Energy Leadership

Awaken your potential by harnessing the power of your energy. How do you awaken the extraordinary potential in yourself and others? In the newly revised second edition of Energy Leadership: The 7 Level Framework for Mastery In Life and Business, Bruce D Schneider, Master Certified Coach and founder of iPEC, the global coach training and leadership development company, offers a simple yet powerful answer to that question, and it all boils down to one word—energy. Whether you’re looking to create profound change in your personal life or build a conscious work culture humming with creativity, innovation, and unimaginable growth, you’ll find the practical Energy Leadership™ framework and Core Energy Coaching™ skills contained within these pages to be an invaluable resource on your journey. And now, for the first time ever, you’ll receive additional information once available only to participants in iPEC’s advanced coach training program. You’ll learn how to: Recognize the seven distinct levels of energy that are the key to understanding why everyone thinks and acts the way they do. Achieve peak performance by exploring the six factors that influence your energy and implementing specific techniques to shift energy in the moment. Identify what blocks and diminishes your energy and discover proven strategies for overcoming these and other obstacles to success. Become more powerful and effective in all aspects of your life. Motivate yourself and others to reach their full potential. In the 15 years since the publication of the first edition of Energy Leadership, hundreds of thousands of people around the world have discovered the remarkable personal and professional transformation that’s possible with this groundbreaking methodology—and now you can, too. Visit ipeccoaching.com to learn more.

Acknowledgments ix Introduction to the Second Edition xi Preface xiii Part I: Energy Matters 1 1 Thank God It’s Monday! 3 2 What Energetic Level Are You? 11 3 Just Give It Six Months 29 4 “I Want It Now!” 47 5 All That “Matters” Is Energy 66 6 Time for a Corporate Shock Treatment? (Level 1) 78 7 Without Fear, What Could You Do? (Level 2) 97 8 The Big Four Energy Blocks 124 9 Removing Obstacles to Success (Level 3) 147 10 Putting Your Heart into Your Job (Level 4) 158 11 The CEO of the Future (Level 5) 177 12 The Power of Partnership: Writing the Success Script (Levels 6 and 7) 192 13 Raising the Bar 207 Part II: The Energy of Performance 213 14 One Step Back, Two Steps Forward 215 15 The Energy of Influence 219 16 A Body of Knowledge (Physical Influencers) 225 17 Mind Your Energy (Mental Influencers) 228 18 “You Gotta Have Heart” (Emotional Influencers) 230 19 The People Factor (Social Influencers) 232 20 The Whispers of the Trees (Environmental Influencers) 234 21 The Value of Purpose (Spiritual Influencers) 236 22 Exploring the Core Issue 240 23 A Meeting of the Minds 245 24 Practice Makes Conscious (The Core Disciplines) 251 25 Never Underestimate the Power of Energy 256 26 A Lesson in Presence 258 Appendices 261 A Energy Leadership: Key Words and Phrases 262 B The Perfect Breath and Basic Centering Techniques 265