Energy Leadership Index
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Life is a series of decisions that move you from one place to another. Making decisions isn’t only about the facts. It’s also about how you view the facts.
How you see the world influences the decisions you make and the results you get.
If the world is a scary place to you, it feels risky to do something new. Then again, if you see the world as place of opportunity, you are more likely to be comfortable with risk.
Twenty years ago, Bruce Schneider, iPEC founder, created the Core Model and the Energy Leadership Index assessment (ELI). The assessment takes your beliefs about the world and spits out a number. This number represents how you show up energetically.
Imagine if you felt annoyed most of the time or felt like the world was out to get you. That’s an example of catabolic energy in level 1. The higher you go, the less catabolic energy you have, the better results you get.
There are seven energy “levels” in the CORE model. Here is what they look like.
7 Levels of Energy
Victim
Feeling lost. Stuck. Lack of choice.
“I lose.”
Antagonist
Anger. Combativeness. Resisting.
“I win. You lose.”
Rationalizer
Justifying. Fine. Coping.
“I win and if you win, that’s ok, too.”
Helper
Care. Compassion. Service to others.
“You win.”
Collaborator
Win-win. Solution-focussed.
“We both win or we don’t play.”
Creator
Intuition. Creative Genius. Visionary.
“We always win.”
Passion
Non-judgement. Oneness.
“There are no winners and losers.”
Take a moment to feel the energetic difference between the levels. Levels 1 and 2 are low energy or catabolic. Levels 3 through 7 are positive energy or anabolic.
It’s hard to make life decisions at level 1. You’re down, everything feels hard. If you are able to shift your perspective your decisions will be very different.
Sometimes, people aren’t aware of how their feelings affect their results.
What’s worse is that some people think they have a handle on their lives. Yet, they end up repeating the same actions and getting the same results.
The ELI assessment shows you a quantitative picture of your energy distribution. Your Energetic Profile represents a good day. The Energy Stress Reaction shows how your energy changes when you are stressed.
Recognizing your reaction to stress is the first step to reducing it.
What does this have to do with creating a career/life plan? Before you build a house, you need a survey of the property. You need to know what you are building on. Is it solid ground or sand?
There are other personality tests out there, like Myers-Briggs, DiSC, and Enneagram, but the ELI is different. It’s transformational.
The ELI is an attitudinal assessment tool. It captures how you are currently approaching your work and life. This means that you learn to make change happen in real-time when you encounter a moment of self-doubt, fear, or frustration.
Using insights from your Energy Leadership Index debrief, you have the opportunity to reshape your attitudes and transform your life into the one you envision.
Your beliefs become your thoughts,
Your thoughts become your words,
Your words become your actions,
Your actions become your habits,
Your habits become your values,
Your values become your destiny.
― Mahatma Gandhi
Schedule a complementary session with me. Take the assessment and schedule your debrief today.
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