EQ-i 2.0 / EQ 360 certification: what to expect, start to finish

Certification is two live virtual days, but the process starts before that and ends with more than a certificate. This walks through the whole path — what you do, what you receive, and what you walk away certified to do — so there are no surprises between enrolling and your first debrief with a client.

$777, MHS-authorized, MHS Master Trainer led. James L. Castleberry leads every cohort himself, from your own assessment through the exam.

2 live days

Small group, live virtual, 8AM–5PM ET.

Led by a Master Trainer

James leads every cohort himself — not a licensee working from someone else's deck.

16 ICF CCE hours

9.25 Core Competency, plus SHRM, ATD and APA credit.

Everything included

Your own assessment, a one-to-one debrief, portal access, materials and your certificate — all in the $777.

Step 1

Enroll and get training portal access

You enroll for $777 and receive access to the training portal for the course — where your pre-work and your own EQ-i 2.0 assessment happen before the live days. Talent Assessment Portal access, the separate tool you'll use to administer the EQ-i 2.0 and EQ 360 to your own clients, comes once you're certified.

Step 2

Complete your own EQ-i 2.0, with a debrief

Before you certify to administer it to anyone else, you take the EQ-i 2.0 yourself and get a one-to-one debrief. You experience the instrument as a client would, which is what makes the debrief you later give someone else credible instead of theoretical.

Step 3

Two live virtual training days

Small group, 8AM–5PM ET, led by James. Administration, scoring, interpretation, norming, reliability and validity for both the EQ-i 2.0 and the EQ 360 — plus live practice on real scenarios, not just slides. Workbooks and training decks are yours to keep.

Step 4

Certification exam, through the training portal

Your exam is completed through the same training portal account used for pre-work, so there's nothing new to set up between training and testing.

Step 5

You're certified

You receive your certificate of completion and Talent Assessment Portal access, so you're set up to administer, score, interpret and debrief the EQ-i 2.0 and EQ 360 with your own clients — plus 16 ICF CCE hours (9.25 Core Competency), 14.5 SHRM PDCs, 14.5 ATD points and 14.5 APA CE credits toward your own credential.

What people who've been through it say happened next

95%recommend the certification, 59% highly recommend

0%reported confusion or unclear instruction

90%+able to conduct debriefs and deliver the EQ 360 immediately

100%met baseline readiness to practice

Before you enroll

What do I actually do during the two live days?

Administration, scoring, interpretation, norming, reliability and validity for the EQ-i 2.0 and EQ 360, taught live in a small group by an MHS Master Trainer, with practice on real scenarios rather than lecture alone. You keep the workbooks and training decks.

Do I get my own results as part of certifying?

Yes. You complete your own EQ-i 2.0 and receive a one-to-one debrief before the live training days, so you experience the instrument the way your own clients later will.

What do I walk away with?

A certificate of completion, Talent Assessment Portal access to administer the EQ-i 2.0 and EQ 360 to your own clients, and 16 ICF CCE hours (9.25 Core Competency), 14.5 SHRM PDCs, 14.5 ATD points and 14.5 APA CE credits toward your own credential.

Is this the same process at every MHS-authorized provider?

The certification itself — the license, the portal, the credential, the continuing education credit — is the same wherever you take it, since MHS issues it. What differs is who leads it and what it costs. Why this one is $777.

Ready to see the dates?

Cohorts stay small because one trainer leads all of them. Dates are published twelve months ahead.

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Questions first? James@LeaderEI.com