Leaders, think of your people as balls of energy

The first law of thermodynamics, also known as Law of Conservation of Energy, states that energy can neither be created nor destroyed; energy can only be transferred or changed from one form to another

Imagine all the people you lead as powerful balls of energy and light.

Put them in a room and what would happen?

Picture them bouncing and pinging around the room randomly like some kind of manic video game. Off the walls, ceiling, floor, colliding with each other.

What if, however, you could direct all that energy to one place?

All of that energy needs somewhere to go, and as the first law of thermodynamics states, energy cannot be created or destroyed, it can only be transformed or changed.

I’d also add that energy can be released, so imagine the untapped energy in people working with you just waiting to engage with the right ideas and align around them.

In the Cascading Leadership model, I outline a model for transformative change in organisations about iteratively Engaging, Aligning and Enrolling entire organisations around visions for…