The document discusses improving employee energy at work. It identifies four types of energy - physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual. For each type, it provides main strategies for improving energy levels. Physical strategies include better sleep, stress reduction through exercise, and taking regular breaks. Emotional strategies focus on managing negative emotions and fueling positive ones. Mental strategies reduce interruptions and prioritize important tasks. Spiritual strategies identify fulfilling activities and respecting one's values. The document concludes that being aware of energy management helps achieve high performance in a sustainable way.

1. Improving Our
Energy at
Work

2. Improving Our Energy at Work
Introduction
• Companies are demanding a very
high performance from their
employees and workforce.
• Employees have been trying to
comply such demands based on
longer working hours and
different working approaches.
• But unfortunately it is not
working out and many of them
are getting exhausted,
demotivated and sick.

3. Improving Our Energy at Work
Introduction
• If we talk about personal
energy, we need to talk about
the feeling of being ready to
take on anything.
• When we feel energized we
can think better and faster, we
can be more focused and
healthier.
• Only enough energy will
enable us to be the best we can
be.

4. Improving Our Energy at Work
Important
• And they are ways to
overcome being so tired
and demotivated.
• Specialists have
appointed some ways to
renewal our working
energy, keeping up our
high performance and
productivity.

5. Improving Our Energy at Work
04 Energy Types
• They have classified 04
types of energy that we
should be concerned with
when dealing with high
performance:
– Physical Energy,
– Emotional Energy,
– Mental Energy and
– Spiritual Energy.

6. Improving Our Energy at Work
01. Physical Energy – Main Strategies
• There are some strategies to
improve our physical energy:
– Enhance your sleep by setting an earlier
bedtime and reducing alcohol use.
– Reduce stress by engaging in
cardiovascular activity at least three
times a week and strength training at
least once.
– Eat small meals and light snacks every
three hours.
– Take brief but regular breaks, away
from your desk, at 90 to 120 minutes
intervals throughout the day.

7. Improving Our Energy at Work
02. Emotional Energy – Main Strategies
• There are some strategies to
keep up our emotional energy:
– Defuse negative emotions -
irritability, impatience, anxiety,
insecurity.
– Fuel positive emotions in yourself
and others.
– Look at upsetting situations
through new lenses.
– Employ a “wide lens” to ask,
“How can I grow and learn from
this situation?”

8. Improving Our Energy at Work
03. Mental Energy – Main Strategies
• They are:
– Reduce interruptions by
performing high concentration
tasks away from phones and e-
mail.
– Respond to voice mails and e-
mails at designated times
during the day.
– Every night, identify the most
important challenge for the
next day. Then make it your
first priority when you arrive at
work in the morning.

9. Improving Our Energy at Work
04. Spiritual Energy – Main Strategies
• They are:
– Identify your “sweet spot”
activities - those that give you
feelings of effectiveness and
fulfillment.
– Delegate the activities that you
hate doing to someone that loves
it.
– Allocate time and energy to what
you consider most important.
– Respect your core values and
never disrespect them and
yourself.

10. Improving Our Energy at Work
Helping employees to renew their energy levels
• Companies can support their
employees’ energy level
through:
– Renewal rooms - where people can
go to relax and refuel.
– Encouraging managers to gather
employees for daily workouts.
– Suggesting that people should stop
checking e-mails all the time.
– Training employees to be aware
and to respect their own life core
values.

11. Improving Our Energy at Work
Conclusion
• It is important to be aware of
how to get the necessary
energy to achieve a high
performance.
• Once we pay attention to such
energy groups we become
much more prepared to face
strong challenges and
obstacles and much less tired
and demotivated.

12. • The following are referenced in
this presentation:
– Sarah Luczaj
http://counsellingresource.com/feature
s/2007/12/21/self-care/
– Tony Schwartz and Catherine
McCarthy
http://hbr.org/2007/10/manage-your-
energy-not-your-time
– Seth Baker
http://www.spotsify.com/5-strategies-
to-increase-your-energy-level/
Improving Our Energy at Work
Our References

13. Improving Our Energy at Work
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