Emotional Intelligence: activating the 12 core competencies.
Emotional intelligence is the superpower that lets people navigate challenge with grace and poise. It goes beyond traditional intelligence, and it can be understood, developed, and activated.
EI is the difference between reacting and responding, between being run by emotion and directing it. It is a learnable skill, not a fixed trait.
This keynote unpacks the essential competencies at the core of emotional intelligence and gives your audience strategies to grow them, starting with the art of emotional self-control under pressure.
Insight they can use by Monday.
Practical, science-backed shifts your audience applies the moment they leave the room.
The 12 core competencies of EI
The full map of what emotional intelligence actually is, and how to grow it.
Emotional self-control
Learn to rein in and direct emotions constructively in any moment.
Techniques to manage pressure
Practical ways to handle stress, control impulses, and stay positive.
Confidence, resilience, and clarity
Face any situation with poise instead of reaction.
Not opinion. Evidence.
Drawing on the science of how we understand, manage, and harness emotions, both our own and others', this keynote turns EI from an abstract idea into a set of activatable skills.
Every talk is grounded in the same neuroscience, behavioral psychology, and real-world coaching practice that earned Dan his PhD in Management at Case Western Reserve, translated into language any leader or team can act on immediately.
One topic, many formats.
From a conference mainstage to a multi-day program, Dan scales the experience to your goals.
Keynote
A high-energy mainstage talk that leaves the whole room with a shared language and a shift.
Half-Day Workshop
Interactive practice that turns the framework into reps your people run on the spot.
Multi-Day Program
A guided journey that embeds the skill across a team over time.
Virtual Session
The same engagement and energy, delivered live for distributed teams.
For anyone who leads under pressure.
If your people perform best when they can manage themselves first, this room is for them.
Within the first few minutes, the audience was engaged and ready to jump into the adventure.
Put this talk on your stage.
Tell Dan about your audience and the outcome you want. He will shape the room around it.