The Workplace
Vitality Study

Tracking the role of emotional intelligence in building workplace vitality since 2007

 

What are the key challenges people face at work?
How are organizations building the capacity to address these challenges?
What separates the top performing teams, leaders and organizations from everyone else?

These are some of the driving questions behind the Workplace Vitality Report, a global research project based on Six Seconds’ Vital Signs model and assessments that began in 2007. The current database includes over 50,000 people from different nationalities, business sectors and company sizes. The goal is to understand the factors driving organizational performance today, especially for leaders and teams. The 2022 report focuses on teams and how the COVID-19 pandemic affected team performance. Researchers used the Team Vital Signs assessment, a normed and validated psychometric tool that measures team climate, engagement and performance.

2022 Workplace Vitality Report

The 2022 edition of the Workplace Vitality Report is here – focused on team performance at work and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. These 4 key findings can help you optimize team performance with emotional intelligence.

What you’ll get: 

✓ New global research on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on work teams and what fueled the top performing teams

✓ Expert analysis from the world’s largest organization dedicated to emotional intelligence

✓ Practical tips and strategies to enhance climate, increase engagement, and boost performance with your team

Download the full report now: http://6sec.org/vitality22

 

 

 

2020 Workplace Vitality Report

The 2020 edition of the report is here, focused on individual leadership. Key findings:

66% of the variation in leadership outcomes is predicted by 5 key drivers of “vital leadership.”

Leaders who score high on emotional intelligence are 7x as likely to have high leadership performance outcomes.

The emotional intelligence competency of Exercise Optimism has the highest impact on leadership vitality, predicting 31% of the variation in scores on a leaders’ capacity to drive change.

Leadership capabilities are key to personal outcomes, in particular the leadership vitality driver of Trust predicts 34% of the variation in personal outcome scores (wellbeing, effectiveness, quality of life, relationships).

 

2017 Workplace Vitality Report

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When trust in the workplace is high, it is 27x as likely to be high performing.

When emotional intelligence is a priority, organizations are 22x as likely to be high performing.

Top issues at work:

1. People Leadership
Poor leadership/management creating lack of communication, little change, and low trust.

2. Great Resources
People don’t have the time, or enough employees on the team, to do the work.

3. Compelling Vision
Short term focus = lack of planning. The vision / direction / goals are not clear.

 

 

2012 Workplace Issues Report

The top words used to describe challenges: Retention, Talent, Leadership.

How effective are leaders in your organization at driving change? Score: 61.7 / 100 (D)

To what degree is the development of future leaders a priority in your organization? Score: 70.9 / 100 (C-)

To what degree are emotional intelligence skills (e.g., recognizing & managing feelings, building trust, making careful decisions) important in addressing the top issues?  4.5 out of 5
To what degree is emotional intelligence training & development a priority in your organization? 2.6 out of 5
That’s a 74% gap between the perceived value and implementation

 

2010 Workplace Issues Report

The most pressing challenge today is maintaining a healthy culture under intense economic pressure.

Getting and keeping good people – especially “people people” – will make the difference.

Only 8% of respondents report that they’re fully trained to deal with the issues they’re seeing.

92% see the value of EQ — but only 33% say their organizations do likewise.

 

2007 Workplace Issues Report

76% of the issues managers identify as “top challenges” are on the people-side (vs financial & technical).

“Soft” issues such as finding and keeping talent are over 3 times as prevalent as “hard” issues such as finance.

Leaders are twice as concerned about leadership than all other issues combined.

Top issues are around leadership, change management, and fostering a healthy environment where people can sustain productivity.

While many respondents see emotional intelligence as valuable, for most it’s unclear how to access that value.

 

 

 

 

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