About
There’s more to a workplace than meets the eye
When you need a different lens.
Energy is the barometer of the workplace.
As a conscious leader, you can sense when it shifts, but you can't always pinpoint why.
And you must deliver.
You could be facing a challenging restructure, inheriting a mess or simply needing to do more with less.
Perhaps there's a sense of unease that's difficult to explain but impossible to ignore.
Who we are
Workplace Energies is a specialist practice that helps conscious leaders fix, flip and keep their workplaces in flow.
Our difference is the experience and insight we bring.
Who we work with
We work with conscious leaders and organisations of all sizes.
You’re open, aware and empathetic. You care about the impact your workplace has on people
Our integrated approach | Expertise + Insight
Combining workplace expertise with intuitive intelligence, we help you see more and manoeuvre faster with greater efficiency, kindness and care.
Workplace Expertise
Decoding the inner workings
We know a lot about how workplaces work, having experienced so many first-hand in their full glory.
That experience has been gained across some of Australia’s largest brands, global companies, emerging SMEs and everything in between through executive, consulting and project roles in People, Culture and Change.
It covers the A-Z of industries, white and blue-collar workforces and workplace scenarios including:
Start-ups, scaleups, acquisitions and integrations
Greenfields, tenders and joint ventures
Transformations, turnarounds and transitions
Restructures, downsizing, rightsizing and closures.
We make fast connections, decode the inner workings and craft simple, practical solutions.
Intuitive Intelligence
Reading the energy
Our intuitive intelligence enables us to get a read of the collective energy and zero in on the individual and more subtle energies at work. These may include leadership, behaviours, team dynamics, change, and individuals’ intentions.
Our insights pinpoint what’s going on beneath the surface, often long before others are remotely aware of it, and bring to light what they don’t see or simply won’t say.
We also identify emerging issues and untapped opportunities that may not yet be on your radar.
Forewarned is forearmed.
Workplace Energies | Our story
Jennifer Straughan | Workplace Specialist
Welcome to Workplace Energies.
My purpose has always been to help create better workplaces and more meaningful experiences.
Workplace Energies is the culmination of a very long journey learning to integrate my workplace expertise with my intuitive intelligence.
The result is a specialist offering for leaders wanting a different lens on their workplace, especially when they’re feeling the heat.
At the core of this is care.
Being a Workplace Specialist
When it comes to workplaces, I’ve seen and experienced more than I ever imagined possible.
I began my career in marketing and sales working for BHP Steel and Colgate, before moving into HR, naturally drawn to the people side of business.
For over 30 years, I’ve worked in executive, consulting and contracting roles across people & culture, change, communications and safety.
My work has taken me into corporate, regional and remote workplaces throughout Australia, with a few international remits.
Being an ‘Intuitive’
How I experience the workplace is different from most. As an intuitive, I’m highly sensitive to the energy of the workplace and the individuals within it. For me, both are amplified.
It’s a gift that can give leaders a valuable edge and forms the basis of ‘See. Hear. Know.’
Although I’ve been aware of it from a young age, I wasn’t always comfortable with it.
When I entered the workplace, I was conscious of the energy and what it revealed. But I quickly learnt that those insights needed to be carefully framed and delivered.
A path through 40+ workplaces.
Knowing I wouldn’t be able to fully integrate my gift with my workplace expertise by staying in one workplace, I chose a different path.
In 2000, with an MBA and ten years' experience, I established Instinctive Business, beginning the journey that would eventually become Workplace Energies.
Through consulting, contract and project roles, I purposefully built a diverse portfolio. Alongside this, I taught meditation to female executives and gave private intuitive readings.
Over the next 20+ years, I worked across more than 40 workplaces throughout Australia, drawn to organisations of all sizes during periods of change, chaos and flux. Along the way, I honed my ability to read and work with energy in challenging workplace environments.
Creating Workplace Energies
Over time, I refined my way of working. Instinctive Business gradually evolved into Workplace Energies, with a more specialist workplace offering.
And I became open about my intuitive intelligence. In the early days doing so would have amounted to career kamikaze.
It’s been the work of a lifetime.
Home in Tasmania
Having worked out of Sydney for many years, I'm now based back home in Tasmania on the banks of the kanamaluka/River Tamar overlooking the mountains, working with organisations across Australia.
Outside work, you'll find me practising meditation, yoga and Pilates, snow skiing, bushwalking and rescuing injured wildlife.
Qualifications
MBA (MGSM)
Bachelor of Commerce (Deakin University)