Everyone is a leader either by choice or default. We lead ourselves and we lead others. Each of us has opportunities to lead and influence others. Today's effective leader inspires, encourages, challenges, and energizes. The question is "How do you lead?"
The majority of the US workforce is not engaged at work, according to 2015 Gallup surveys. What are the distinguishing factors of cultures of engagement? How do effective leaders impact the culture?
In "Leading Energetically," Melanie Polkosky challenges participants to consider how energy and engagement impact their quality of life. She will:
- Identify the seven distinct levels of energy and the impact on engagement and consciousness.
- Determine the difference between "catabolic" and "anabolic" leaders.
- Introduce the "Energetic Self-Perception Chart."
- Consider how energy shifts can create change.
Melanie Polkosky is an energy leadership coach and consultant who holds a Ph.D. in Cognitive and Neural Sciences. A former teacher and speech-language pathologist, her expertise in social cognition, interpersonal communication and user experience design arose from an eclectic career spanning healthcare, education, science and technology. As a R&D engineer-consultant for a major Fortune 100 technology organization for over 13 years, Melanie worked with numerous international clients, achieved a Thought Leader level of consultancy certification, wrote over 60 publications, received 6 U.S. patents and completed two prestigious global leadership and corporate social responsibility programs.
In 2014, Melanie left her corporate role to fully embrace her lifelong passions of writing and helping others, four years after surviving breast cancer. Her first book, Uncovering Truffles: The Scarcity and Value of Women in STEM, was published in summer 2015. Today she runs an independent coaching/consulting practice that focuses on the design of empowering, supportive and inclusive work cultures for high potential women and the organizations that value them. Melanie is a vegan, multi-passionate entrepreneur and working mother who loves black-capped chickadees, immersive conversations, dark chocolate, her children's infectious laughter and wildflower-strewn mountains in summer. She lives with her husband, son and daughter near Memphis, Tennessee.
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