We are living through an emotional recession. Burnout is rising, empathy is falling, and organizations everywhere are struggling with disengagement. Joshua Freedman helps leaders reverse this trend by making emotions practical, measurable, and strategic.

As CEO and cofounder of Six Seconds, Josh leads the world’s largest emotional intelligence (EQ) network, reaching over 10 million people in 150+ countries. More than a million people have used the Six Seconds Emotional Intelligence Assessment and eight other psychometric tools he developed to make the people-side of performance visible, measurable, and scalable.

Josh’s team works with companies that want EQ at every level, not as a training add-on but woven into the fabric of their organizations. Clients include Amazon, FedEx, Microsoft, Intel, the U.S. Navy, the United Nations, and WHO. This approach creates scalable results, such as:

• Komatsu: doubled employee engagement.
• FedEx: 72% improvement in decision-making.
• Sheraton: +8.3% guest satisfaction, +23.4% market share.
• U.S. Navy & Marine Corps: +43% change readiness, +58% emotional growth tools adoption.

As director of The State of the Heart, the world’s largest ongoing study of emotional intelligence, Josh helped reveal the global “emotional recession” draining workplaces. The research shows that when organizations put people back at the center of performance, they unlock trust, innovation, and resilience.

A Master Certified Coach (ICF) and bestselling author of seven books, Josh’s forthcoming Emotion Rules: The Science and Practice of Emotional Wisdom releases on February 10, 2026, offering a playbook to decode emotions and transform them into wisdom.

Known for a dynamic, authentic style, Josh blends neuroscience, data, and real-world stories to equip leaders to build cultures where people and organizations flourish, together.