EXECUTIVE TRAINING
Elix Cintron is an authority in uncovering roadblocks preventing transformational change — leading to happier, more productive employees
and greater business growth. His philosophy in working with his clients is simple: to strengthen your organization, you must focus on strengthening
the people within it.
Elix’s clients and their companies become the model of transformation, no matter where they are on their journey.
Here are some of his trainings that have transformed his clients and their companies.
Overview
This experiential course integrates Conversational Intelligence® (C-IQ) with neuroscience to help supervisors and managers lead with greater empathy, awareness, and impact.
By understanding how the brain interprets and reacts to communication, especially under pressure, leaders learn to shift from fear-based reactions to trust-based connection.
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DEI) is reframed here as a living practice that strengthens supervisory excellence and deepens belonging across teams.
Key Takeaways
Build psychological safety and strengthen relational trust.
Recognize brain-based patterns that influence bias, safety, and connection.
Regulate emotional triggers to reduce reactivity and model calm leadership.
Communicate with intention to inspire confidence and collaboration.
Ideal for: Supervisors and managers seeking to create inclusive, trust-centered cultures that elevate team performance.
The Neuroscience of Inclusive Leadership: Building Trust and Safety
Empowering Supervisors to Strengthen Relationships, Foster Collaboration, and Enhance Service Delivery
Neuroscience of Leadership: A Science-Based Approach to Humanizing Conversations Advanced Training
From Understanding the Brain to Mastering Transformational Change
Overview
Designed for experienced leaders, this advanced course expands the Conversational Intelligence® (C-IQ) distinctions introduced in the foundational series.
Leaders explore how conversations become catalysts for transformation and how neuroscience supports sustainable change.
Participants examine HBR’s 10 Must Reads on Change Management through a C-IQ lens and practice using the GRIP Method to navigate resistance, accountability, and growth.
Key Takeaways
Deepen mastery of the Conversational Essentials and the Conversational Intelligence® (C-IQ) dashboard.
Translate neuroscience into actionable change-management tools.
Reframe resistance and conflict as pathways to innovation.
Lead transformational, trust-based conversations that drive measurable outcomes.
Ideal for: Senior leaders and executives ready to elevate their influence and lead complex change with clarity and care.
Understand how Conversational Intelligence® (C-IQ) explains trust erosion and repair.
Recognize the brain’s role in safety, inclusion, and allyship.
Practice conversations that build openness and shared meaning.
Part II-The G.R.I.P. Framework
Clarify your Leadership Legacy and values-based vision.
Identify goals, roadblocks, and accountability practices.
Align people and purpose through integrity-based action.
Ideal for: Leaders committed to advancing REI work through the science of trust and inclusive communication.
Harnessing Neuroscience for Inclusive Leadership: Advancing Race, Equity & Inclusion in the Workplace
Integrating Brain Science, Conversational Intelligence® (C-IQ), and the G.R.I.P. Method
Overview
This two-part course bridges the science of trust with the practice of inclusion.
Participants explore how the brain’s threat/reward system influences conversations around identity, equity, and belonging and learn frameworks to expand empathy and accountability across teams.
Using the G.R.I.P. Method, leaders translate insight into sustainable behavioral change.
Key Takeaways
Part I – Neuroscience of Fear & Trust
The Neuroscience of Fear and Trust: Embracing Challenging Conversations
Transforming Fear Responses into Conversations that Build Connection
Overview
Every conversation either strengthens or erodes trust. This powerful session demystifies how fear hijacks communication and equips leaders with Conversational Intelligence® (C-IQ) tools to restore openness, empathy, and mutual understanding.
Through real-world scenarios, participants practice transforming tension into dialogue that strengthens relationships.
Key Takeaways
Identify the brain’s amygdala hijack and learn to calm reactivity.
Recognize how language triggers safety or threat.
Build confidence for high-stakes or emotionally charged conversations.
Turn conflict into clarity, collaboration, and commitment.
