…………Relating to the fixity of sun and earth you run the risk of eventually having to condemn as heretics those who would declare the earth to stand still and the sun to change position -- eventually, I say, at such a time as it might be proved that the earth moves and the sun stands still.
—Galileo Galilei

You know that your organization is not operating at peak potential. Morale is low. Stress levels are high. You continuously receive demands to produce more with less. Professional relationships are strained and there is a lack of cooperation and support between teams. Absenteeism, tardiness and turn-over rates are on the rise as employees take on an indifference to the mission and goals of the organization.

Recognizing that action is necessary to infuse positive energy into your work climate you hire motivational speakers and trainers. The speakers provide a tremendous boost for your teams; employees leave the training infused with positive energy and a go-get-em attitude. For awhile you may experience a positive change in the work environment. But does it last?

Chances are high that the rah-rah spirit was just a moment, unable to sustain any real change in the work energy climate.

What you have experienced is the difference between inspiration and motivation. Inspiration awakens people. Motivation moves people. Few people really understand what motivates people. It is this lack of knowledge of what really motivates each of us that keeps firms from achieving higher levels of success. To affect meaningful, permanent change you must change the way people think— you must change the way you think.

Most speakers and trainers are adept at providing inspiration— but inspiration is short-lived and certainly not the best use of your training dollars.

To create permanent change you must accept that people are the ultimate source of energy and therefore the Power of your business. This Power is responsible for all the thinking, planning, designing and implementation that occur. They deal with each other and interface with customers. They are responsible for the results you achieve— negative or positive.

Your business is a complex energy system, where each employee is the basic unit of energy. In order to produce the positive results that you desire your employees must be operating in positive energy.

It is impossible to improve the organizational energy systems as long as the basic unit of Power, your employees, are generating negative energy.

The way to create this change is by understanding the ultimate motivation of everyone in your organization: to achieve higher and higher experiences of positive energy and less and less negative energy. Personal power is defined as the ability to produce the results you desire in life. Organizations have the unique opportunity to increase the personal power (positive energy) of their employees while increasing organizational results and objectives simultaneously.