--- title: Leadership, Culture, Impact | Active Choices, Inc. | Anese Cavanaugh | The IEP Method® description: Featuring articles and resources from the founder of the IEP Method®, Anese Cavanaugh, and the team at Active Choices, Inc. Subscribe today and tap into thought leadership, culture optimization tips, and best practices for organizations dedicated to creating authentically Positive Energy Workplaces and maximizing performance and impact. --- [![Active_choices_horiz_wh (1)](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/hubfs/Active_choices_horiz_wh%20(1).png "Active_choices_horiz_wh (1)")](http://www.activechoices.com/) - [ABOUT ACI](https://activechoices.com/about/) - [OUR COMPANY](https://activechoices.com/about/) - [THOUGHT LEADERSHIP](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/) - [CULTURE & ENERGY INSIGHTS](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/) - [ACI IN THE MEDIA](https://activechoices.com/media/) - [CLIENTS & TESTIMONIALS](https://activechoices.com/about/clients/) - [THE IEP METHOD®](https://activechoices.com/iepmethod/) - [IEP METHODOLOGY](https://activechoices.com/iepmethod/) - [IEP METHOD® TRAINING](https://activechoices.com/work-with-us/#training) - [INTRO TO THE IEP METHOD®](https://activechoices.com/introtoiep/) - [IEP METHOD® FOR TEAMS](https://activechoices.com/team-iep/) - [IEP METHOD® IMMERSION](https://activechoices.com/iep-performance-immersion/) - [SPEAKING](https://activechoices.com/speaking/) - [KEYNOTE SPEAKING](https://activechoices.com/speaking/) - [BOOKS & GUIDES](https://activechoices.com/writing/) - [CONTAGIOUS YOU](https://activechoices.com/contagious-you/) - [CONTAGIOUS CULTURE](https://activechoices.com/contagious-culture/) - [THE LEADER YOU WILL BE](https://activechoices.com/lywb) - [IEP SURVIVAL GUIDE](https://activechoices.com/writing/#survivalguide) - [PRESS KIT](https://activechoices.com/contact/press-kit/) - [WORK WITH US](https://activechoices.com/work-with-us/) - [PRIVATE WORK WITH ANESE](https://activechoices.com/consulting/) - [KEYNOTES & WORKSHOPS](https://activechoices.com/speaking/) - [IEP METHOD® TRAINING](https://activechoices.com/work-with-us/#training) - [MEMBERSHIPS](https://activechoices.com/memberships/) - [PRESENCE & IMPACT COMMUNITY](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/presence-subscription) - [PREMIUM MEMBERSHIP](https://community.activechoices.com/plans/1963254?bundle_token=08fde9318f4afab26ea82a9cb1ad6534&utm_source=manual) - [SHOP](https://activechoices.com/store) - [CONTACT US](https://activechoices.com/contact/) - [MEMBER LOGIN](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/community.activechoices.com) Search - [![Follow Anese on YouTube](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/hubfs/Images/youtube_2.png)](http://www.youtube.com/anesecavanaugh) - [![Follow IEP Method on Facebook](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/hubfs/Images/facebook.png)](https://www.facebook.com/IEPMethod) - [![Follow Anese on Twitter](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/hubfs/Images/twitter.png)](https://twitter.com/anesecavanaugh) # The Positive Energy Workplace ## [Why Great Leaders Still Struggle — and the Intentional Reset That Changes Everything](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/intentional-leadership-iep) ## [What Happens When a Team Chooses to Work on Energy, Impact, and Presence Together](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/team-iep) ## [Why Alignment Is the Foundation of Sustainable Leadership](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/sustainable-leadership-with-alignment) ## [A Leadership Pause — Reflecting Before You Move Forward](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/2025-leadership-pause) ## [The more work becomes automated, the more human connection becomes a competitive advantage.](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/ai-presence-leadership) ## [Stop Doing. Start Being. Transform Your Leadership Presence](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/the-shift-every-leader-needs-before-2026) ## [The Invisible Force Behind Sales Success: Your Energy and Presence](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/sales-success-energy) ## [Inside the IEP Immersion: Real Transformations from Real Leaders](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/inside-the-iep-immersion) ## [Why Energy + Relationships (Not Numbers) Drive Real Results in Sales and Leadership](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/why-energy-relationships-not-numbers-drive-real-results-in-sales-and-leadership) ## [Burned Out but Still Performing? The Hidden Cost of High-Functioning Leadership](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/burnout) ## [The Leadership Approach That Energizes Instead of Exhausts](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/iep-immersion-insights) ## [Want a Leadership Breakthrough? You Need a Leadership Immersion](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/immersion-experienece-sept2025) ## [Your Physical Vitality: A Leadership Superpower](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/your-physical-vitality-a-leadership-superpower) ## [Mastering Presence: How the IEP Method® Helps You Serve and Retain Your Clients](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/iep-client-success) ## [Why The Energy You Show up With Is the Service You Provide](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/energy-for-practitioners) ## [The Confidence No One Can Give You (Or Take