Ideal for:Leaders and teams ready to replace avoidance and anxiety with courage and connection.
Neuroscience of Conversations: How Great Leaders Build Trust and Get Extraordinary Results
Rewiring the Way We Listen, Speak, and Lead
Overview
This signature course explores how conversations shape culture, relationships, and performance. Grounded in Conversational Intelligence® (C-IQ), participants uncover how the brain codes language and emotion, and how subtle shifts in dialogue can activate higher trust and stronger results.
The session integrates the G.R.I.P. Framework and insights from change-management science to transform leadership presence.
Key Takeaways
Apply neuroscience to cultivate trust, engagement, and alignment.
Use the Conversational Intelligence® (C-IQ) dashboard to elevate conversational effectiveness.
Integrate the G.R.I.P. Method for accountability and goal execution.
Define your Leadership Legacy and lead with vision and purpose.
Ideal for: Executives and emerging leaders who want to master trust-centered leadership and create cultures of extraordinary results.
Introduction to the Neuroscience of Fear and Trust
A Science-Based Approach to Humanizing Conversations
Overview
This foundational course introduces the principles of Conversational Intelligence and the neuroscience of trust.
Participants discover how everyday communication shapes relationships, team climate, and performance and learn core tools for creating safe, productive dialogue.
Key Takeaways
Understand how conversations activate or deactivate trust.
Recognize the three levels of conversation (Transactional, Positional, Transformational).
Practice foundational Conversational Intelligence® (C-IQ) tools for awareness and connection.
Build the confidence to engage in the conversations you’ve been avoiding.
Ideal for: New leaders, managers, and teams seeking a transformative entry into neuroscience-based leadership.
Neuroscience of Leadership Essentials
From Awareness to Action Building the Foundation of Trust-Centered Leadership
Overview
A comprehensive introduction to how neuroscience and Conversational Intelligence® (C-IQ) principles translate into daily leadership behaviors.
Participants learn the building blocks of trust, self-awareness, and emotional regulation that underpin every high-performing team.
Develop self-awareness through the brain–behavior connection.
Recognize conversational patterns that foster or fracture trust.
Build empathy, curiosity, and clarity into every leadership exchange.
Create personal strategies for sustaining energy, focus, and integrity.
Ideal for: Professionals at all levels ready to move from managing tasks to inspiring people.
Key Takeaways
SHORT COURSES
Rewiring the Way We Lead, One Conversation at a Time
Key Takeaways
Trust, Kindness, and the Brain: Elevating Leadership through Neuroscience
Overview
Trust and kindness aren’t just emotional choices they’re neural activators. This experiential program explores how the neuroscience behind Conversational Intelligence empowers leaders to foster psychological safety, build cohesion, and elevate performance.
Participants discover how empathy, curiosity, and kindness activate the brain’s reward system, creating cultures of creativity and resilience.
Key Takeways
Understand how kindness and trust impact brain chemistry and motivation.
Build psychological safety through language that lowers threat responses.
Learn techniques to regulate stress and reduce defensiveness.
Strengthen team connection, clarity, and collaboration through intentional communication.
Ideal for: Leaders and teams in high-pressure or client-facing environments seeking to lead with science-backed empathy and impact.
Holiday Harmony: Finding Peace, Joy, and Presence in the Holiday Chaos
A Neuroscience-Based Framework for Restoring Calm and Connection
Overview
The holidays can bring out the best and the busiest in all of us. This restorative program blends neuroscience, mindfulness, and emotional regulation to help participants understand how stress impacts the brain and how to consciously return to calm and connection.
Through guided reflection, breathing techniques, and brain-based practices, participants learn how to pause the amygdala, activate their prefrontal cortex, and create new neural pathways for balance, joy, and presence even in the midst of chaos.
Understand the neuroscience of stress and emotional overload.
Identify personal holiday triggers and build a toolkit for self-regulation.
Activate the brain’s higher centers for empathy, focus, and gratitude.
