Granville D’Souza, MBA

A partner in enabling action for positive change through Emotional Intelligence.

Granville is responsible for bringing Six Seconds to Asia with a strong commitment to enabling others to cause positive change in themselves and others. Armed with knowledge and strategies to stir ideas into action through EI in 2000, he embarked on his mission to bring it down to Singapore and the ASEAN region, and now supports ongoing programs in Indonesia, China, and Malaysia.

His programs have benefited a range of clients from MNCs, government agencies, local and regional corporations throughout the SEA region. This includes Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Chartered Semiconductors, ASM Technologies, Minolta, Lucent Technologies, Hewlett Packard, Compaq, Nokia, Parkway Medical, Ngee Ann Polytechnic, AIA, Carl Zeiss, DHL International, Seagate, DBS Bank Singapore, M1, Motorola, UOB, among others.

Granville has been helping organisations to approach their strengths and weaknesses through coaching and facilitative workshops that delve into team and individual behaviour. He uses various mechanisms like DISC, Harrison Innerview, Enneagram, MBTI and SEI to help participants understand innate behaviours and their personality traits. Such tools enable him to have a better hold on the factors that hinder performance so as to help influence and cause a positive shift towards reaching goals and aspirations. In addition, he actively uses EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique) to surface issues and help people cope with past incidents and challenges.

He copresents the Six Seconds Emotional Intelligence Trainer Certification in SEA and supports a network of certified coaches and trainers throughout Asia.

He also works with the Organizational Vital Signs climate measure to focus organizations on key issues for change. His present programs are geared towards change and peak performance and include areas of Team Development, Communication & Behavioural Awareness, Emotional Intelligence, Coaching & Supervisory Leadership.

He holds a Bachelor of Arts, an MBA and is presently pursuing his doctorate in Business Administration with the University Of South Australia.