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Disruption. Revolution. Globalization. Volatility. Transformation.

In today's radically shifting business environment, employee needs are evolving at an unprecedented pace.

Emerging Employee Expectations
  • Demand greater flexibility and more balance
  • Work-from-home revolution
  • Desire for meaning in work
  • Craving leadership that creates a psychologically and emotionally safe environment
  • Seeking opportunities for personal and professional growth
  • Erosion of company loyalty

The result? Historically low employee engagement across industries.

Global Employee Engagement

Only 21% of employees are engaged at work.

While 19% of employees are miserable.

The remaining 60% are simply emotionally detached.

In today's radically shifting business environment, employee needs are evolving at an unprecedented pace.

Emerging Employee Expectations
  • Demand greater flexibility and more balance
  • Work-from-home revolution
  • Desire for meaning in work
  • Craving leadership that creates a psychologically and emotionally safe environment
  • Seeking opportunities for personal and professional growth
  • Erosion of company loyalty

The result? Historically low employee engagement across industries.

Global Employee Engagement

Only 21% of employees are engaged at work.

While 19% of employees are miserable.

The remaining 60% are simply emotionally detached.

The cost of employee disengagement is real.

Decreased productivity. Increased absenteeism. Lower rates of innovation. Difficulty finding and keeping talent. Higher attrition. Lower customer satisfaction.

All of these directly impact the bottom line.

Businesses With Low Employee Engagement:
  • 20%

Less Revenue

  • 17%

Lower Productivity

  • 21%

Lower Profitability

  • 41%

Higher Absenteeeism

Businesses With Low Employee Engagement Have:
  • 20%

Less Sales Revenue

  • 21%

Lower Profitability

  • 17%

Lower Productivity

  • 41%

Higher Absenteeism

As are the benefits of getting it right.

When employees are engaged, they bring their best selves to work. They work harder, better, and happier.

Which makes employee engagement a powerful value-creation lever that directly affects business outcomes.

Businesses With High Employee Engagement:
  • 48%

Higher Avg 5-Yr Stock Price Increase

  • 10%

Higher Customer Satisfaction

  • 43%

Lower Attrition

  • 70%

Fewer Safety Incidents

Businesses With High Employee Engagement Have:
  • 43%

Lower Attrition

  • 10%

Higher Customer Satisfaction

  • 70%

Fewer Safety Incidents

  • 48%

Higher Average 5-Yr Stock Price Increase

Companies that invest in employee engagement will thrive.
While those who don’t risk obsolescence.

Since 2000 48% of fortune 500 companies have disappeared.

Conscious Leadership unlocks the benefits of employee engagement by focusing leaders on their people.

Our research on what is needed for 21st century leaders has identified the five core elements of a conscious leader.

Why Conscious Leadership?

Today’s complex business environment demands radically different leadership.

61% of managers and directors surveyed said that Leaders were the most likely to influence the behavior of others in an organization.

In fact, leadership’s effect on the workplace is so significant that 70% of the variance in team engagement is determined solely by who is managing that team.

Conscious leadership involves intentionally guiding others with full awareness of the self and cultivating growth in organizations by supporting the people in them.

Explore the i5 Model

When leaders EVOLVE consciously, they ENGAGE their employees, and create organizations that EXCEL.

We get it. Being a leader isn’t easy.

Our 50+ years of combined experience brings you best practices to evolve leaders, engage teams, and propel organizational success.

Just a few of the thousands of leaders i5 Conscious Leadership founders have worked with to transform performance through transforming leadership are listed below. They include the companies of all sizes from the world’s biggest companies to start-ups, as well as non-profits and government agencies.

The i5 Conscious Leadership model catalyzes leaders and organizations to reach their highest potential.

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What Leaders Say About Us

Marissa has been a huge catalyst not just for my own growth as a leader but for the success of my practice as well. Since we have started working together, we have seen exponential growth on all fronts of our business. Working with Marissa has provided me with the ability to achieve next level thinking with the obstacles that have come my way. I truly feel like I am able to achieve my full potential as a leader due to the training and exercises Marissa has recommended to me.

CEO, Multi-Office Medical Practice

I was in a new leadership position, and while I was very confident in my functional expertise, I was less so with my impact as a leader. My time with Melissa gave me a place and process to give needed attention to my leadership.  The most valuable aspect of coaching was how Melissa was able to work with me in the context of my own unique personal and professional environment. We were not dealing with theories and ideas, but with very specific tools. All of her guidance was practical and applicable and was anchored on real things happening in my world. 

Pharmaceutical Company Executive

In the handful of months that I have partnered with Marissa, she has had a profound impact on my life, both personally and professionally. The nature of her coaching is all-encompassing and challenges you to peel back the layers until you uncover the core of who you are. My desire is for everyone to have a coaching experience comparable to the one she has provided me with.

Executive, Civilian Government Agency 

My eyes have really been opened to the impact I have with changes to my leadership approach. I'm grateful to Melissa for facilitating this discovery and have been amazed how consciously approaching leadership has impacted productivity in my team. And we are seeing new business because of it.

Direct Sales Branch Manager