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Go to homepage Discover The Power of Energy Management in the Workplace

Discover The Power of Energy Management in the Workplace

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by Bobi Seredich

September 3, 2019

Energy Management

Research shows as leaders move up in an organization, the demands become greater. Busy leaders have to do more with less time. Many people feel exhausted, overwhelmed, and unfocused; often feeling like they are lacking purpose in their work. In their personal lives, they might find it difficult to fully engage with their families in the evenings and feel guilty and dissatisfied as a result. Their response to rising demands is to work harder and put in longer hours, but this can take a big toll on them emotionally, physically, and mentally. In the workplace, this level of disengagement can lead to higher turnover rates, lower morale, and higher medical costs to organizations. What can you do about this? Turn to energy management.

Move from surviving to thriving with energy management

You can become more conscious and intentional about managing your energy, and shift from time management to energy management. Hours are fixed: Energy is not. Regularly renewing your most precious resource, energy, can become the X-factor in fully accessing your best and highest potential.

The key to managing energy is to approach challenges with new and healthy energy recovery rituals. There is power in creating healthy habits. Think of this way:

 Good habits are hard to create, but easy to live with. Bad habits are easy to create, but hard to live with.

Energy management is based on living your values. In the book, “The Power of Full Engagement: Managing Energy, Not Time, is the Key to High Performance and Personal Renewal”, Tony Schwartz and Jim Loehr reveal how the key to excelling is matching your energy to your task. They further discuss the importance of taking inventory of the four areas of energy management: mental, physical, emotional, and spiritual states of mind. Are you currently being challenged in one of the four areas of energy management? Follow my tips below to find out.

Mental energy management

When your mental focus is being challenged, you may find yourself losing focus and unable to finish projects on time; you might feel disorganized, generally pessimistic, or lacking creativity.  Mental energy builders include taking the time to be present, improving your concentration or focus, remaining realistically optimistic, and/or finding more time to be creative and curious.

We all want to have more “eureka” moments, and they happen when we least expect it. You can’t set a meeting reminder to have a “eureka” moment, but you can take time to free your brain from too much clutter so you can be innovative and creative. Sometimes it happens when you take a long hot shower or when you hike, run, play the piano, or write a song.

Mental energy management

Physical energy management

Physical energy warning signs are when you are running on empty, fatigued, over or under-weight, or prone to sickness. An important physical energy builder involves taking the time to exercise at least three times per week. Just 30 minutes a day will make a huge difference. Get started by accessing personal trainer videos on Youtube or BeachBodyonDemand.

I like to go to the gym and take a fitness or yoga class with a friend; it makes me show up. I also travel for work and have 7 years-old twins so sometimes it is more convenient to exercise with a fitness video at home or in my hotel room. It’s equally important to schedule annual doctor visits and stay in tune with your bodies. You want to detect any early warning signs if something doesn’t feel right health wise. Healthy eating is vital to managing energy. For me, it became such a priority after I was diagnosed with breast cancer – the “C” word definitely is a wake-up call to eating healthier and being consistent with taking vitamins.

Physical energy management

Emotional energy management

Emotional energy management warning signs include feelings of anxiousness, rigidness, impulsiveness, judgment, defensiveness. In moments like these, you need to be self-aware and have better self-regulation; it’s important to be open to other’s opinions, feedback, and thoughts. Try to communicate and build relationships with others in person and not just through cell phones.

Technology is created to make our lives, both professional and personal, easier. However, many of the social media platforms today play on your emotional self-esteem. You can easily become addicted to many of these platforms, and they drain your time and energy. You may find yourself constantly comparing yourself to others or wanting feedback on something you posted. By doing this, you can forget to connect with the person next to you in a real conversation. Make it a priority to have a human connection or bond; it can increase your energy.

Emotional energy management

Spiritual energy management

Spiritual energy increases when you are aligned with your highest values. The warning signs that your spiritual energy is being depleted is when you lack authenticity, avoid conflict, feel disadvantaged, or gain a sense of giving up.

To increase your spiritual energy, it is important to balance self-care with giving to others. You need to be honest with yourself and what your bigger purpose is. Do you have faith and courage to believe in something bigger than yourself? It doesn’t matter what your religious background or faith is, what matters is if you are living in alignment with your beliefs.

spiritual energy management

I encourage you to take some time to look at these four areas of energy management and reflect on two things you are willing to commit to working on within the next 60 days to improve your energy?

The new paradigm shift is to manage energy, not time. Move from avoiding stress to approaching stress and make room for downtime. Create new healthy habits and rituals to effectively manage your energy. I have seen it make a difference in my own life and several leaders I have coached, and I know it can work for you too.

Are you looking for ways to build more positive energy in the workplace? Start with everyday appreciation. Learn more by downloading Achievers’ e-book, “The Power of Employee Appreciation.”

The Power of Employee Appreciation E-book

 

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by Bobi Seredich

Bobi Seredich is a recognized speaker, author, trainer and successful entrepreneur specializing in leadership development. She has spent over 20 years of her career dedicated to creating, directing, writing and presenting leadership programs for top companies in the U.S. and around the world. Bobi is the co-founder of the Southwest Institute for Emotional Intelligence and Managing Partner of EQ Inspirations. In 2001, she founded Equanimity, Inc. also known as EQ Speakers – a speakers’ bureau and leadership training company. It fast became a top speaker bureau that booked hundreds of speakers with large Fortune 500 clients. EQ Speakers was sold in 2012 and continues to be a leader in the industry. In May 2020, SWIEI and Dynamic Experiential Learning (DeXL) are launching a new online emotional intelligence training program. This will transform and improve the way in which leadership training on emotional intelligence is delivered, learned, and applied. As a certified speaker and trainer in Emotional Intelligence -the new X factor in leadership and success - Bobi has trained several large and fast-growing organizations on the skills of emotional intelligence. SWIEI also offers new on-line training programs on their training website. Her book Courage Does Not Always Roar – Ordinary Women with Extraordinary Courage, was published by Simple Truths in the spring of 2010. The book is a collection of her experiences and stories of women who have had the courage to overcome very difficult life events. Her passion is to guide individuals and organizations to a higher performance level through her own business knowledge, inspirational stories and leadership emotional intelligence training. Bobi lives in Phoenix, AZ with her husband and 7-year old twins, Alex and Gia.

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