Meeting Details
Key Takeaways
- Energy as a Performance Driver: Managing energy across four dimensions sustains leadership effectiveness and organizational performance.
- Leadership Sets the Tone: Executives who model energy renewal encourage healthier workplace practices.
- Learning Drives Lasting Change: Practical tools and daily habits embed energy management into organizational culture.
- Measuring Meaningful Impact: Participant feedback and success stories demonstrate program value.
Next Practices Weekly welcomed Amy Cribb, Head of Enterprise Learning and Development, and James Lawrence, Global Director of Talent & Executive Development at BorgWarner, for a discussion on how the global automotive technology company is redefining sustainable performance by treating personal energy as a critical leadership resource. They shared how BorgWarner developed a multi-year energy management initiative that equips leaders with practical strategies to strengthen resilience, improve focus, and sustain performance through organizational change.
Hosted by i4cp's Terri Faison and Tom Stone, the conversation explored BorgWarner's executive energy retreats, science-based learning experiences, and broader employee development programs. The discussion highlighted the importance of executive sponsorship, everyday habits, and organizational permission to prioritize energy renewal.
Key Topics Discussed
- Energy as the New Performance Currency: Amy and James explained why BorgWarner views energy management as a developable skill connected to leadership effectiveness rather than simply an employee wellness benefit.
- The Four Dimensions of Energy: The company's framework addresses physical energy, emotional resilience, mental focus, and purposeful energy, giving leaders a shared vocabulary for recognizing and managing energy demands.
- Experiential Leadership Development: BorgWarner brings science and practice together through immersive energy retreats featuring sleep education, neuroscience, nutrition, movement, reflection, and mindfulness activities.
- Scaling Across a Global Organization: Through its Renewing Your Energy virtual program and regional experiences, BorgWarner extends the framework beyond senior executives while allowing local teams to adapt practices to their needs.
- Sustaining Change and Demonstrating Value: The speakers discussed executive role modeling, peer advocacy, ongoing reinforcement, and participant feedback as ways to maintain momentum beyond individual learning experiences.
For senior HR leaders, this session offers an inside look at how a global enterprise is moving beyond traditional wellness initiatives to build energy management into leadership development and organizational culture. Watch the recording to discover practical approaches for creating healthier leadership habits, reinforcing behavioral change, and supporting sustainable workforce performance.
Resources Shared
- Webinar: 2027 Priorities & Predictions - Join i4cp on December 2 at 1 p.m. ET to explore the top priorities and predictions from CHROs and senior HR executives shaping the future of work. Register for the webinar.
- 2027 Next Practices Now Conference: The Agenda is now Live! Join leading CHROs and HR executives March 23–25 for i4cp’s signature vendor-free, strategic HR conference. Register by December 11 to save $300.
To ensure open discussion, this event was exclusively for HR practitioners. Vendors and consultants were not permitted to attend.