The Energy Lab · by The Bridge
Your best people are running on a low battery.
And they think it’s normal.
We keep good people performing at their best, without burning out.
Perform at your best. Without burning out.
The problem
Good people are running hot. Nobody is stopping them.
Leaner teams, more pace, more pressure. Your committed people keep pushing, and they’re the ones carrying it.
They aren’t broken. They’re the ones you’ll lose.
Performance drops, good people burn out or leave, and burnout becomes a health and safety risk you’re accountable for.
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leaders have taken our Leadership Energy Assessment.
Most are running on a low battery, and think it’s normal. How full is yours?
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Why energy is a leadership issue
What makes us different
Most support picks people up when they’re down. We make sure they don’t fall in the first place.
EAPs and wellbeing programmes step in once someone is already struggling. We work with good people while they’re still performing, so they stay standing.
Ambulance at the bottom of the cliff
EAP
Picks people up after they fall. Vital, but it waits for the fall.
Fence at the top
Apps, fruit bowls, free yoga
Hopes people stay away from the edge. Most never use it.
With the people doing the climbing
The Energy Lab
Keeps good people standing under pressure, so they don’t fall in the first place.
Our approach
We build hardiness, not just resilience.
Resilience is about recovering after the damage. Hardiness is about staying upright while the pressure keeps coming. That’s the shift we make.
After the fall
Resilience
The ability to recover once stress hits. You get knocked down by pressure or setbacks, and you bounce back. It restores performance after the damage is done.
Before the fall
Hardiness
The ability to stay upright while pressure keeps coming. You reframe stress before it drains your energy. It keeps performance up before any damage is done.
The six edges
Six edges, not one.
Energy isn’t only mental health. You don’t need to change everything. We sharpen six edges across work and life.
Physical
Sleep, movement and fuel: the battery pack that keeps you going.
Mind
Focus, clear thinking and handling stress under long pressure.
Motivation
What drives you and what drains you: purpose, progress, impact.
Connection
The people who energise you, and the ones who drain you.
Discipline
Routines and accountability, so you do what you already know works.
Environment
Your space and your team. If you’re not shaping it, it’s shaping you.
Teams that look after each other
Leaders set the culture. The team builds the habits.
One person can’t fix a team running hot on their own. We start with leaders, then build shared habits and accountability so the whole team keeps each other standing.
How we support
Three ways to work with us
The 6-month Team Challenge
For a leadership team or department running hot. Measured before and after.
- Start: everyone takes the assessment, then a kick-off workshop
- Monthly: 1:1 energy coaching, six sessions per leader
- Monthly: team check-ins on shared habits and accountability
- Month 6: re-run the assessment and review results with you
1:1 Energy Coaching
A coach and a system for one leader’s six edges. Six sessions with our PreKure-certified health coaches, building routines that stick. On its own, or inside Avecta.
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Talks and workshops
The low-risk first step. Short, practical sessions for one leadership group, including our Death by Overwork webinar.
Book a conversation →Why it works
A system, not a fruit bowl.
The origin
Built like the Navy built it.
On deployment, seven days a week for months, burnout wasn’t an option. So the Navy built a system: routines, rest, standards and a crew that watched each other. Not tougher people. A better system.
A real result
One morning routine, three results.
A top salesperson changed his morning routine. His energy, his weight and his sales performance all turned around.
The coaches
Led by Shelley Smith.
Our lead health coach is PreKure-certified, with a team of certified coaches behind her. Kenny brings 18 years leading in high-stress military environments.
“My sharpest asset was my thinking. My most valuable asset was my energy. Corporate leaders rarely get that support. The Energy Lab exists to change it.”
Kenny Bhosale · Founder
“My role is to help you build routines that actually stick. When your energy is steady, your decisions improve and your leadership becomes sustainable.”
Shelley Smith · Lead Health Coach
Listen
Kenny on why leader energy is non-negotiable
From the Zeducation Podcast.
Shelley Smith
Emma Piggot
Janice Montgomerie
Aleise White
Yumi Perkins
Bex BellPerform at your best. Without burning out.
Is your team running hot?
A straight 30-minute conversation with our founder, Kenny Bhosale. We’ll work out whether The Energy Lab is the right fit for your people.
The Energy Lab is part of The Bridge Leaders. Energy coaching can also sit inside an Avecta coaching partnership.