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Elene Cafasso

About Elene Cafasso

Elene Cafasso is a professionally trained executive coach, and President of Enerpace, Inc. Elene’s coaching enables leaders to achieve their objectives in the areas most critical to their success: leadership agility, emotional intelligence, team building, professional communication and organizational effectiveness.

What Are Common Employee Engagement Red Flags?

There's a proven connection between employee engagement and better business outcomes!  It can affect sales and profitability, productivity and customer ratings, turnover and absenteeism, quality of work and safety incidents to name just a few.  Creating a culture of engagement leads to happier employees and an increase in company success. So what do you look for and what leads to disengagement? Common red flags include: Behavior changes - less participation in meetings, being off-camera on zoom, etc. Quality of work product - ...

By |2025-06-19T16:18:24+00:00June 19, 2025|Blog, Career, Engagement, Leadership, Productivity|
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Life, Leadership & Resilience

The Only Way to Elevate Your Company is to Elevate Your People Life, Leadership & Resilience was the topic of our March 2024 Newsletter, The PaceSetter which still seems "spot on" a year later. In the journey of effective leadership, the importance of authenticity, truthfulness, and audacity in pursuing one's dreams are critical. It encourages aspiring leaders to embody the leadership they wish they had, prioritize actions over words, seek honest feedback, and remain undeterred by external opinions. Failure is a universal experience ...

By |2025-03-18T16:14:21+00:00March 18, 2025|Emotional Intelligence, Leadership, Leadership Agility, Management|
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Elevating Your Teamwork

At Enerpace, we know that the only way to elevate your company is to elevate your people and your teams. So how do you know if your team is functioning well? By asking one very simple question:  does it achieve the purpose for which is was created? By definition, a team should have common goals and objectives.  The different members play different roles but they are dependent upon each other for success.  Some questions to ask: Why does this team exist? What ...

By |2024-06-06T16:32:50+00:00June 6, 2024|Communication at Work, Team Alignment, Team Solutions|
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How to Mindfully Take Time Off — And Ultimately Increase Your Productivity

As a Leadership Development Expert & Executive Coach at Enerpace, I find that many of my clients find taking time off challenging. So how do you do it? Here's how to take full advantage of your necessary time off. In planning out the year and quarter, I proactively block vacation time.  For example, I hate Chicago in February – it’s cold with grey snow and few sunny days.  So I automatically block a week to someplace warm and sunny each February. I ...

By |2023-11-06T22:01:35+00:00November 6, 2023|Productivity, Self Care, VUCA|
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How To Motivate and Ultimately Engage An Employee

A simple Google search or a visit to Gallup’s website will reveal the most common factors that motivate employees.  However, that’s employees in general – NOT necessarily the people you manage. Employees are individuals.  Some want to be in the office because they feed off the energy of being around people.  Others are motivated by being able to work at home with the flexibility to better handle all areas of their life.  In fact, many employees say they work longer hours for the ...

By |2023-10-06T21:03:21+00:00October 6, 2023|Talent Management, Leadership Agility, Professional Development|
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Leadership Styles and Corporate Responses to Crisis Situations

The most common leadership styles are autocratic, democratic and delegative. So, how does each style affect a crisis in a corporation? The autocrat will need to make all the decisions in a crisis, keep everyone in fire-drill mode and require continuous updates. Many times they insist on being the point person for communications, not trusting anyone else to handle it. They may prefer to release very little information and keep full details close to the vest to be shared only with a few ...

By |2023-08-08T13:57:11+00:00August 8, 2023|Leadership, Leadership Agility, Management|
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How To Quit Your Job

It's a topic that I have discussed before but important enough to repeat. The #1 rule is to remain professional at all times. You worked hard to create those relationships! You want to leave with integrity and with your head held high. Here are "3 Do's" when resigning from your job. Write a short letter of resignation and express appreciation for the opportunity to work with the firm and the people. Next, make sure that you tie up as many loose ends ...

By |2023-07-05T18:13:23+00:00July 5, 2023|Boss and Employee Relationship, Career, Communication at Work|
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How to Cultivate Team Accountability

What is Team Accountability? I define team accountability as shared ownership of team goals. In fact, what differentiates a team from a mere group of people IS their common interest in shared objectives. Let’s say a group of VPs report to a SVP. Even though every VP may not have a huge role to play in a project, if it’s a goal of the SVP, the entire team is responsible for doing whatever they can to achieve it. Sometimes that means sharing resources, brainstorming ideas, or transferring ...

By |2023-04-27T20:26:35+00:00April 27, 2023|Productivity, Team Alignment, Team Solutions|
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How to Answer “Where Do You See Yourself in 5 Years?”​

The reality is that a huge portion of the jobs that will exist 5 years from now don’t exist today. So it’s a bit of a farce to say “in 5 years I want to be Director of this specific area” or “VP of that product”. The best way to answer that question is to reply something like this: “That’s a really valid question, and, I’m not sure I can answer you specifically. The pace of change in technology and globalization, along with the trend ...

By |2023-02-22T21:10:21+00:00February 22, 2023|Career, Job Search|
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How to Deal With An Introverted Boss

A truly introverted boss is someone who is energized internally and drained by being in groups with other people for an extended period of time. This can be challenging if they don't proactively seek to be included in conversations and meetings where important relationships are formed and where key information is shared. That can really hinder the boss' ability to get things done and can prevent his/her employees from having the information and connections to advance their projects or even in their career. What's ...

By |2023-01-26T15:15:23+00:00January 26, 2023|Boss and Employee Relationship, Career, Communication at Work|
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