Search Inside Yourself. Leadership Training
Originally developed at Google, Search Inside Yourself teaches practical mindfulness, emotional intelligence and leadership tools to unlock your full potential at work and in life.
Look Inward to Perform Outward
Today’s leaders and teams face big pressures: rapid digital changes, the rise of AI, and shifting workplace cultures. Employees are expected to adapt fast, handle complex challenges, and stay connected—all while achieving results.
The Search Inside Yourself Program (SIY) was built to help with these exact challenges. Originally created at Google, this emotional intelligence (EI) program gives you a practical way to build EI across your teams. SIY gives participants tools to become more resilient, stay focused, and communicate better.
The results? Stronger teams, improved performance, and a workplace culture that supports growth, well-being, and success.
why developing emotional intelligence requires a different approach
In most organizations, emotional intelligence (EI) is developed alongside a core set of other “soft skills” or leadership skills. However, EI is unlike other skills, which are typically developed by learning and practicing key behaviors.
Rather, EI is the foundational way in which we interpret and respond to the world around us. EI is the foundation that enables people to excel at every other interaction skill.
Developing EI requires people to develop new neural pathways to change how they sense and manage their emotions, which is exactly what the SIY program is built to do.
a new approach to EI developed at Google
The SIY program’s unique approach to building emotional intelligence is rooted in its history at Google.
Back in 2007, Google was growing fast, and its teams were feeling the pressure. One engineering leader, who was passionate about mindfulness, saw an opportunity to help others manage their stress, work better together, and ultimately find more satisfaction in both their work and life.
He called in a group of the world’s top experts in business, mindfulness, neuroscience, and emotional intelligence to create something unique for Google employees: Search Inside Yourself (a playful nod to Google’s search origins).
Participants found that the program not only helped them manage their approach to work and stress, but it transformed their performance. Eventually, the program became so popular that SIY spun off into its own organization – and bestselling book – to develop emotional intelligence on teams around the world.
Program overview
Search Inside Yourself takes an evidence-based approach combining neuroscience, attention-training and emotional intelligence. The program provides practical tools that can be applied immediately in life or at work. We start with a foundation of mindfulness, and build the core emotional intelligence domains that lead to outstanding leadership.
Program details
an immersive 2-day experience with sustained habit formation
Step 1: 2-day program
Kick things off with a two-day immersive experience designed to dive into emotional intelligence. Through interactive exercises and applicable skills, you’ll learn how to build self-awareness, manage emotions, and communicate with greater impact. These two days lay the foundation for skills that will stay with participants long after the program.
Phase 2: 28 day challenge (15min per day)
Keep the momentum going with a quick, 15-minute daily challenge for the next 28 days. Each day, participants practice simple techniques to build focus, empathy, and resilience. This helps make emotional intelligence a natural part of their routine and fosters lasting behavior change.
Phase 3: Online Masterclass
The Search Inside Yourself program journey wraps up with a one-hour Capstone Webinar. This is a chance to reflect on new insights from the 28-day challenge, share wins, and explore tips for keeping emotional intelligence alive in your work and life.
Phase 4: Using the momentum
The Search Inside Yourself Program is the start of transformation in your organization. We provide individual post-training support to ensure ongoing growth, with resources like follow-up sessions with the group, 1on1 coaching and empowering the participants to grow their skills and keep other engaged!
Program structure
A highly interactive live (online or in-person) training followed by a four-week online journey. It is highly interactive, including experiential exercises, dyads, group conversations, attention-training practices and writing activities.
Quickly establish trust within the team
(12-16 hours)
Live online or in-person sessions.
Virtual Practice
(28 days)
Weekly exercises and resources delivered by email.
Capstone Webinar
(1 hour)
Reconnect with Search Inside Yourself alumni to review and set a plan for continuation.
Download our detailed program guide and and learn how you can bring Search Inside Yourself to your organization. The guide includes:
- Sample agenda
- Content overview
- Program structure
- Methodology
- Pre/Post Survey Results
Who is Search Inside Yourself for?
When it comes to optimal team performance, who is on the team matters less than how the team works together—behavioral science, neuroscience and corporate research support this current understanding of teaming.
Based on this research, Effective Teaming cultivates the necessary skills to optimize how your team works together. Specifically, individuals and teams work best in an environment where they feel:
- More included
- Safe when learning something new
- Comfortable making contributions
- Encouraged to challenge the status quo
Program benefits
Search Inside Yourself has been described as “life changing.” It allows for deep transformations through accessible and practical content. The tools, practices, resources and exercises you’ll learn in the Search Inside Yourself program will help to:
- Experience greater overall well-being.
- Develop greater self-awareness and emotion regulation.
- Build resilience in the face of challenges.
- Develop empathy and communicate more effectively.
- Manage stress.
- Increase focus and attention.
the benefits of a more emotionally intelligent workforce
Through this training, your organization will:
build greater resilience to handle stress
Equip your team with self-management strategies to be more adaptable in times of rapid change.
improve focus and productivity
Give employees the self-awareness skills needed for sustained concentration to get more done with less distraction.
increase team cohesion
Foster trust and communication through empathy and social skills for a more connected, effective team.
strengthen culture
Provide tools for daily growth that support the lasting behavior change that leads to culture change.
Feedback from 14,000+ SIY participants in over 20 countries shows strong and positive results:
Felt a better ability to reduce stress after the program (vs. 44% before the training).
Reported being able to bounce back from an emotionally challenging situation (vs. 43% before the program)
Noticed an ability to increase focus and return to the present moment (vs. 48% before the program)
After delivering the program to over 100,000 people globally we are proud that 93% of participants surveyed would recommend our program.
Search Inside Yourself is approved by the International Coaching Federation. Coaches receive 13.5 Continuing Coaching Education credits when attending SIY!
Feedback from 10,000+ SIY participants in over 20 countries. shows strong and positive results:
financial results
After delivering the program to over 100,000 people globally we are proud that 93% of participants surveyed would recommend our program.
Our Faculty
We have world class teachers around the globe who have undergone a rigorous training and bring their rich experience and expertise in mindfulness, psychology, business leadership and many other areas. For large-scale implementation we provide consulting, assessments, train-the-trainer and many other programs.
