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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 CXOs Say Is Blocking AI ROI

A recap from our October 21 Executive Reset on Organizational Infrastructure and AI Only 39% of organizations can attribute any enterprise EBITA impact to AI, according to McKinsey. At our October Executive Reset, we asked a small group of senior leaders why. Their answers pointed away from the technology and confirmed BCG’s findings: roughly 70% of AI adoption challenges are people and process issues. In our work, we see the same pattern: business growth is a function of leadership capacity, and leadership capacity ...

By |2026-10-26T20:52:03+00:00October 26, 2026|Team Alignment, Leadership Capacity, Talent Management|
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Executive Reset: What CXOs Say About Executive Maturity Needed in the AI Era

A recap from our August 19 Executive Reset on Executive Maturity and AI Two research findings framed our discussion. From the London School of Economics: the barrier to AI adoption is rarely technological, it reflects a shortage of leadership capability. From Boston Consulting Group: 70% of adoption challenges are people and process issues, not technology. Neither finding surprised the group. What did land differently was the framing we used to talk about it: Executive Maturity is the calm center of the storm. AI ...

By |2026-09-01T19:00:33+00:00September 1, 2026|Leadership Capacity, Executive Maturity|
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AI Amplifies Your Leadership. Are You Ready?

A recap for growth-minded CEOs and CXOs from our July Executive Reset - Leadership Agility in the Age of AI Here's a stat that stopped our room of mid-market CEOs and CXOs cold last week: 92% of companies plan to keep investing in AI. Only 1% of leaders feel ready for what that investment demands of them. That gap isn't a technology problem. It's a leadership capacity problem - the exact conversation our Executive Reset group dug into on July 15. The ...

By |2026-07-22T20:49:34+00:00July 22, 2026|Emotional Intelligence, Leadership Agility, VUCA|
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The Math Behind the Leadership Gap

A recap from our June 2026 Executive Reset - and why every CEO and CHRO in the room left with the same homework. On June 17th, Candace Goodwin and I hosted our June Executive Reset. I want to share the data that drove the room’s reaction - because I think it should drive yours too. Here’s the number we opened with: 78% of employees rate their managers as only moderately effective - or worse - at supporting their development. Just 22% are rated ...

By |2026-07-07T14:46:19+00:00July 7, 2026|Blog, Leadership, Leadership Agility, Leadership Capacity|
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As a Leader, What Does Success Look Like at Work?

The leaders I work with have found that “flexible focus” is necessary for success today.   Success is defined as: Delivering results on goals Keeping the team focused and productive Navigating the increasing pace of change without becoming misaligned Making time to keep a long-term view while delivering short term results Utilizing leadership agility skills to achieve the above. Success is still defined about hitting financial targets and other yearly goals.  With all the uncertainty in the country, economy and world today, leaders have ...

By |2026-06-15T19:15:42+00:00June 15, 2026|Emotional Intelligence, Engagement, Leadership, Leadership Agility|
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Unlocking Potential: Key Questions Coaches and Consultants Should Ask Prospective Clients

The question I always ask is “What will achieving this goal mean to you? ”  This question is key because goals must be energizing and values-driven to achieve results.  If the goal isn’t meaningful enough, we need to dive deeper and find what the real goal should be. Sometimes, a prospective client will want more clarification.  That’s when I invite them to think about the impact of attaining this goal on different areas of their lives – personally, professionally, on their families, what ...

By |2026-06-01T16:20:23+00:00June 1, 2026|Career|
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Balancing Innovation and Anxiety: The Paradox of Job Demand and Worker Fear

When folks feel unsafe or uncertain, our reptilian brain kicks in and we have to fight the urge to “fight, flight, freeze”.  Today, most of us are experiencing those feelings outside of work as well, as economic and global instability are dominating every form of media and communication. When our livelihood is at stake, we need to see it to believe it.  Leaders need to honestly reflect on what is behind the belief that innovation is risky and mistakes are “failures” that ...

By |2026-06-01T16:14:27+00:00May 14, 2026|Career, Engagement, Leadership|
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Lead Like You Mean It: The Art of Resilient Leadership

After 14 years as a Vice President in banking and telecom, and more than 2 decades since founding my executive advisory & leadership coaching firm, I’ve seen what separates leaders who thrive from those who merely survive. It’s not a title or a strategy. It’s resilience: the ability to lead with clarity and intention no matter what the world throws at you. Leading Through Uncertainty and Change When change hits, the most powerful question I ask clients is: How do you want to ...

By |2026-05-11T20:11:10+00:00May 11, 2026|Leadership Agility, Leadership Capacity, Leadership Resilience|
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Networking Successfully

Looking to grow your strategic partners, referral partners and clients this year? Short and simple, here are my 5 strategies for successful networking – both online and offline. Network where your targets are most likely to be – in other words, where your customers/employers are. Make it about them.  Be curious.  Find out how you can help them. Be authentic.  We all have very refined B.S. detectors. Set a realistic goal.  It could be finding 3 people to follow-up with for a ...

By |2026-01-14T14:40:37+00:00January 14, 2026|Career, Communication/Relationships with Clients|
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The Importance of Influencing Skills in Leadership

Influencing skills are not only valuable but absolutely necessary in a leadership position.  As John Maxwell said, “A leader without followers is simply a person taking a walk”.  The higher up one goes in an organization, the more they get must results through people. In the old days, most companies were hierarchies.  If you wanted something done from someone below you on the org chart, you had the authority to make that happen.  Today, organizations are flatter, less likely to have position ...

By |2025-09-24T19:05:07+00:00September 24, 2025|Blog, Emotional Intelligence, Leadership, Professional Development|
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