Leaders who develop energy awareness demonstrate 48% improvement in leadership effectiveness ratings according to Energy Leadership Index assessments. We guide leaders in understanding and leveraging their energetic presence to maximize influence and organizational impact.
Understanding Energy Leadership Principles
Energy Leadership represents unique coaching methodology examining how leaders show up energetically in various situations and the ripple effect their energy creates throughout organizations. The Energy Leadership Index (ELI) assessment identifies seven distinct energy levels ranging from victim consciousness to creator consciousness. Research demonstrates leaders operating predominantly at higher energy levels achieve superior results, build stronger relationships, and experience greater professional satisfaction.
Energy awareness transforms leadership effectiveness by revealing unconscious patterns influencing decision-making, communication, and relationship dynamics. Leaders gain insight into stress responses, triggers, and default reactions that undermine effectiveness. This awareness creates choice regarding energetic presence and intentional leadership approach. Our coaching helps leaders shift from reactive patterns toward conscious leadership aligned with their values and strategic objectives.
The Seven Levels of Energy Leadership
Energy Leadership methodology identifies seven progressive energy levels, each characterized by distinct thoughts, emotions, and behaviors. Level One represents victim energy marked by helplessness, apathy, and blame. Level Two embodies conflict energy characterized by anger, defiance, and combativeness. Level Three represents rationalization energy focusing on forgiveness, cooperation, and responsibility.
Level Four marks transition into anabolic energy characterized by care, compassion, and service orientation. Level Five embodies reconciliation energy marked by peace, acceptance, and win-win thinking. Level Six represents synthesis energy characterized by joy, wisdom, and creative problem-solving. Level Seven represents creation energy embodying absolute passion, non-judgment, and connection to purpose greater than self.
Leaders operate across multiple energy levels depending on circumstances, relationships, and stress factors. Our coaching increases average resonating level (ARL), helping leaders access higher energy states more consistently. This shift dramatically improves leadership effectiveness, relationship quality, and organizational culture.
Energy Leadership Index Assessment Process
The Energy Leadership Index (ELI) represents scientifically validated psychometrics assessment measuring energetic disposition across the seven levels. The online assessment requires approximately 20 minutes, presenting scenarios probing responses to various situations. Unlike personality assessments measuring fixed traits, ELI measures changeable energetic patterns.
Assessment results reveal average resonating level, energy distribution across levels, and stress responses showing how energy shifts under pressure. Leaders gain powerful insights regarding default patterns, stress triggers, and opportunities for energetic development. Our comprehensive debrief sessions typically span 90-120 minutes, exploring results deeply and creating development plans addressing specific energetic patterns limiting leadership effectiveness.
Follow-up assessments conducted 6-12 months post-coaching demonstrate energetic shifts resulting from development efforts. Organizations utilizing ELI assessments report 35-45% improvement in leadership effectiveness scores following energy-focused coaching interventions.
Coaching Methodology for Energy Transformation
Energy Leadership coaching combines assessment insights with structured development processes. We utilize Co-Active coaching methodology emphasizing partnership, evocative questioning, and self-monitoring. Sessions focus on raising awareness regarding energetic patterns, exploring underlying beliefs and assumptions, and designing experiments testing new approaches.
Experiential learning activities deepen understanding of energy dynamics. We utilize exercises including journaling, mindfulness practices, and behavioral experiments encouraging leaders to operate from higher energy levels intentionally. Goal-setting processes establish specific energetic development objectives aligned with broader leadership aspirations. Regular accountability check-ins support sustained behavior change.
Typical coaching engagements span 6-9 months, including initial ELI assessment, comprehensive debrief session, and 10-12 coaching sessions. This duration allows sufficient time for awareness development, experimentation with new approaches, and habit formation ensuring sustained energetic transformation.
Application Across Leadership Contexts
Energy Leadership principles apply across diverse organizational contexts. Senior executives utilize energy awareness enhancing strategic thinking, stakeholder influence, and change leadership. Mid-level managers apply concepts improving team engagement, conflict resolution, and cross-functional collaboration. Emerging leaders benefit from early energy awareness accelerating leadership readiness.
