In the U.S. it’s that time of year when parents are getting ready to send their kids back to school. Children anxiously awaiting who their teachers will be, parents back to school shopping, and getting ready for the change are all top of mind.

Along with the new school year comes new knowledge and learning. As an adult I’ve quite enjoyed the latter. You could say I’m a life long learner, and the subjects I study are diverse.

Now that being said, one of the areas I definitely gravitate to is why people do what they do. In other words, what makes people tick. And I am all about root cause, whether it’s a process, an organizational issue, or a person’s behavior. So when I came across Energy Leadership in 2009 it had my attention.

Why did Energy Leadership Catch my Attention?

It:

• Gets to the root cause of our and others’ actions / behaviors

  • I finally had an answer as to:

    • What was driving me to feel anxious or angry at times, that goes deeper than the situation at hand, as many times the situation was simply a trigger

    • Why after I recognized a behavior pattern was unhealthy, and had decided I wanted it to change, many times I fell short in being able to shift the behavior

• Helped me see why I was unable to get through to stakeholders at times and what to do differently going forward so I could reach them, and be a much more effective change agent and communicator

  • Whether it was a partner or family member I was trying to influence, or someone at work

• Was a clear path on how to sustainably bring more peace, joy, happiness, and wisdom into my life, and lower the drama, conflict, and frustration I had been experiencing

• Gave me a concrete tool to overcome fear which I found much more helpful than just “feeling the fear and doing it anyways”

• The latter can work, and, I found this strategy could take a lot out of me, vs. I found utilizing Energy Leadership was a gentler process and left me with a lot more energy

• Excited me as this was the first tool I had come across that could raise a person’s consciousness / awareness much faster than meditation

• Increasing consciousness is a passion area of mine ever since I realized in 2001 how many people are essentially “sleepwalking” through their lives

• In other words, they are unaware of what is going on in their mind, what is driving them to do what they do, how they’re being perceived by others, etc. and its this lack of awareness that brings a lot of suffering in the world

What Impact Has Energy leadership Had on my Own Life?

Wow, where do I begin..I:

• Enjoy a heck of a lot more peace, calm, joy, happiness, and wisdom than in 2009

• And because of this I am able to get a heck of a lot more done than I was able to then

• Am:

• Much more successful at influencing stakeholders than I was before Energy Leadership

• A lot more patient with people, way less judgmental, and have a lot more understanding and empathy than I used to

• Confident in myself in being able to do the below which is definitely something I was unable to say at the start of 2009:

• Identify the root of any negative feelings that come up for me

• Constructively express the feelings in a healthy way

• If I desire to, address the root cause and sustainably shift the feelings to more pleasant ones

• Have a completely different, healthier communication dynamic with people when there is a disagreement, which is much more enjoyable than the approach I had been taking previously in relationships

• Found it dramatically increased the number of people coming to me for help, advice, and support

• I typically was someone people would open up to and tell things they’ve never told anyone else, and, this went to a whole other level as people began to trust me even more

• Ask for help and support more than I used to, and factor myself into the equation more

These are just some of them, there are certainly more.

What Benefits Has Energy Leadership Brought Others, Both at Work and in Their Personal Lives?

People who learn and consistently use the Energy Leadership Framework have reported:

• Receiving promotions, being more productive at work, and improved work relationships

• Going from heading towards a divorce to saving their marriage

• Finding new confidence in themselves, responding better to challenges, and growing their businesses

• Improved communication, boundaries, relationships, self-esteem, life-work balance, and more

Why do I Continue to Use Energy Leadership, and now Coach and Teach Others on it?

• It’s positively life changing for those who take the time to learn and use it

• “To become more conscious is the greatest gift anyone can give to the world” - Dr. David R. Hawkins

• The more awake we are as a species, the more gentle we will be as a species…with each other, with the planet, etc.

• “Not what you do, but how you do what you do determines whether you are fulfilling your destiny. And how you do what you do is determined by your state of consciousness” - Eckhart Tolle

• “Awareness is the greatest agent for change” - Eckhart Tolle

Reflecting on the above:

• How ready are you to bring your life and/or career to the next level?

• What do you want in your life and/or at work that’s currently missing?

• If you think this would be of no help to you, what if there is a whole other way of experiencing the world that you have yet to see or tap into?

Call to Action

• Ready to bring your life and/or career to the next level, create what’s been missing, and/or experience the world in a whole new way?  Reach out to Rosanne for a complimentary discussion on your situation and how she can help you achieve what you desire using Energy Leadership.

• Using the comments feature, what’s an experience you’ve had where increased awareness of a situation completely changed how you were going to respond to it?

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About the Author: Rosanne Essiambre helps change agents and departments in one-on-one and group settings to be seen, be heard, and be effective in bringing about change in the organization and/or in their personal lives.  She provides consulting and facilitation to organizations to improve communications and collaboration, smooth out the change / transformation journey, get to the root cause of an issue so it can be solved for good, improve processes, and implement successful lessons learned. And she conducts workshops, trains, and speaks on Energy Leadership, Emotional Intelligence, Resilience, Being a Change Agent and more. If you or your organization could use support with your change effort or some inspiration, contact Rosanne for a complimentary discovery session. Rosanne is a Change Agent Coach, Facilitator, Six Sigma Black Belt, Change Management / Continuous Improvement Consultant, Speaker, and Energy Leadership Index Master Practitioner with more than 20 years experience working on a variety of transformations across a diverse set of industries both domestically and internationally, while continuously improving herself.