Reframe busyness into balance through intentional daily practices.
Restore a sense of peace and connection with yourself and others.
Ideal for: Individuals and teams seeking to move through the holidays with greater ease, emotional balance, and heartfelt presence.
This practical, scenario-based workshop allows leaders to bring real workplace challenges and explore them through the frameworks of Conversational Intelligence and Relational Supervision.
Participants learn how to shift from tension to trust, and from reactivity to responsibility, using language that opens the brain to insight and collaboration.
Key Takeaways
Neuroscience of Conversations: How Great Leaders Build Trust and Get Extraordinary Results Short Course
The Fast-Track Experience to Transformational Leadership
Overview
This condensed version of the full program distills the essence of Conversational Intelligence® (C-IQ) and neuroscience into an accelerated, interactive format.
Leaders discover how everyday conversations shape trust, engagement, and performance and how to quickly apply evidence-based tools for immediate impact.
Key Takeaways
The Neuroscience of Conversations: Activating Trust & Getting Unstuck
From Conflict to Clarity Through Conversational Intelligence
Overview
Identify triggers that erode trust and reframe them through C-IQ tools.
Transform conflict into learning by activating the brain’s curiosity network.
Practice Level III (Transformational) conversations that create shared success.
Strengthen accountability and follow-through through clear, neuroscience-based communication.
Ideal for: Supervisors, managers, and teams eager to turn everyday friction into forward movement.
Decode how words trigger neural trust or threat states.
Master quick techniques to build connection and collaboration.
Apply Conversational Intelligence® (C-IQ) tools to high-stakes, time-sensitive conversations.
Anchor learning through real-life leadership scenarios.
Ideal for: Busy professionals seeking a high-impact, time-efficient leadership reset.
The T.R.U.S.T. Framework as a Change-Management Tool
Transforming Resistance into Engagement Through Neuroscience & C-IQ
Overview
This focused session introduces the T.R.U.S.T. framework, a practical tool for leading change through the neuroscience of conversation.
Participants explore the Conversational Intelligence Matrix, experience the three levels of conversation, and learn how to convert compliance into commitment by speaking to the brain’s need for safety and connection.
Key Takeaways
Experience the difference between transactional, positional, and transformational dialogue.
Use Conversational Intelligence® (C-IQ) as a structured framework for sustainable change.
Rebuild trust after breakdowns through transparency and shared purpose.
Turn change conversations into catalysts for alignment and performance.
Ideal for: Leaders implementing organizational change or rebuilding trust post-transition.
Introduction to the Neuroscience of Fear and Trust
A Science-Based Approach to Humanizing Conversations
Overview
This introductory session unveils how fear and trust shape every relationship. Through live demonstrations and reflection, participants learn to recognize when fear closes the brain and how to reopen it through trust-building communication.
Key Takeaways
Understand how the brain processes fear and trust in conversation.
Identify personal patterns of avoidance or control.
Use empathy and transparency to strengthen safety in dialogue.
Gain confidence to initiate the conversations you’ve been avoiding.
Ideal for: New or emerging leaders ready to replace fear-based reactions with clarity, courage, and care.
Get a G.R.I.P. on Your Leadership
A Simple, Evidence-Based Framework to Clarify Vision and Accelerate Results
Overview
Grounded in neuroscience and Conversational Intelligence, this program introduces The G.R.I.P. Method, a 4-step roadmap designed to help leaders connect vision with execution.
Through reflection and guided practice, participants define their leadership legacy, identify roadblocks, and design integrity-based plans that translate ideas into measurable progress.
Key Takeaways
Clarify your Leadership Legacy and purpose-driven vision.
Use the GRIP steps to align goals, integrity, and performance.
Recognize brain-based barriers to follow-through and accountability.
Build a leadership rhythm that inspires consistency and results.
Ideal for: Leaders ready to move from intention to impact and design a legacy rooted in trust, clarity, and action.