4 Principles of Energy Management

Are you working in an organization where leaders have abundant energy? Do the leaders in your organization consume their stress effectively?

One of the most powerful questions one can ask is Am I replenishing my energy to become stress resistant? Inspirational leaders handle stress and energy well.

Are you fully aware of how you are managing your energy? Are you able to create a high performance workplace by creating a work environment where everyone can have time to rest, reflect and renew?

The following principles from the excellent book by Loehr and Schwartz The power of total commitment It can be applied to corporate executives as well as employees at all levels:

1. Energy has four dimensions: physical, mental, emotional and spiritual. You must draw and maintain it from each domain.

2. Energy is best managed when there is an oscillation between stress and recovery. Stress, in this case, refers to positive stress, which allows us to push ourselves by using our talents and abilities. But it must be balanced with recovery and rest. Unfortunately, most of us don’t know how to do this.

3. Pushing beyond our usual limits increases our strengths. Developing mental, emotional and spiritual capacities is similar to physical training that improves our strength or our cardiovascular levels. We must push to advance and grow.

4. Creating replenishment rituals and stories sustains and expands our energy. This is the key to recover and reinforce our reserves so that energy is fully available to us.

If you expend too much energy, without enough rest and recovery, you’re in for trouble. Life is not a marathon, but a series of sprints. Many of us, however, are always in a hurry because we think in terms of linear time. As a result, we forget to create quality moments. Racing against the clock and making incredible demands on our energy reserves presupposes that we have unlimited resources. It is definitely a fallacious belief.

Working with an experienced executive coach trained in emotional intelligence and incorporating leadership assessments such as the Bar-On EQ-i and CPI 260 can help you become a leader who makes the right decisions. He can become a leader who models emotional intelligence and inspires people to happily commit to the company’s strategy and vision.