Skillful Energy Management
An understanding of what it takes to skillfully manage, renew, and optimise their energy to sustain balance in life and prevent burnout.
Resilient Leaders
Build energised and thriving leaders
Build energised and thriving leaders
A science-based programme that helps leaders skilfully manage their energy so they can lead well and live happy, healthy, and productive lives at work and at home.
The Resilient Leaders programme is a science-based programme that helps managers reclaim energy, sharpen focus, and lead with renewed purpose. Grounded in 30+ years of research in performance science and behavioural psychology, it gives leaders a clear, practical framework to reflect on how they manage their energy as a resource rather than their time and how this shapes their leadership style and team culture. The programme empowers leaders to achieve sustainable performance, stay connected to what matters, and role-model energy-conscious behaviours that create happy, healthy, and productive teams.
For leaders at all levels of the organisation, whether they’re new to management or leading complex teams across regions, who want to show up with clarity, resilience, and intention, while cultivating happy, healthy, and productive ways of working.
Leaders are under pressure to support others, deliver results, and stay emotionally available, often without the energy to do it all. With 79% of employees reporting burnout at work, a leader’s energy isn’t just personal; it’s contagious. Without sustainable energy management, leaders risk burnout, disengagement, or disconnection, impacting their clarity, presence, and the example they set.
Leaders will walk away with greater insights, practical tools, and a personalised energy strategy to embed into daily leadership habits. They'll feel more grounded, present, and prepared to lead by example in high-pressure environments.
An understanding of what it takes to skillfully manage, renew, and optimise their energy to sustain balance in life and prevent burnout.
A deeper self-awareness around core values and personal purpose that they can use as a compass to guide meaningful life decisions and take purposeful action.
Actionable strategies that will enhance and sustain their physical health and mental wellbeing, including nutrition, sleep, exercise, mindfulness, and focused attention.
A realistic personal action plan that closes the knowing-doing gap and starts building a sustainable lifestyle that supports their energy and purpose one step at a time.
In-person
2 day workshop.
Delivered in most European languages, Arabic and Chinese.
This programme is designed specifically for people leaders who are navigating the complexity of high-performance leadership, without sacrificing their own well-being. Ideal for:
People managers who feel like they’re always “on” and want a more sustainable way to lead.
Senior leaders facing ongoing pressure to deliver results while modelling calm and resilience.
Team leads responsible for supporting others but struggling to recharge themselves.
HR professionals guiding organisational wellbeing but needing their own energy framework.
Emerging leaders wanting to build healthy leadership habits early in their journey.
Vice President, People & Organisation | Majid Al Futtaim, Asset Management business
Programmes:
Resilient Leaders
Adaptive Leadership Journey
"Our leadership wellbeing programme with Zest for Work was a game-changer for us at MAF Properties"
The Resilient Leader programme is designed as 1.5 day live workshop.
Beyond the training attendance, participants embark on an iterative action planning journey over 3 months.
Yes. We customise content, examples, and facilitation to reflect your organisation’s context, culture, strategic objectives, and leadership challenges. This ensures the training not only engages participants but also addresses the challenges that matter most to your organisation. It’s highly adaptable and proven across diverse industries.
It’s both. The Resilient Leader programme builds core leadership capabilities through the lens of wellbeing. It helps people leaders lead better by understanding and managing their energy, enabling them to lead more purposefully.