Welcome to the thirty-seventh article in the series “Be the Leader You Aspire to Be” here on The Price of Business Show, where I will focus on the trends which lie ahead of us and how they will affect humans and businesses. The articles are based on my book Energetic Leadership, which talks about 9 trends leaders must navigate to cater for employees increasing demand for more spiritual leadership and sustainable business models aligned with their life purposes. These articles are about business leadership in the new era. I hope you will find inspiration for your own leadership and the leader you aspire to be.
In this article I look at why Energetic Leadership is the top strategic priority for CEOs. They might be blinded by AI, Geopolitical and Supply Chain challenges but then they are too short sighted and with too much focus on time and money.
In today’s volatile business environment, CEOs are navigating complexity on a scale few could have imagined a decade ago. Economic uncertainty, digital acceleration, workforce fatigue, and the relentless pace of change have created a new kind of leadership challenge, one that demands more than strategy, intellect, or experience.
The CEOs shaping the next era of success are recognizing a fundamental truth: energy is as critical a resource as time or money. How leaders manage energy, their own and their organizations determines not only short-term performance but also long-term resilience, innovation, and sustainability.
This understanding has given rise to Energetic Leadership, a transformative framework that unites strategic foresight, personal development, and business transformation into one cohesive model for leading in the modern world.
For decades, organizations have measured productivity in hours, results, and revenue. But these traditional metrics ignore the invisible fuel that drives them all – energy. Without it, even the best strategies stall.
Energetic Leadership reframes leadership effectiveness through the management of human energy mental, emotional, spiritual and physical. When leaders harness and direct this energy consciously, they amplify engagement, creativity, and collaboration across their teams. Conversely, when energy is depleted or mismanaged, performance, innovation, and morale inevitably suffer.
Energy is contagious. The energy of a CEO cascades through every conversation, decision, and strategic move. Leaders who maintain clarity, composure, and focus in high-stress environments transmit stability and confidence to their teams. Those who lead from exhaustion or reactivity spread the opposite.
- Strategic Foresight: Leading the Energy of the Future
Strategic foresight allows CEOs to anticipate change rather than simply react to it. But foresight is not only about market trends, it’s also about anticipating the energetic needs of the business.
High-performance organizations understand that human energy is finite and cyclical. Integrating Energetic Leadership principles into strategic planning ensures that growth ambitions align with the human capacity to deliver them. This balance fuels consistent performance instead of burnout-driven peaks and crashes.
CEO Call to Action #1:
Treat energy as a measurable strategic resource. Incorporate energy engagement metrics alongside traditional performance indicators. Ask not only, “Are we achieving our targets?” but also, “At what energetic cost?”
- Personal Development: Becoming the Chief Energy Officer
Sustainable leadership starts with self-mastery. A CEO who manages their own energy well can lead with greater clarity, presence, and purpose. This includes cultivating routines that replenish physical stamina, mental focus, emotional balance and spiritual awakening.
Energetic Leadership invites executives to reframe self-care as strategic readiness, not indulgence. It’s about ensuring you bring your best, most energized self to the role each day. CEOs who model energetic balance signal to their teams that performance and well-being can and must coexist.
CEO Call to Action #2:
Prioritize personal energy renewal. Schedule energy management into your calendar just as you do investor meetings or strategy reviews. Protect time for recovery, reflection, and recharge.
- Business Transformation: Building an Energy-Driven Culture
Energy isn’t just personal, it’s cultural. The collective energy of an organization defines its culture in motion. CEOs who embed Energetic Leadership principles into leadership development, communication, and team structures create workplaces where engagement, creativity, and loyalty thrive.
Such cultures are self-sustaining. They produce innovation not through pressure but through passion and purpose. They attract and retain top talent, drive collaboration, and maintain momentum even under external stress.
CEO Call to Action #3:
Champion energy literacy across the organization. Train leaders and teams to recognize, manage, and amplify energy collectively making it part of your company’s operating DNA.
Those who learn to generate, sustain, and direct it wisely will not only outlast disruption they will define the future of leadership itself.
Gitte Madelaire is an intuitive and visionary pioneer in leadership development. People, customers, business development, and futurism have always interested and motivated her. With a background in corporate business at companies such as Fona/HMW, Codan Insurance, Volvo Trucks and Ensure, she now inspires to new leadership through her book,” Energetic Leadership”, keynotes, facilitation and mentoring for leaders in her company Bronte ApS. Gitte holds a BSc in Business Administration from Copenhagen Business School and an MBA semester from the University of Victoria. She also has traditional leadership courses and certifications in intuitive and feminine future leadership, inner sustainability, and energy-based leadership. Gitte has lived in London, Sydney, and Kuala Lumpur and currently resides in Denmark.
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