Energy concepts integrate effectively with other leadership development approaches. We combine energy coaching with 360 degree feedback, executive coaching, and leadership development programs. The energy lens provides unique perspective complementing traditional competency frameworks. Leaders report energy awareness as among the most impactful concepts encountered in development journeys.
Succession planning initiatives benefit from energy assessments identifying candidates possessing energetic profiles aligned with organizational culture and strategic direction. Energy development prepares successors for expanded leadership responsibilities requiring higher-level energetic presence.
Organizational Impact of Energy Leadership
Individual leader energy transformation creates organizational ripple effects. Research demonstrates leader energy directly influences team climate, affecting engagement, collaboration, and performance. Leaders operating from catabolic energy (levels 1-3) create environments characterized by fear, competition, and political behavior. Leaders embodying anabolic energy (levels 4-7) foster psychological safety, creativity, and collective ownership.
Organizations implementing Energy Leadership across leadership populations report measurable culture improvements. Engagement scores increase, conflict decreases, and innovation accelerates. The shared language regarding energy facilitates productive conversations about organizational dynamics previously difficult to name. Teams develop collective energy awareness, discussing how group energy affects decision quality and execution effectiveness.
We facilitate organizational Energy Leadership initiatives incorporating individual assessments, group workshops, and ongoing coaching support. These comprehensive approaches create energetic culture shifts supporting strategic objectives and performance management excellence.
Why Lyon Coaching Group Delivers Energy Leadership Excellence
Our reliable, professional, qualified, skilled, and experienced energy leadership coaches hold advanced credentials including Certified Professional Co-Active Coach (CPCC) and Energy Leadership Index Master Practitioner (ELI-MP) certifications. We represent among the most extensively trained energy leadership practitioners in the region.
Our coaches combine energy leadership expertise with deep understanding of organizational dynamics, strategy execution, and leadership development. This integration ensures energy coaching connects directly with business objectives rather than remaining abstract personal development work. We have guided hundreds of leaders through energy transformation journeys across two decades.
Our Energy Leadership Coaching Services
We provide comprehensive energy leadership solutions:
Individual Energy Leadership Coaching: Conduct personalized coaching engagements incorporating ELI assessment, comprehensive debrief, and ongoing coaching sessions developing energetic awareness and intentionality.
Energy Leadership Index (ELI) Assessments: Administer scientifically validated assessments measuring energetic disposition across seven levels with comprehensive debriefing exploring results and implications.
Group Energy Leadership Workshops: Facilitate workshops introducing energy leadership concepts to leadership teams, providing shared language regarding energetic dynamics and collective development opportunities.
Energy Leadership for Teams: Guide intact teams through collective energy awareness processes, identifying team energetic patterns and developing strategies shifting toward higher collective energy.
Executive Energy Coaching: Provide intensive energy leadership coaching for senior executives addressing complex leadership challenges requiring sophisticated energetic presence.
Energy Leadership Certification Programs: Partner with Energy Leadership Index certification processes for organizations developing internal coaching capability utilizing energy leadership methodology.
Organizational Energy Assessments: Conduct comprehensive organizational energy assessments examining culture, leadership patterns, and systemic energetic dynamics influencing organizational effectiveness.
Our Qualifications and Experience
Lyon Coaching Group maintains highest professional standards in energy leadership coaching. Our practitioners hold Certified Professional Co-Active Coach (CPCC) certifications from Co-Active Training Institute (CTI), representing gold standard in professional coaching. We maintain Energy Leadership Index Master Practitioner (ELI-MP) credentials from Institute for Professional Excellence in Coaching (iPEC).
Our coaches possess advanced degrees in organizational leadership, psychology, and related disciplines from recognized institutions. Professional experience spans 15+ years coaching leaders across industries including healthcare, technology, financial services, manufacturing, and professional services. We have administered 500+ ELI assessments and guided leaders through comprehensive energy development journeys.
Active professional affiliations include International Coach Federation (ICF), where we maintain Professional Certified Coach (PCC) credentials or higher. Ongoing professional development ensures we deliver current best practices in energy leadership and coaching methodology.
