Powered Up: An Energy Leadership Workshop for Teams
Give your team what thousands of leaders worldwide have already discovered: a research-backed way to see how they really show up at work, under pressure and in everyday moments — and a concrete plan to lead with more intention, together.
The Energy Leadership Index® (ELI) is a research-backed assessment used by executives, teams, and organizations worldwide
(ELI) — recommended by the Forbes Coaches Council as one of the top assessments any leader should take. Unlike personality tools like Myers-Briggs or DiSC, the ELI doesn’t measure who you are — it measures how you currently show up: your default reactions under pressure, your energy in everyday moments, and the lens through which you see challenges, people, and opportunities.
Every leader operates from one of 7 levels of energy — from feeling stuck and reactive, all the way up to fully intentional, creative, and connected leadership.
The first two levels drain energy and create stress for the leader and everyone around them. The upper levels build energy, trust, and momentum.
None of us live at one level all day — we move through several, especially under stress.
The goal isn’t to “be at the top” all the time; it’s to become aware and at choice, instead of running on autopilot.
This shows up directly in team dynamics: how conflict gets handled, how decisions get made, how much people trust each other, and how much discretionary effort people bring to their work.
How the Leadership Workshop Works for Your Team
Group size: Ideal for teams of 15–20 (smaller and larger groups can be accommodated — ask about options)
Length: Flexible from 1 to 4 hours, depending on group size and how deep you want to go
Format: Available in person or virtual
Our Steps to Transformation
Each participant takes their own Energy Leadership Index (ELI) Assessment in advance — a quick, individual online questionnaire.
I then facilitate a live workshop with your team (in person or virtual), walking the group through the 7 Levels of Energy Leadership Framework together.
Participants explore their own results individually, then in pairs or small groups, then bring insights back to the full team — building both personal awareness and shared team language.
For the extended workshops, we close with individual and team action plans — not just insight, but next steps people actually use.
1-Hour Intro Session: Individual ELI assessments, Introduction of Energy Leadership Index framework with light group discussion
2-3 Hour Session: Individual ELI assessments, Full Energy Leadership Index framework walkthrough + individual, pair, and group exploration + team/individual action planning
4 Hour Session: Everything from the first two session options, plus deeper team-dynamics work, case studies, and a facilitated team energy plan
What’s Included:
✔ 1 Energy Leadership Index (ELI) Assessment per participant
✔ Live facilitated workshop (1–4 hours, tailored to your team’s goals)
✔ Workbook or reflection guide for each participant
✔ Individual insights and a team-level energy map/discussion
✔ Individual action plan for each participant
✔ A shared team action plan or set of team agreements
✔ (Optional add-on) A follow-up session for accountability and check-in on action plans
Who is this For?
✔ Leadership teams who want a shared framework for how they show
up under pressure
✔ Intact teams navigating change, conflict, or growth
✔ Organizations investing in leadership development for leaders,
managers or other professionals
✔ Any group of leaders (10–20 people) who want more than a one-off
training — they want a working session that produces real self-
awareness and a real plan
This isn’t a personality test. It’s not about labeling people as introverts or extroverts, or sorting them into four colors. It’s about how each person on your team currently shows up — under normal conditions and under stress — and what that means for how they lead, decide, and communicate.
