Jamie Shapiro

Participants in this workshop will take a deep dive into the three levels of leadership and core dimensions that run through all three. We focus on the most essential elements of nutrition, physical fitness and training of the mind so that participants can begin making high impact shifts that lead to visionary leadership.

Connected EC was founded on a scientific approach to leadership. Conventional wisdom or intuition about what makes for great leaders is not good enough; we sought to...

Your rising stars are one of your organization's best assets. But how do you ensure that they burn bright without burning out?

Connected EC Founder Jamie Shapiro was a rising star in the software industry. A classic Type A personality, she had earned an MBA and Masters in IT by the age of 24, and was a competitive triathlete. By the age of 28, she was offered a position as Vice President in which she managed a team of 50 and a $25m budget.

Jamie focused all of her energy...

Eating well can make a significant difference in energy, mental clarity, focus, emotional resilience and stamina, not to mention overall health. But what kind of food best supports leaders?

Should you be on a gluten-free, paleo, mediterranean or vegetarian diet? How do you eat well while on the road? What's the best way to mitigate energy crashes? Why are fats and protein so important to include in your diet? Are carbs good or bad?

What nutrients and vitamins are most...

How much stress and fear flows through your organization on a daily basis? Are people afraid of failing or is failure embraced as a ticket to innovation? Do you have team members who hold back on speaking up because they are afraid of looking bad or engaging conflict? Are you afraid that if you don't have all the answers you won't be valued? Most of us carry lots of little (and big) fears into work every day.

Mounting evidence from neuroscience shows that fear is an outstanding...

Despite great strides in gender equality in the US, only 17% of our senior leaders are women. Those who do make it into leadership positions report higher degrees of stress than their male counterparts. This is a problem not just for the women leaders themselves, but for the organization as a whole.

A recent study showed that women are better suited for leadership than their male colleagues when it comes to clarity, innovation, support and targeted meticulousness. When we fail to...

Many organizations are instituting Wellness programs in an effort to reduce healthcare costs, but few of these efforts are delivering results. Participation rates are generally low, costs keep rising and employees continue to lose productivity for health-related reasons.

Wellness programs make good sense when you consider that 75% of all healthcare costs are spent on chronic conditions that can be managed or even reversed by lifestyle changes. Well employees aren't only less costly,...

How's your body feeling right now? Flexible and strong? Tight and sluggish? Is your posture hunched over, slouched or comfortably erect? It's not hard to see how physical fitness has a direct effect on energy, stamina and leadership presence. People who are fit, feel better and project confidence.

When most executives decide that they want to get fit, they head to the gym ready to feel the burn. The typical result is exhaustion and often injury, not embodied...