The diagnostic
EQPlus® Diagnostic: Clarity from the first session.
Most executive advisory engagements begin with the EQPlus® Motivation Profile, a normed proprietary diagnostic instrument co-created with Six Seconds, and used with leaders on six continents since its premiere in 2020. It is not a personality test; it measures how you motivate yourself and reveals how that shows up in your decisions and your results.
It maps your motivational pattern, beginning with where you operate on the overcoming–leveraging spectrum, and shows whether the mindset you are using fits the situation you are in. The profile is taken and debriefed at the outset, so the first leverage point is usually visible within two sessions: where you can operate with greater clarity and momentum, and what may be creating friction, stalling execution, or limiting scale.
What it does
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Identifies what's helping and what's in the way
Pinpoints the motivation pattern shaping your judgment and execution right now , the one that's either accelerating results or creating friction.
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Shows how you respond under pressure
Surfaces the internal rules that hold steady in change and transition, and those that may make change harder for you or the people around you.
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Turns the profile into a starting point
The debrief ends with a defined place to begin: one clear thing to work on first, rather than a broad development agenda.
What the profile reveals
The profile begins by mapping where you are operating on the overcoming–leveraging spectrum: the degree to which your motivation is oriented toward overcoming obstacles or leveraging what is already working.
In practical terms, neither end of the spectrum is inherently better. What matters is understanding where you tend to operate, how that shapes your judgment and actions, and whether your current orientation fits what the situation requires.
That understanding changes how you lead others. When you recognize that other people may be motivated differently, you can adapt how you communicate, influence, and create accountability rather than assuming what motivates you will motivate them.
Change is constant in any enterprise that is growing. The profile reveals how you respond under pressure and transition, the rules that support your resilience and those that may make it harder for you or your team to navigate uncertainty. The debrief becomes a starting point for leading through change with greater steadiness and precision.
Your motivational pattern reflects how you're currently motivating yourself, not the limit of your capability.
The profile doesn't replace the work. It eliminates the ramp to it.
The deliverable is a written EQPlus® Profile, followed by a one-on-one debrief. The profile gives you useful information, but the debrief is where the real power is. You are free to share what you want to share, and we explore what will make the most difference. It can get very deep. You are in control of where it goes.
Where the debrief leads is the point of the work: the pattern shaping your judgment becomes visible, workable, and yours to change, and what has been limiting your execution or your scale starts to move.
“The EQPlus® Motivation Profile gave me clarity and defined positive action steps. I gained more insight in our 1½-hour debrief than through all of the coaching I had received to date. It helps leaders understand what is helping them and those they lead, and what is getting in their way.”
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