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Increasing Leadership
Potential & Life Satisfaction
with Core Energy Coaching™
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Lynn Waldorf, Ph.D., CPC & Kim Atwill, Ph.D.
CORE ENERGY COACHING™ STUDY 2022
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Introduction
support constructive change in the perspectives, emotional reactions, and behaviors of leaders, workers,
and whole organizations. It is based on the two-fold understanding that humans are, at the core, energetic
beings and that the quality and amount of core energy a person experiences daily will determine their
how Core Energy Coaching™ impacts a person’s leadership potential and life satisfaction by helping them
from the Energy Leadership™ Index assessment (ELI), developed by Bruce D Schneider, founder of iPEC,
Since its introduction in 2010, the ELI has become a well-regarded assessment for leaders. Over 85,000
people in 132 countries have completed the online self-rating survey while working with a Core Energy
consciousness is associated with increased potential in all areas of life. Increasing consciousness allows
you greater capacity for achieving personal and professional goals, whether you are a leader at home,
well as their level of engagement at work and their awareness about who they are and what they believe
life is all about. In 2018, Forbes Magazine’s Coaches Council included it in a list of assessments highly
recommended for executives as a measure of self-awareness.1
Prior iPEC research studies of the ELI have shown that higher levels of energy and consciousness are
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A 2018 study based on 29,717 coaching clients who took the ELI between 2013-2017 explored the relationship
between a person’s average resonating level of core energy, or ARL, and achievement of personal success
and life satisfaction.4
in 14 factors associated with life satisfaction. Another study built on this research by demonstrating the
leader, and their level of satisfaction at work.5
Increasing Leadership Potential & Life
Satisfaction with Core Energy Coaching™
Lynn Waldorf, Ph.D., CPC & Kim Atwill, Ph.D.
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4 iPEC. (2018a). Your Core Energy Determines Your Life Potential. L.
Waldorf. 5
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Another 2018 study provided evidence of the positive effect of increasing one’s ARL and being promoted,
In a related article, former
iPEC president and executive coach Luke Iorio described the impact of a leader’s energetic makeup on
available through an iPEC-trained Core Energy coach.
looks at how working with a coach impacts a client’s level of satisfaction—both directly and indirectly—in
Core Energy
creative; it works for a person. Conversely, Catabolic Energy is resistant, draining, and destructive; it works
against a person.
Anabolic Energy, a person can experience more forgiveness, compassion, peace, joy, and passion. As your
consciousness increases, you become aware of more opportunities and can access greater acceptance,
collaboration, synergy, creativity, and deep wisdom.
Energy Leadership: The 7 Level Framework for
Mastery In Life and Business,7 provides a tiered framework for understanding how core energy is integrated
while Levels 3-7 represent increasingly anabolic states.
between some—or even all—of these 7 Levels. As they become more conscious of the energetic options
available for their thoughts, emotions, and actions, they learn to choose how they express their energy in
response to daily stressors. When they increase and maintain higher levels of Anabolic Energy, they wield
iPEC (2018c). Raising Your Core Energy Can Lead to Financial Gain. L. Waldorf. 7
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Core Energy Coaching™
Previous ELI studies have suggested that most people do not reach their potential because they do
not have enough of the right kind of energy to use when they need it. Core Energy Coaches help leaders
become more aware of how their energy works for or against them in their daily lives, and how to use their
energy to attain the results they want. After a client completes an ELI assessment online, an individualized
of steps they can take to maximize their expression of both Anabolic and Catabolic Energy in ways that
and solution-seeking activities as a client continues to work with a coach. By applying the principles and
concepts learned through coaching, conscious leaders increase their ability to shift their core energy and
the energy of those around them.
Measuring Core Energy: The Energy Leadership™ Index Assessment
Schneider developed the web-based ELI assessment to measure the amount of Anabolic and Catabolic
Energy in a person’s core energy makeup under both ideal and stressful circumstances. In addition, it
measures a person’s leadership potential, or ability to enact one’s vision of success and life satisfaction,
by calculating their average resonating level of core energy, or ARL.8
• 70 self-rating items about beliefs, self-perceptions, emotional reaction tendencies, and
behavior patterns. Each item resonates energetically with one of the 7 Levels in the core energy
framework. Response choices consist of a Likert-like scale, ranging from 1 (completely untrue) to 5
(completely true). Weighted calculations are used to produce each client’s ARL.
• 14 self-rating items that measure life satisfaction, known as the Life Satisfaction Factors.
Factor Analysis studies conducted in 2017 and early 2022 used partial response data to verify that the
to measure.9
0.72 and 0.78. In addition, a principal component analysis showed the factor loadings for items associated
with each level exceeded the 0.30 benchmark of acceptability, with 97.1% above 0.40 (all were between
Varimax rotation.
