Shifting the Energy: How Love Leads Remarkable Teams is a playbook for those brave enough to break the cycle of toxic cultures in the new era of work. Drawing from her research with more than 200,000 employees, Jessica Walter explains the recent turning point in the evolution of modern leadership and reveals society’s five new requirements for work life.

Featuring stories from people working in CPG, retail, sales, manufacturing, government, healthcare, financial services, technology, pharmaceuticals, and education, Walter brings you inside the moments senior leaders wrestled with difficult decisions and the experiences employees will never forget.

She also reveals her unexpected discovery while exploring the central theme behind boosting employee engagement, recruitment, and retention: Love. Not the Cupid’s arrow kind of love, but the kind that leaves you feeling connected, protected, and supported by the people you work with.

Walter translates her discovery into a practical guide, introducing a new leadership system anchored in three essential leadership behaviors that fuel today’s high-impact employees. The resulting culture and employer brand from her new leadership system create the conditions that curb burnout and conflict while expanding energy and contribution–allowing both leaders and employees to live with more purpose and joy. And, after all, isn’t that why we’re all here?

Tools provided in Shifting the Energy: How Love Leads Remarkable Teams include:

• Detailed descriptions of the 3 essential leadership behaviors that create energizing work environments for employees in the post-pandemic era
• A checklist to reveal how you're already creating an energizing environment for your team
• 5 playbooks for applying the three essential leadership behaviors to important touchpoints in the employee experience: 1-on-1s, team meetings, repairing after conflict, giving corrective feedback, and advocating for your team
• Techniques to protect your energy levels so you can feel more balanced, inspired, and energized