Workshop Team Outcomes
Every leader in the room walks out with a personal roadmap and your team walks out with a shared way of talking about how you work together. That’s not a one-day feeling — it’s a framework your team can keep using long after the workshop ends
For individual leaders, they’ll walk away with:
A clear, personalized picture of how they currently lead under normal conditions and under stress
A practical way to recognize when they’ve shifted into a reactive, energy-draining state — in the moment, not after the fact
A specific, doable action plan they can start using immediately
Language to describe what’s happening for them internally, instead of defaulting to blame, burnout, or shutting down
For the team as a whole, they’ll walk away with:
A shared vocabulary for talking about stress, conflict, and energy — without it feeling personal or accusatory
Real insight into how energy shows up differently across the team, and why that matters for collaboration
Greater psychological safety: it’s easier to say “I’m in Level 2 right now” than to explain a bad mood
A concrete, team-built action plan or set of working agreements they leave the room with
For the organization, this translates to:
Fewer unresolved conflicts escalating into performance or retention issues
More sustainable performance — leaders operating from intention rather than burnout
A leadership team with a common framework for feedback and self-reflection going forward
A repeatable, measurable starting point — the ELI can be re-taken later to show real movement
The Shift This Workshop Creates in Your Team
Every team carries some version of these pressures — shifting priorities, competing deadlines, unresolved conflict, people quietly burning out while still “getting it done.” This section makes that tension visible, and shows the shift this workshop is built to create in a single day.
From This
Conflict gets avoided, buried, or explodes in the moment
People stay quiet in meetings, so good ideas never surface
High performers over-give until they burn out or quietly check out
The team reacts to shifting deadlines or strategy with frustration and finger-pointing
Leaders default to whatever their stress response happens to be that day
“That’s just how so-and-so is” becomes an accepted excuse
Meetings feel polite on the surface, tense underneath
Change and uncertainty create anxiety and shutdown
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To This
Conflict gets named early and worked through with intention
People have language to name what’s happening and speak up
They recognize the pattern early and protect their capacity before it costs them
The team has a shared way to process change without spiraling into blame
Leaders catch themselves in the moment and choose their response with intention
Real trust: people can say what’s true without it feeling personal
The team has a common language instead of writing people off
Change becomes something the team can meet with curiosity
None of this requires a personality overhaul. It requires awareness — of what’s actually happening beneath the surface — and a real plan to do something about it. That’s what this workshop delivers.
One workshop. A personal roadmap for every leader in the room, and a plan the team actually uses
See exactly how your team responds under pressure — and leave with a real plan to respond better, together.
It’s not generic — every participant gets their own individual assessment data as the foundation for the day, not a canned personality quiz.
It produces a tangible artifact (each person’s ELI results + action plan), not just a feel-good session that fades by Friday.
It works on two levels at once — individual self-awareness and team dynamics — in a single engagement.
It’s backed by real research: the ELI has been taken by tens of thousands of professionals and is recommended by the Forbes Coaches Council as one of the top leadership assessments available.
It’s facilitated, not just presented — real breakout discussion, real reflection, real commitments, not a lecture.
Frequently Asked Questions
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No. Personality assessments (like Myers-Briggs or DiSC) describe who you are. The ELI measures how you currently show up — your default reactions, especially under stress — which means it’s actionable in a way personality types aren’t.
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No. This is designed as a standalone workshop experience. Many teams do this once as a powerful stand-alone session; others use it as the launching point for ongoing coaching or leadership development.
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The individual ELI assessment takes about 20–30 minutes online, done in advance. The live workshop itself ranges from 1–4 hours depending on the depth and group size you choose.
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Yes — this can be delivered in person or virtually, with breakout rooms used for pair and small-group discussion.
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Team-building events are usually about connection for its own sake. This workshop builds connection and leaves every participant — and the team as a whole — with tangible, individual and collective insight plus an action plan they can actually use.
Help your team show up with more clarity, trust, and intention.
Every team has moments where pressure takes over. Conversations get avoided, stress shows up in decision-making, and people fall into patterns that limit collaboration.
The Energy Leadership Workshop gives your team a shared framework to understand how they show up under pressure, recognize their default reactions, and create a more intentional way of working together.
Through the Energy Leadership Index® assessment and a facilitated team experience, each participant gains personal insight while the group builds a common language for communication, trust, and growth.
This isn’t another personality test or one-size-fits-all training. It’s a practical leadership experience designed to help teams understand what’s happening beneath the surface and leave with real strategies they can use long after the workshop ends.
Together, we’ll uncover what’s possible when your team has the awareness, tools, and shared language to lead with intention.