The Leadership of Energy

What Dr. David R. Hawkins’
Power vs. Force Reveals About Integrity, Calibration, and Impact

Not all leadership is created equal. Some inspires. Some controls. Some expands what’s possible. Others merely sustain what’s familiar. Dr. David R. Hawkins, in his groundbreaking work Power vs. Force, offers a framework that explains why.

What Hawkins revealed wasn’t just a theory of personal consciousness, it was a diagnostic for leadership energy. And for those of us dedicated to conscious leadership, it offered a map: a way to understand not only what we do, but the energetic field we do it from.

The Difference Between Power and Force

At the core of Hawkins’ work is a single, disruptive truth:

Force requires effort. Power requires alignment.

• Force pushes, coerces, demands, manipulates. It originates in fear, ego, and the need to dominate.
• Power, by contrast, is quiet, clear, and resonant. It draws its strength from integrity, purpose, and alignment with truth.

In leadership, this is the difference between:

• Managing people through fear vs. inspiring them through vision
• Controlling outcomes vs. guiding with clarity
• Chasing approval vs. embodying principle

Force gets compliance. Power earns commitment.

The Calibration of Consciousness

Hawkins introduced a logarithmic scale that measures levels of human consciousness, from shame and guilt at the bottom, to love, joy, peace, and enlightenment at the top. Each level has a measurable energetic frequency.

Here’s how that applies to leadership:

The higher the consciousness, the less force is needed — because truth becomes its own authority.

Integrity Is the New Executive Presence

In Full Spectrum Leadership, we’ve adopted many of Hawkins’ core insights into our coaching work. None more powerful than this:

True influence is not what you say. It’s what you radiate.

Hawkins showed us that integrity is measurable. Not by moral platitudes, but by energetic congruence.

That’s why we help leaders:

• Align internal values with external behavior
• Let go of manipulative communication and lead with clarity
• Make decisions from consciousness, not fear

Because a leader calibrated at Courage (200+) will have a fundamentally different organizational effect than one operating from Pride (175) or Fear (100).

The Cost of Force in Modern Leadership

Force-based leadership is still prevalent. It’s baked into old models of power. But it’s expensive:

• High turnover and burnout
• Low psychological safety
• Teams that comply but do not create

Power-based leadership, however:

• Builds cultures of trust and responsibility
• Attracts high-caliber collaborators
• Elevates outcomes and human dignity

Where We Go From Here

The question is not, Are you getting results?
The question is, At what energetic cost are those results achieved?

Dr. Hawkins invites us to calibrate not only what we do, but who we are while doing it.

That’s the work of Full Spectrum Leadership:

• To raise leadership consciousness
• To replace force with influence
• To move from command to coherence

A Final Reflection

Power arises from meaning. Force arises from pressure.

In this moment of accelerating complexity and visibility, people can feel the difference. So can teams. So can clients.

If you’re ready to lead from a frequency that builds the future, not just reacts to the past, we’re ready to walk beside you.

Explore Energetically Aligned Leadership with Full Spectrum Leadership
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Peter Comrie
Co-Founder and Human Capital Specialist at Full Spectrum Leadership Inc.
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