By Mike Monahan, Vice President of Business Development & Marketing
We’ve been measuring the wrong thing.
Engagement surveys. Pulse checks. eNPS.
They’ve become the standard tools for understanding culture and performance.
But here’s the inconvenient truth:
An engaged employee can still be exhausted.
They can love your company — and still be on the edge of burnout.
They can smile on your Zoom call — and quietly plan their exit.
If you want to build a resilient, high-performing workforce in today’s world, you need to stop measuring engagement like it’s the gold standard.
Start measuring energy.
Engagement Is a Lagging Indicator
Engagement tells you how people feel about their work.
But it doesn’t tell you what they have left to give.
You can be:
- Engaged and depleted
- Motivated and overwhelmed
- Committed and barely holding it together
That’s why companies get blindsided when their best people suddenly burn out, go quiet, or resign.
Because engagement doesn’t always signal capacity. Energy does.
Why Energy Is the Real Competitive Advantage
Energy is what fuels:
- Creativity
- Collaboration
- Leadership presence
- Innovation
- Emotional intelligence
- Resilience through disruption
In a high-change, high-stress business environment, the organizations that win aren’t just engaged.
They’re energized.
They move fast.
They adapt.
They think clearly under pressure.
They show up fully.
That doesn’t happen by accident. It happens when leaders start managing energy — not just sentiment.
The 3 Types of Energy That Drive Performance
A truly high-performing organization pays attention to all three:
1. Physical Energy
Are employees sleeping, moving, and fueling their bodies in ways that support sustainable performance?
2. Emotional Energy
Are people mentally well, emotionally safe, and supported during times of stress, trauma, or personal hardship?
3. Organizational Energy
Are systems, leadership, communication, and culture fueling people — or draining them?
You can give someone a meaningful job and a raise.
But if their team is toxic, their manager is burned out, and they haven’t had a full weekend off in six months…
Engagement won’t save them.
Energy will.
Stop Asking How People Feel. Start Asking What They Need to Sustain Performance.
High-energy workplaces don’t just feel better — they perform better.
They:
- Recover faster from disruption
- Produce better ideas
- Handle stress without spiraling
- Retain top talent
- Build trust in leadership
- Avoid the hidden cost of quiet quitting
The question is — are you set up to measure and manage energy?
At AllOne Health, We Help You Build Energy-Driven Cultures
We’re not here to give you another engagement platform.
We’re here to help you:
- Identify energy drains across teams, departments, and leadership levels
- Integrate mental health, EAP, coaching, and wellness into your operational rhythm
- Build cultures where people don’t just show up — they light up
- Equip leaders to monitor and restore energy, especially during change or crisis
- Use real data to inform action — not just gather feedback
Because in a world full of stress, chaos, and uncertainty, energy is the currency of performance.
Ready to Shift from Measuring Feelings to Fueling Results?
Let’s talk about how your organization can become energy-literate — and start building a culture that powers performance from the inside out.
Book a Strategy Session with AllOne Health
Because engagement is good. But energy is everything.
