The assessment does this by assessing the type and quality of a person’s energy, two factors that influence how people lead and take productive, sustainable action, as 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.

Prior iPEC research studies of the ELI have shown that higher levels of energy and consciousness are associated with success in life, including success in finances, relationships, career achievement, and more. 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. The findings showed that an increase in ARL is a reliable predictor of improvements in 14 factors associated with life satisfaction. Another study built on this research by demonstrating the significant and positive relationship between a person’s ARL, their perceived effectiveness as a business leader, and their level of satisfaction at work.

Another 2018 study provided evidence of the positive effect of increasing one’s ARL and being promoted, experiencing more financial success, and improving one’s sense of satisfaction. In a related article, former iPEC president and executive coach Luke Iorio described the impact of a leader’s energetic makeup on engagement at work, performance, and profitability. Articles containing the results of these studies are available through an iPEC-trained Core Energy coach.

The current study utilizes global response data collected from coaching clients who completed the ELI at least twice between 2013 and 2021. The breadth of data allowed for a longitudinal investigation of the impact on a client’s ARL when they continue to work with a Core Energy Coach over time. The study also looks at how working with a coach impacts a client’s level of satisfaction—both directly and indirectly—in specific aspects of their work and personal life.

Core Energy draws from six dimensions of human experience: spiritual, mental, emotional, physical, social, and environmental—each of which supports or obstructs the flow of energy coursing through our bodies and minds at any given moment. In Schneider’s model, two key energy aspects influence our ability to progress toward our goals: anabolic and catabolic. Anabolic Energy is positive, constructive, and creative; it works for a person. Conversely, Catabolic Energy is resistant, draining, and destructive; it works against a person. The key to achieving high performance and personal wellbeing is learning to release constrictive, Catabolic Energy while increasing the flow of expansive, healing Anabolic Energy. By generating more 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.

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 report is generated, and the coach debriefs the results with the client. The client is introduced to the core energy framework and learns about their unique energetic makeup and current ARL. They are made aware of steps they can take to maximize their expression of both Anabolic and Catabolic Energy in ways that will ultimately benefit them. The multi-dimensional aspects of core energy are woven into conversations 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.

Factor Analysis studies conducted in 2017 and early 2022 used partial response data to verify that the Energy Leadership™ Index assessment (ELI) is a valid and reliable measure of core energy. In July 2022, a third Factor Analysis was conducted using the entire nine-year response database [2013-2021]. That study confirmed that each assessment item was positively correlated with the 7 energy levels it was intended to measure.

A measure of internal consistency was conducted using split-half comparisons. The resulting Cronbach alpha coefficient for each energy level exceeded the acceptable benchmark of 0.70, with values between 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 0.36 to 0.72). The items used to measure each level were successfully loaded onto one construct using a Varimax rotation.

The internal consistency test for the 14 Life Satisfaction Factors produced a Cronbach’s alpha coefficient of 0.87. These items were also loaded onto one construct. An earlier test-retest of 258 respondents found that the Pearson Product Moment Correlation coefficient for the dataset was also 0.87, indicating a high consistency in response patterns across repeated assessments. These findings confirm that studies comparing ELI results between various demographic groups of respondents continue to produce reliable results.