Self Awareness & Personal Development

Emotional Intelligence: Internal Saboteurs

Name the internal voices that hijack judgement, and take the wheel back.

The business challenge

Why organizations ask for this

Internal biases and emotional triggers (the “saboteurs”) undermine relationships, decisions and leadership effectiveness. Under stress, well-trained professionals revert to automatic patterns and make predictable, expensive mistakes.

Approach & methodology

How the programme actually runs

3 modules · 6 weeks · Blended · facilitated by consultants with a psychotherapy background · RO / EN

Saboteur profile assessment

Identifying which internal voices speak loudest under pressure, and when.

Emotional regulation tools

Practical techniques for interrupting the automatic response in the moment.

Reframing

Rewriting the narrative with the same rigour you would apply to a business assumption.

Coaching-based reflection

Facilitated reflection that turns the insight into a habit.

Competencies built

What participants can do afterwards

Emotional intelligence

Name what you are feeling accurately enough to do something about it.

Empathy

Read the emotion driving the other person's position.

Self-awareness

Recognise the perfectionist, the pleaser and the controller when they take over.

Impulse control

Put a gap between the trigger and the response, and use it.

Expected business outcomes

What the organization should see

More emotionally balanced and empathetic leadership

Reduced interpersonal friction

Higher engagement and trust in teams

Schedule & format

Practical details

Audience

All employees and leaders

Duration

3 modules · 6 weeks

Format

Blended · facilitated by consultants with a psychotherapy background · RO / EN

Measurement

Kirkpatrick L1–L4

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

All employees and leaders.

3 modules · 6 weeks. The rhythm is deliberate: modules are spaced so participants apply the behaviour at work between sessions.

Blended · facilitated by consultants with a psychotherapy background. We adapt the mix to your geography and shift patterns.

Yes, and it always is. We start with two to three individual conversations with selected participants, then rebuild the cases, the language and the practice situations from your business.

Kirkpatrick levels one to four: reaction, knowledge, self-assessed behaviour, and the participant's manager assessing the same competencies. We agree the target behaviours with the sponsor before design starts.

Digital missions and buddy work on PROMOTE, with the participant's own manager involved. This is the difference between 15-20% and 60-80% transfer into practice.

Yes. We also deliver in French across our Western European and African operations.

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