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9 iPEC (2022). Reliability and Validity of the ELI, Version 2.2. L. Waldorf.
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consistency in response patterns across repeated assessments.10
comparing ELI results between various demographic groups of respondents continue to produce reliable
results.
The Core Energy Study
Study Design
Your Core Energy Determines Your Life Potential.11 It uses the same quantitative design as
all the ELI responses collected between 2018 and 2021 to create a nine-year database.
assessment at the beginning of a coaching program and then repeated it as a post-assessment between
included in this study would have taken the ELI as part of an individual coaching program and worked with
a Core Energy coach at least once a month between the pre and post-assessments.
core energy framework as part of their personal development and increased their ARL over time, using the
ELI assessment to measure their growth in consciousness.
Research Questions
RQ1. How does Core Energy Coaching™ affect a person’s core energy over time?
(3) to explore, from a longitudinal perspective, what happens to a client’s energy makeup as they continue
RQ2. How does Core Energy Coaching™ affect a person’s anabolic/catabolic ratio?
Energy Coaching™ and changes in a person’s energetic makeup as they respond to ideal and stressful
10 iPEC (2017). Reliability and Validity of the ELI, Version 2.0. L. Waldorf. 11 iPEC (2018a). L. Waldorf.
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circumstances, and (2) to determine what percentage of clients who presented with a predominantly
Catabolic Energy makeup on their baseline ELI shift to a predominantly Anabolic Energy makeup on their
Anabolic and Catabolic Levels of Energy.
RQ3. In what ways does Core Energy Coaching™ affect a person’s life satisfaction?
and the resulting change in a client’s ARL affect their level of life satisfaction; and (2) to explore how
coaching impacts an individual, both personally and professionally; and (3) to measure the difference in
levels of life satisfaction between clients with predominantly Catabolic Energy makeups and those with
reported level of life satisfaction.
Study Participants.
Several demographic questions are included in the ELI assessment to collect research data about the
2,545 respondents’ gender, ethnicity, age, marital status, location, education, income level, employment
majority (87.5 %) living in the United States.
Eighty percent of the respondents held college or postgraduate degrees. While income levels ranged from
leadership status as Manager or C-Suite Executive.
Data collection and analysis
privacy. All computations were based on group comparisons rather than individual responses.
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Research Findings
Part I. How does coaching affect a person’s core energy over time?
whisker lines represent the range of the top 25 percent of the ARLs and the lowest 25 percent of ARLs,
include extreme outliers to avoid skewing the data.
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Figure 1. Pre/Post Comparison of Median Resonating Level of Energy (ARL), N = 2,545
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response to various stimuli.
A Mean Comparison analysis was then conducted to determine the amount of time required for a client
to experience an anabolic shift in core energy, assuming they attend regular coaching sessions and are
5.00
4.50
4.00
3.50
3.00
2.50
2.00
ARL
Baseline ELI Post ELI
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half (44.5%) of the clients were in this latter group, with a mean change in ARL from 3.22 on the baseline ELI
After working with a Core Energy Coach, 89.4 percent of the clients had an anabolic ARL (> 3.00) on their
post-ELI. Even with a seemingly minor change in their Average Resonating Level, Cohen’s effect size of 0.73
was medium strong. Most respondents who made this shift in ARL would have experienced an expansion
of positive, constructive energy that would have been apparent to others.
period. In addition, the clients had each worked with one of eight core energy-trained coaches who
used the assessment as a measure of progress in learning how to consciously recognize and shift their
energetic expression.
Figure 2. A Comparison of Median ARL Values Over Time, n=70
from the baseline ELI (3.13) to the 4thth ELI (3.59) means that as clients continued working on mastering core
energy concepts and learned to direct their energy, their Average Resonating Level and consciousness
also increased.
tool for accelerating the expansion of Anabolic Energy in clients committed to transformation through
5.00
4.50
4.00
3.50
3.00
2.50
2.00
ARL
Baseline ELI 2nd ELI 3rd ELI 4th ELI
Assessment Sequence
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change in ARL can be rejected for this research question.
Table 1. Mean ARLs from Repeated Use of ELI Assessments
Part II. How does coaching affect a person’s anabolic/catabolic ratio over time?
For Research Question 2, a Paired Samples t-test analysis was used to measure the shift in Anabolic
collected between 2018 and 2021 was used as a comparison against previously reported results from 2013-
completing a baseline ELI.
