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.
Coach's Corner: Episode 1: The pause that powers presence
Advantage President & CEO Jonathan Hodge is a certified ICF coach through Georgetown University’s Institute of Transformational Leadership. As part of our series on 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.
- A study by Lee Hecht Harrison Penna found that employees with high emotional intelligence are 4x less likely to leave their roles.
- In the report “The EI Advantage,” 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)
EQ matters AND it is both an individual and organizational superpower!
Recorded June 26, 2025
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