Quality Standards We Maintain
Excellence requires rigorous standards and continuous improvement. Our coaching follows ethical guidelines established by International Coach Federation, ensuring confidentiality, professional boundaries, and client-centered approaches. Supervision and peer consultation processes support quality coaching delivery.
Client feedback systems capture satisfaction measures, coaching effectiveness ratings, and outcome achievement assessments. We conduct follow-up evaluations 90 days post-coaching measuring sustained behavior change and organizational impact. Quality metrics consistently demonstrate 95%+ client satisfaction with 40-50% average improvement in leadership effectiveness measures.
Professional development investment averages 40+ hours annually, ensuring coaches maintain cutting-edge expertise. We participate in advanced training programs, attend professional conferences, and engage in ongoing supervision supporting continuous capability enhancement.
Advantages Working with Lyon Coaching Group
Deep Expertise: Our Energy Leadership Index Master Practitioner credentials represent advanced specialization beyond basic certification, ensuring sophisticated understanding of energy dynamics.
Business Integration: We connect energy concepts directly with business objectives, strategy execution, and organizational effectiveness rather than positioning coaching as abstract personal development.
Comprehensive Methodology: Our approach combines assessment, coaching, workshops, and organizational interventions creating systemic energy transformation rather than isolated individual development.
Proven Results: Documented outcomes demonstrate consistent leadership effectiveness improvements, engagement gains, and culture enhancement following energy leadership interventions.
Ongoing Partnership: We provide long-term support including follow-up assessments, refresher sessions, and consultation services ensuring sustained energy development beyond initial coaching engagements.
Succession Planning Integration
Energy Leadership plays critical role in succession planning processes. We assess leadership candidates using ELI alongside traditional competency evaluations, providing unique insights regarding leadership readiness. Higher average resonating levels correlate with successful transitions into expanded leadership responsibilities.
Development programs for succession candidates incorporate energy coaching preparing them for energetic demands of senior leadership roles. Energy awareness helps emerging leaders manage stress, navigate political dynamics, and maintain authenticity under pressure. Organizations report higher succession success rates when energy development integrates with traditional readiness preparation.
Leadership transition support includes energy coaching helping new leaders establish authentic presence aligned with organizational culture while honoring their unique energetic strengths. This approach accelerates transition effectiveness and relationship building.
Frequently Asked Questions
What distinguishes Energy Leadership from traditional leadership coaching? Energy Leadership provides unique lens examining how leaders show up energetically and the impact their energy creates. While traditional coaching may address competencies, behaviors, and skills, energy coaching explores underlying energetic patterns driving those observable elements. The methodology offers powerful self-awareness tool transforming not just what leaders do but who they are as leaders.
Is Energy Leadership scientifically validated? The Energy Leadership Index assessment underwent rigorous psychometric validation demonstrating reliability and validity. Research studies document correlation between energy levels and leadership effectiveness measures. The assessment demonstrates test-retest reliability and construct validity. Academic research continues examining energy leadership concepts and applications.
How long before leaders experience results from energy coaching? Many leaders report immediate awareness gains following ELI debrief sessions. Behavioral changes emerge within first 30-60 days as leaders experiment with intentional energetic approaches. Sustained transformation typically requires 6-9 months of consistent practice and coaching support. Follow-up assessments at 6-12 months demonstrate measurable energetic shifts and leadership effectiveness improvements.
Can analytical leaders benefit from energy-focused coaching? Energy Leadership particularly benefits analytical leaders who may over-rely on rational thinking at expense of emotional intelligence and intuitive wisdom. The methodology provides structured framework appealing to analytical preferences while expanding awareness beyond purely cognitive domains. Many engineers, scientists, and financial professionals report energy concepts as breakthrough insights transforming leadership effectiveness.
How does energy coaching differ from personality assessments? Personality assessments like MBTI or DISC measure relatively fixed traits characterizing individual preferences. Energy assessments measure changeable patterns influenced by circumstances, stress, and conscious development. While personality provides useful self-understanding, energy concepts offer actionable development opportunities. Leaders can intentionally shift energy levels, whereas personality traits remain relatively stable.
