by Emily Spitzer
Designing Human-Centered Spaces
“Design creates culture. Culture shapes values. Values determine the future.” – Robert L. Peters Today some of the most forward-looking companies are engaging employees by designing environments that address four core human needs—physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual—the same factors...
by Emily Spitzer
An Iterative Approach to Designing Space
“Great design is a multi-layered relationship between human life and its environment.” –Naoto Fukasawa Planning, building, and then finalizing a new space is a typical design practice but not the optimal one. Space design, like any other design medium, benefits...
by Laurie Coe
Sustaining Our Energy to Sustain Our Planet
Recently in a partnership between Leader’s Quest and The Energy Project, Annie Perrin (Partner, Leader’s Quest) and I facilitated a session with 60 of the top world leaders in climate change. These leaders were in the Bay Area for a...
by Tony Schwartz
Episode Two: Become the CEO of Yourself with...
John Hope Bryant (@johnhopebryant) is the founder of Operation HOPE (@OperationHope), America’s first non-profit social investment banking organization immediately following the Rodney King Riots of 1992, in South Central Los Angeles. Through his work, John has raised and directed more than $2.5 billion in capital...
by Tony Schwartz
Your Strengths Overused Are Liabilities
For years, when I spoke with CEOs or senior leaders, it was because they were interested in how my consulting firm could help their employees become more engaged, or innovative, or sustainably high-performing. During the past year – and especially...
by Tony Schwartz
Episode One: Winning From Within with Erica Ariel...
Erica Ariel Fox (@ericaarielfox), the founder Mobius Executive Leadership, joins me this month. Fox is a New York Times bestselling author of “Winning from Within” and works with C-Suite executives to connect traditional wisdom to the modern workplace. She is a...
What's Your Capacity Gap?
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Fatigue
Only 56% of employees feel physically energized at work.*
Organizations are becoming more aware of the high cost of fatigue on employee focus, creativity, and performance.
*May 2016, The Energy Audit for Working America, The Energy Project & Zogby Analytics (n=1,100)
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Fear
58% of CEOs are concerned about lack of trust as a threat to the growth and success of their organizations.**
Fear prompts people to narrowly focus on defending their value at the expense of creating value for their organizations.
**PricewaterhouseCoopers. "20th CEO Survey - PwC Global." PwC. (n=1,379)
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Distraction
Nearly 50% of employees find their meetings unfocused and inefficient.*
Absorbed focus is more difficult than ever. Distraction undermines performance and creative thinking.
*May 2016, The Energy Audit for Working America, The Energy Project & Zogby Analytics (n=1,100)
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Disengagement
Only 34% of employees feel a strong connection to their company's mission.*
The result is low energy, inattention to detail and quality, lack of commitment, and high turnover.
*May 2016, The Energy Audit for Working America, The Energy Project & Zogby Analytics (n=1,100)
Who We Are and What We Do
Energize
Evolve
Solve
The Science of High Performance
Our early inspiration came from work with professional athletes, who were struggling with performance challenges that defied technical solutions. Almost invariably, their problems took the form of insufficient capacity in at least one of four energy dimensions: physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual (the energy of purpose).
The Energy Project’s work draws deeply on neuroscience, physiology, psychology, and perennial philosophy to provide a uniquely integrated method for addressing human performance challenges. In simple terms, we help people and organizations spend more time in the “Performance Zone™” – drawing on the best of themselves – and less in the “Survival Zone™” – to which we default in the face of fear and fatigue.
Step 1
Explore
Step 2
Envision
Step 3
Energize
Step 4
Evaluate
Human Energy Methodology™
Using our 4-step methodology, we map the energy system of your organization and lead you through a process of transformation to build more capacity, well-being, and drive sustainable business growth.
Human Energy Methodology™
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Using our 4-step methodology, we map the energy system of your organization and lead you through a process of transformation to build more capacity, well-being, and drive sustainable business growth.
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Step 1Explore
Understand and map your current performance challenges and opportunities using quantitative and qualitative diagnostic tools.
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Organizational Energy Assessment -
Step 2Envision
Create the vision for a fully fueled organization and build the roadmap to get you there with a series of energy interventions.
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Step 3Energize
Rollout interventions to the organization with regular diagnostics to track individual, team, and organizational progress.
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Step 4Evaluate
Study the results to understand the impact and inform new interventions and programs.
Deliverable:
Organizational Energy Impact Report and Next Steps
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Case Study See How We Do ItLearn How
The Energy Project engages with organizations who are struggling to execute a strategy, achieve a goal or fuel higher performance. Our focus is on the often invisible human roadblocks that stand in the way. We draw on neuroscience, physiology, psychology, and perennial philosophy to provide a uniquely integrated method for addressing human performance challenges.
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Case Study Multinational Retail OrganizationEnergizing a checked out workforce.
A large multinational retail organization came to us seeking to build a sustainably high-performing culture amidst relentlessly rising demand and complexity. This was especially critical in the face of a large merger that caused uncertainty and anxiety in a population that was already stressed and stretched.
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Case Study Schneider ElectricBuilding a culture of well-being.
In 2015, Schneider Electric made individual employee well-being an organizational mission to enable sustainable high performance.
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