Exploring Dominant Energy Patterns with Your Team
A Team Discussion Guide
FYI - The song I played at the beginning of the session was “Get Moving” by The Humble Bumblebee (Marcus Payne). You can find it wherever you listen to music.
Welcome!
Below is everything you need to facilitate a deeper conversation around your team’s dominant energy patterns to build stronger connection through understanding:
What energy is driving each team member most
How different energy patterns interact with one another
And how to better adapt and connect across different styles and needs
My hope is that these conversations help turn the awareness gained in the workshop into an ongoing team culture practice that lasts and continues shaping how your team members show up, collaborate and support one another day to day.
Start by reading through the energy pattern reminders, then grab the facilitation guide below.
This guide can be used:
During a team meeting or offsite
In small group or partner discussions
During moments of change, stress or tension
Things to Remember About The Energy Patterns
Everyone carries all four energy patterns within them, with one or two typically leading.
This isn’t about “I am a Driver” or “I am a Connector.” Think of it more as: This energy is currently one of the strongest forces influencing how I think, feel, communicate, and take action.
Which pattern leads can shift over time depending on stress, growth, environment, role changes, life experiences, and awareness.
No pattern is better than another. Every pattern brings strengths, blind spots, and important value to a team.
The goal isn’t to get rid of patterns, it’s to navigate them with greater awareness.
Start here
Energy Pattern E-books
Questions? Reach out. Chelsea@PersonalEnergyFirst.com
The More Technology Advances, the More Human We Need to Become
Technology keeps accelerating and the pace of work is speeding up along with it. But most people were never taught how to keep up with it from the inside.
Many professionals spend their days living almost entirely in their heads, constantly processing, jumping between tasks, adapting quickly, and staying mentally "on" in ways we were never really built for. And over time, without the awareness or tools to work with that, the pressure starts to take over.
The result? More reactivity. More disconnection. Leaders and teams who are technically present but not really there and a quiet erosion of the trust, creativity, and connection that make teams actually work.
What often gets missed is how contagious our internal state is. Teams don't just hear their leaders, they feel them. They pick up on stress, calm, reactivity, and disconnection often before a word is even spoken. The energy someone brings into a room shapes everything.
Personal energy awareness changes that. It's the ability to notice, understand, and work with your own internal state so you can lead with more presence, communicate with more clarity, and bring out the best in the people around you. It's the skill that makes every other skill work better. And it can be developed.
That's exactly what Personal Energy First is dedicated to.
Ways to Go Deeper with This Work
On your own
Use the facilitation guide on this page — Run your own team conversation using the resources and steps outlined within the guide.
Join the monthly newsletter — Each month I go deeper on one aspect of personal energy: what it looks like at work, why it matters, and a simple practice you can bring into your day or share with your team.
With support
Keynotes & Workshops — Experiential sessions that bring personal energy awareness to life across your organization, with tools people can take into their work from day one.
1:1 & Team Coaching — Individual and group work for leaders and teams ready to go deeper, understanding their patterns, building self-regulation, and learning to lead from a steadier, more present place.
Consulting — Organizational partnership for embedding human development into your leadership culture, wellbeing strategy, and how your people are supported through change.
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Chelsea Szabo