Is energy leadership applicable across cultures? Energy Leadership concepts demonstrate applicability across diverse cultural contexts. The seven energy levels represent universal human experiences transcending cultural boundaries. However, cultural norms influence how energy manifests and what expressions are deemed appropriate. Coaches require cultural competence adapting methodology appropriately for diverse populations.
Can energy leadership concepts apply to entire organizations? Yes, energy principles extend beyond individual leaders to teams and organizational systems. Collective energy emerges from aggregated individual energies plus systemic factors including culture, structure, and leadership patterns. Organizations develop characteristic energetic profiles influencing performance, innovation, and employee experience. Systemic energy transformation requires multi-level interventions addressing individual, team, and organizational dimensions.
What happens if leaders resist energy leadership concepts? Resistance often reflects concerns about “soft” concepts or unfamiliarity with energetic language. We address resistance through evidence-based explanations connecting energy with business outcomes. The ELI assessment provides concrete data making concepts tangible. Most initially skeptical leaders become enthusiastic advocates after experiencing personal awareness gains. However, energy leadership requires voluntary participation; coerced coaching proves ineffective.
Contact Lyon Coaching Group
Lyon Coaching Group 4701 NE 77th Terrace Kansas City, MO 64119 Phone: 573-881-6996 Website: lyoncoachinggroup.com
Directions to Our Office
Located in northeast Kansas City, our office provides convenient access from throughout the metro area. From downtown Kansas City, take I-35 North to exit 12 for Vivion Road. Turn right on Vivion Road, then left on North Oak Trafficway. Turn right on NE 77th Terrace. Our office is located at 4701 NE 77th Terrace.
From Kansas City International Airport, take I-29 South to I-635 East. Merge onto I-35 South, then take exit 12 for Vivion Road. Follow directions above to reach our office.
Ample parking is available on-site. We welcome scheduled visits to discuss your energy leadership coach Kansas City needs.
Areas We Serve
While headquartered in Kansas City, Missouri, we provide energy leadership coach Kansas City services throughout the Kansas City metropolitan area including:
Missouri: Kansas City, Independence, Lee’s Summit, Blue Springs, Liberty, Gladstone, Raytown, Grandview, Belton, Raymore
Kansas: Overland Park, Olathe, Kansas City, Lenexa, Shawnee, Leawood, Merriam, Prairie Village, Mission, Roeland Park
We also serve clients throughout Missouri, Kansas, and nationwide through energy leadership coach Kansas City programs delivered in-person, virtually, or through hybrid formats based on client preferences.
Resources for Energy Leadership Development
Academic Sources:
- Schneider, B., Ehrhart, M. G., & Macey, W. H. (2013). Organizational Climate and Culture. Annual Review of Psychology, 64, 361-388.
- Quinn, R. W., & Dutton, J. E. (2005). Coordination as Energy-in-Conversation. Academy of Management Review, 30(1), 36-57.
- Baker, W., Cross, R., & Wooten, M. (2003). Positive Organizational Network Analysis and Energizing Relationships. In K. S. Cameron, J. E. Dutton, & R. E. Quinn (Eds.), Positive Organizational Scholarship (pp. 328-342). Berrett-Koehler.
Online Resources:
- Institute for Professional Excellence in Coaching (iPEC): www.ipeccoaching.com/energy-leadership/
- Co-Active Training Institute: www.coactive.com
- International Coach Federation: coachingfederation.org
Books:
- Schneider, B. D. (2007). Energy Leadership: Transforming Your Workplace and Your Life from the Core. Wiley.
- Loehr, J., & Schwartz, T. (2003). The Power of Full Engagement: Managing Energy, Not Time. Free Press.
- Quinn, R. E., & Quinn, R. W. (2015). Lift: The Fundamental State of Leadership. Berrett-Koehler.
Multimedia Resources:
- TED Talk: “The Energy Leadership Blueprint” by Bruce D Schneider [available through iPEC resources]
- Podcast: “Energy Leadership for the Rest of Us” energyleadershipforus.com
- Webinar Series: International Coach Federation Energy Coaching Resources coachingfederation.org/webinars