Away)](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/energy-confidence) ## [Lead Where You Stand: How to Show Up and Lead from Any Position](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/lead-where-you-stand) ## [5 Steps to Create Intentional Impact with the IEP Method® by Anese Cavanaugh](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/5-steps-to-intentional-impact) ## [Leadership Impact Is a Choice: How Are You Choosing?](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/2025-leadership-choice) ## [How a UX Leadership Team at a Fortune 100 Organization Leveraged the IEP Method® to Navigate Transition and Build Leadership Resilience](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/energy-case-study-uxteam) ## [The Hidden Myths About Presence That Hold Leaders Back](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/leadership-presence) ## [Strategically Expand Your Leadership Presence and Resilience with the IEP Method® Immersion Session](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/iep-immersion) ## [Are You Ready to Unlock Company Culture Change? Start with This Critical Action](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/unlock-culture) ## [The Financial, Performance, and Cultural Cost of Misaligned Energy](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/culture-cost) ## [Discover how the IEP Method® and the Positive Energy Workplace Initiative® can enhance your leadership and support your workforce.](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/new-to-aci) ## [How Presence and Energetic Awareness Impacts Profitability](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/culture-currency) ## [Transforming Culture by Identifying and Addressing Energy Issues \[Video\]](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/culture-webinar) ## [ACI Executive Symposium: IEP Method® Leadership Panel](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/iepmethod-panel) ## [Leadership in Action: Celebrating Women's History Month and International Women's Day](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/leadership-in-action) ## [The IEP Eco-System: Creating Sustainable Growth in Your Company Culture](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/iep-ecosystem) ## [Prioritizing Personal Energy Accountability in Your Organizational Growth Strategy](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/energy-accountability) ## [Are You New to the IEP Method®?](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/new-to-iep) ## [Are You Ahead of the Game? Why Proactively Optimizing Your Company Culture Makes Strategic Sense](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/strategic-culture) ## [Unlocking Culture Innovation: How ACI's PEW-i Credential Program Energizes Your Workforce](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/culture-innovation-credentials) ## [The Positive Energy Workplace: 7 Indicators of a Positive Company Culture (Part 2)](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/7-indicators-of-a-positive-company-culture) ## [The Positive Energy Workplace: 7 Symptoms of a Toxic Company Culture (Part 1)](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/7-symptoms-of-a-toxic-company-culture) ## [Why The IEP Method® is the Leadership Framework Needed to Make an Impact](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/why-iep-leadership-framework) ## [Are Your Cultural Initiatives Working?](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/2023-cultural-stickiness) ## [Are Your People IN? Ensuring Committed Energy in 2023.](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/2023-committed-energy) ## [5 Areas for Creating Cultural Health that Business Leaders  Can Use to Determine if They Have a Culture & Leadership Problem](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/5-areas-for-creating-cultural-health-that-business-leaders-can-use-to-determine-if-they-have-a-culture-leadership-problem) ## [Is the way you (or your people) are showing up ruining your sales/influence/leadership abilities?](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/iep-and-sales) ## [Self-care IS a leadership skill — but what about when the people around me don't agree?](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/self-care-a-leadership-skill) ## [Creating an (authentically) Positive Energy Workplace™ & Leadership (video)](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/creating-an-authentically-positive-energy-workplace-leadership-video) ## [Navigating Ambiguity, Toxic & Healthy Culture Makings, and Updates (video)](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/navigating-ambiguity-toxic-healthy-culture-makings-and-updates) ## [Navigating Today: Kindness as a Leadership Skill + Culture Builder.](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/navigating-today-kindness-as-leadership-skill-culture-builder) ## [How are you Showing Up for the Great Resignation?](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/how-are-you-showing-up-for-the-great-resignation) ## [What is Your Relationship with "Busy"?](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/are-you-burning-out-are-your-people-0) ## [Are you burning out? Are your people?](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/are-you-burning-out-are-your-people) ## [Teaming Takes Time: 3 Considerations for Teaming Well](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/teaming-takes-time-3-considerations-for-teaming-well) ## [That "Little" Voice: Do You Listen to It?](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/that-little-voice-do-you-listen-to-it) ## [The