Powerful Practices to Cultivate Flow and Focus in a Busy-Distracted World
Managing Energy and Mitigating Burnout
About
Energy, in a human context, is our capacity to do work, play, be creative and connect with others. But when we don’t deliberately manage our energy, we limit our ability to perform at our best and even risk burnout.
In today’s fast-paced world, burnout impacts everyone – individuals, teams, organizations and even society. Burnout is a complex challenge, but the solution isn’t as easy as working less or implementing ‘tips and tricks.’
However, a simple shift in how we approach our work and life can make all the difference – moving from a narrow view of ‘time management’ and expanding to include and focus on ‘energy management.’
We’ll always need to manage our time, but by prioritizing our energy, we can not only mitigate burnout, we can also create the conditions to thrive at work and beyond.
This topic can be a seed of inspiration, a powerful training, or an agent of change within your team or organization. It can be used to:
- seed conversation and reflection via ‘lunch and learns’ or conference breakout sessions,
- train your people in practical skills to be able to manage energy via live workshop series or an online course,
- facilitate broader system and organization change through consultations, coaching, strategy sessions and custom training.
If you’re curious about how Managing Energy and Mitigating Burnout can positively impact your team or organization, let’s talk.
If you’d like to learn more, read on.
Host a training at your organization
Develop new capabilities in your people so they can prevent burnout and experience more flow and focus at work.
- Practical & highly engaging trainings in-person and online
- Participants consistently experience immediate results
- Decade long track record with thousands of participants
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Here are some ways.
Let’s work together
SEED
Single Session or Workshop
If you’re curious about starting a conversation around how to prevent burnout and what it looks like to shift from ‘time management’ to ‘energy management.’ This could be a ‘lunch and learn,’ a professional development session, facilitated team retreat or conference breakout.
What you can expect:
- Interactive and engaging one to six hour workshop in person or online
- Opportunities for participants to reflect, share, discuss and engage in activities
- Participants will walk away feeling inspired and equipped with practical tools they can apply right away
GROW
Multipart Trainings and Coaching
If you want to invest in the growth of your people and develop their ability to manage energy and mitigate burnout, they will likely need ongoing training and support over at least two or more sessions. In addition to leading group trainings, I offer one-on-one coaching to team leaders.
What you can expect:
- Seed style workshops (see above)
- Intentional practices and engagement between workshops
- Facilitate a supportive learning community within your team(s)
- Shifts in both habits and mindset amongst participants
TRANSFORM
Organizational Consulting and Coaching
Workshops and training are great for facilitating change at the individual and team level, but if you want to see change across your organization, it will require a broader strategy and willingness for new action from leadership. I partner with world-class organizational change experts to help facilitate in-depth assessments, consulting and coaching with your leadership team and/or specific business units.
Many clients start with a workshop or training or facilitated retreat to help bring relevant challenges to the surface and then you can decide whether you want to engage in the deeper work.
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The Trainer
Hi I’m Cole Nakatani
I’m passionate about empowering people and organizations to prevent and reduce burnout, making it easier to experience genuine flow and focus at work.
My own journey began when I experienced major burnout early in my career while building my first business. I learned that burnout isn’t simply about being overworked—it has many facets. I was exhausted, but more importantly, I was deeply undernourished. I’d given up the things that truly filled my cup and instead relied on hollow sources of energy and motivation: caffeine, stress, anxiety, guilt, and superficial ambition.
Today, while I can still find myself at times teetering on the edge of burnout, I’m far more resilient. I can recognize the warning signs and respond with intention. I’m also not aiming to eliminate burnout entirely—big goals and ambitions will always carry some risk—but I believe we can all develop skills and systems to prevent unnecessary burnout and create conditions at work that allow us to thrive.
With over a decade of experience, I’ve designed and facilitated transformative learning experiences for thousands of professionals around the world. My expertise lies in creating dynamic, engaging learning environments that deliver practical insights and foster meaningful behavioural change—always with an emphasis on making the process inspiring, energizing, and even fun.
It starts with recognizing how we each contribute to burnout and how we all benefit when we collaborate to prevent it. Often, the best solutions are hiding in plain sight. I love helping people uncover these hidden drains on our energy and tap into new wellsprings of potential. Let me show you how.
Frequently Asked Questions
This program can be offered in a self-directed format, but it’s the most effective when delivered live in-person or online. Please get in contact if you want to learn more about the self-directed format.
I have worked with groups ranging from intimate gatherings of just a few individuals to participants numbering over a thousand. I will work with you to customize the experience so it best suits your needs.
While most people hire me for the relevance of the material, what truly sets these programs apart is the immersive and transformative learning environment. Many training programs rely heavily on flashy slides and one-way information delivery (don’t worry, I have those too), but true learning and growth require much more. That’s why every session is rooted in the principles of experiential learning, fostering an atmosphere where participants feel deeply engaged, connected with their peers, and genuinely motivated to take meaningful action. Participants often leave not only with new concepts and skills but also with a memorable experience and a meaningful shift in their perspective—one that transforms their relationship to learning and growth itself.
Let’s work together.
If you’d like to learn more about The Habit Course and how we can work together, please get in touch.