Inversely, their Anabolic Energy had increased from 78.3 to 82.4 percent. In addition, under stressful
to the 2018 study results.13
response to stressors rather than unconsciously react to them.
baseline ELI and 3.00 or above on their post-assessment.
shift in their self-awareness, perception of life circumstances, and achievement potential. Another 57
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ELI Intervals Total time No. of Clients ELI 1 ELI 2 ELI 3 ELI 4
18 mos. 42 3.15 3.47
Every 8 mos. 24 mos. 11 3.10 3.43
Every 12 mos. 17 3.19 3.22 3.28 3.33
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months of coaching may be stuck in fear or unable to commit to their transformation.
no change in Anabolic or Catabolic Energy Levels can also be rejected for this question.
Part III. In what ways does Core Energy Coaching™ affect a person’s life satisfaction?
results revealed that coaching had a positive and notable effect on overall life satisfaction for nearly two-
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Mean Comparison analyses were also conducted to investigate how Core Energy Coaching™ helps
the results of the baseline and post-ELI rating comparison for each type of outcome and each satisfaction
factor.
Direct Impact
clients experienced increased personal freedom, a higher Level of Energy, an increased sense of spiritual
connection, and more satisfaction with their work relationships due to Core Energy Coaching™.
Figure 3. Pre/Post-ELI Comparison of Direct Impact, N = 2,545
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Life Satisfaction
Factors
Baseline
Mean Rating
Post-ELI
Mean Rating
Energy Level 3.97 4.33
Spiritual Connection 4.28 4.55
Feeling of Personal Freedom 4.35
Work Relationships 4.50 4.73
Mean Ratings 4.53 4.59
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Work Impact
Coaching™, most clients reported increased satisfaction in the factors most likely to impact their success
at work.
Figure 4. Pre/Post-ELI Comparison of Work Impact, N = 2,545
Indirect Impact
Four life satisfaction factors associated with more indirect effects for conscious leaders are Financial
wellness, and close personal relationships also improved.
Figure 5. Pre/Post-ELI Comparison of Indirect Impact, N = 2,545
Life Satisfaction
Factors
Baseline
Mean Rating
Post-ELI
Mean Rating
Leadership Ability 4.27
Level of Engagement at Work 4.41
Communication Skills 4.48 4.75
Productivity 4.29 4.59
3.95 4.30
3.89 4.32
Mean Rating 4.21 4.53
Life Satisfaction
Factors
Baseline
Mean Rating
Post-ELI
Mean Rating
Financial Success 4.03 4.35
3.89 4.19
Family Relationships
Intimate Relationships 4.24 4.49
Mean Ratings 4.20 4.47
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Inuence of Core Energy on Life Satisfaction
increased their anabolic energy level through coaching, their reported level of life satisfaction also
increased.
Stepwise regression was then conducted to determine how much of the change in life satisfaction could
baseline ARL, post-ELI ARL, change in mean ARL, months between the baseline and post-ELI, age, gender,
and income range.
Anabolic Energy: The Key to Life Satisfaction
Lastly, a Means Comparison analysis was conducted to measure the difference between how clients
the contrast in life satisfaction ratings between the two groups of clients.
• On the 4 factors that are directly affected by a Core Energy Coaching™ relationship—including
Energy Level, Spiritual Connection, Feeling of Personal Freedom, and Work Relationships—the mean
• work impact—including Leadership Ability, Level of Engagement at
• indirect impacts of coaching, the mean difference in self-ratings on
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Figure 4. Post-ELI Comparison of Life Satisfaction Factor Ratings:
Catabolic ARLs vs. Anabolic ARLs (6-pt. scale), N = 2,545
predicting no relationship between a person’s energetic makeup and their level of life satisfaction can also
be rejected.
Conclusion
in increasing one’s consciousness, leadership potential, and overall life satisfaction. In addition, these
with a Core Energy Coach and using the ELI as a periodic measure of progress is an effective way to
respond to life’s opportunities and challenges. While a quantitative study cannot fully explain how the ELI
functions as a tool for growth, the results indicate that becoming conscious of one’s habitual patterns of
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Direct Impact
Energy Level
Spiritual Connection
Feeling of Personal Freedom
Work Relationships
Work Impact
Leadership Ability
Level of Engagement at Work
Communication Skills
Productivity
Indirect Impact
Financial Success
Family Relationships
Intimate Relationships
Anabolic ARL Catabolic ARL
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of life.
commitment to growth or to adopting Core Energy practices as part of their leadership strategy. While
attributable to coaching, a qualitative study is needed to describe the mechanisms in the Core Energy
Coaching™ relationship that foster growth in consciousness. In addition, coaches have yet to widely adopt
the use of the ELI as a measure of change in a person’s energetic makeup. As more adopt the practice,
study the longitudinal impact of Core Energy Coaching™.
Energy Coaching™, the positive changes to a person’s energetic makeup, and the resulting improvement