/the-intangibles/) of *The Intangibles*:
- **Unleashing the brilliance in others**, featuring *Multipliers* on **July 17,2025**
- **Going from great to extraordinary**, featuring *The Level Five Coaching System* on **July 24, 2025**
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