What if you could improve the physical energy you wake up to each day? In the first article in Genesis Leadership Consultant Francesca Mereu’s Personal Energy Management series, we discussed how there are five “batteries” that drive and sustain your energy in different and meaningful ways via the Personal Energy Management framework. These are: Each of the five batteries […]
Your 5 Batteries: A Guide to Personal Energy Management
The future-of-work leadership model places increasing and new demands on leaders, and never before has managing energy been so crucial to a leader’s success as it is right now. An analogy that springs to mind is when a plane hits heavy turbulence and a parent has to don an oxygen mask before helping a child […]
Coaching Your People Through a Crisis
It’s all-too-easy to shift into “action mode” during a crisis and forget that your people are experiencing great uncertainty about their futures. So, even as you experience the powerful impulse to act, temper that with a focus on coaching your people through a potentially crippling period of uncertainty. While the situation may be very difficult, […]
How to Empower Teams in Difficult Times with Coach-like Conversations
In his recent podcast with How to be Awesome at Your Job‘s Pete Mockaitis, Michael Watkins shares the new conversations leaders need to have in order to empower and support their teams during difficult times. You’ll Learn: Michael Watkins Interview Transcript Pete MockaitisMichael, welcome back to the How to be Awesome at Your Job podcast. Michael WatkinsIt’s great to be […]
Same Storm, Different Boats: Use a “COVID-19 Stress Index” to Assess Your People’s Energy Reserves
How should the COVID-19 Crisis change the way leaders engage with their teams? This question came into focus for me while I sat in on a “check-in” call with a senior health-care company executive and her reports about COVID-19 impacts on their business. The team openly and authentically shared the emotional challenges that they – […]
If a Leader Fails, It’s Because He/She Lacks Emotional Intelligence
On a recent trip to Barcelona coinciding with the release of The First 90 Days in Spanish, Michael Watkins and Richard Wetzler, Co-founder and CEO of Genesis, respectively, met with leading business men and women in the region. The 2-day tour included a Master Class given by Watkins to 100 business leaders, a book signing reception, interviews with two of Spain’s […]