Energy of a Reset](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/the-energy-of-a-reset) ## [Meetings that Suck the Life Out of You (And what to do instead)](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/meetings-that-suck-the-life-out-of-you-and-what-to-do-instead) ## [How we do one thing is how we do everything](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/how-we-do-one-thing-is-how-we-do-everything) ## [Cultural health starts with individual health — and YES, it’s contagious...](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/cultural-health-starts-with-individual-health-and-yes-its-contagious) ## [Addressing Resiliency & "Self-Care" with Your Workforce.](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/addressing-resiliency-self-care-with-your-workforce) ## [You KNOW what you know. The power of self-trust.](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/you-know-what-you-know.-the-power-of-self-trust) ## [Stop. Breathe. Consider your leadership contagiousness.](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/stop.-breathe.-consider-your-contagiousness) ## [Becoming in 2021](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/becoming-in-2021) ## [How the conversation has changed this year...](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/how-the-conversation-has-changed-this-year-part-1) ## [10 Components of a Sustainable (Healthy) Culture as we Lead Into 2021](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/10-components-of-a-sustainable-healthy-culture-as-we-lead-into-2021) ## [The Financial & Cultural Cost of IEP (or no IEP)](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/the-financial-cultural-cost-of-iep-or-no-iep) ## [A guide to using Contagious You & Contagious Culture during a Contagious Pandemic.](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/contagious-you-contagious-culture-contagious-pandemic.-yep) ## [Resources I'm finding useful right now](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/resources-im-finding-useful-right-now) ## [100 Days: Who will you become? What will you create?](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/100-days-who-will-you-become-what-will-you-create) ## [Let yourself have it: Honoring all the parts, minimizing NONE](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/let-yourself-have-it) ## [Honoring funerals, pandemics, leadership, and the light...](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/honoring-funerals-pandemics-leadership-and-the-light) ## [Optimizing your virtual presence now](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/optimizing-your-virtual-presence-now) ## [Reasons we get stuck (and what to do about them)](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/reasons-we-get-stuck-and-what-to-do-about-them) ## [The value of doing your "inner work" to RESET right now](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/the-value-of-doing-your-inner-work-to-reset-right-now) ## [7 Things Your Leadership Needs Now](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/7-things-your-leadership-needs-now) ## [Navigating the new "busy" now...](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/navigating-the-new-busy-now) ## [Your Monday Morning (or any morning) Leadership Ritual](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/your-monday-morning-or-any-morning-leadership-ritual) ## [States of Grace, Reflection, Learning, and Action](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/states-of-grace-opening-learning-and-action) ## [How your leadership will make or break this “reset” (+5 real things to do about it now)](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/how-your-leadership-will-make-or-break-this-reset-5-real-things-to-do-about-it-now) ## [The emotional toll... Are you aware? (You are not alone.)](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/the-emotional-toll...-are-you-aware-you-are-not-alone) ## [IEP Leadership & Culture Resources Available NOW](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/iep-leadership-culture-resources-available-now) ## [A Letter to a Client (and anyone who finds it useful) for moving through COVID-19](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/a-letter-to-a-client-and-anyone-who-finds-it-useful-for-moving-through-covid-19) ## [How we’re here to help during this time: Resources, books, and virtual keynotes and engagements](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/how-were-here-to-help-during-this-time-resources-books-and-virtual-keynotes-and-engagements) ## [CONTAGIOUSNESS Today (& Ways to Help Things Go "Better" for Ourselves & Others)](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/contagiousness-today-ways-to-help-things-go-better-for-ourselves-others) ## [What are you designing for?](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/what-are-you-designing-for) ## [Your Leadership & Culture: Recent Media](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/your-leadership-culture-recent-media) ## [Updates, news, and... What are you choosing? Really?](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/updates-news-and...-what-are-you-choosing-really) ## [#YouAsked: Preparing for transitions in our lives and creating our experience](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/youasked-preparing-for-transitions-in-our-lives-and-creating-our-experience) ## [7 and 7 for Welcoming 2020](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/7-and-7-for-welcoming-2020) ## [Navigate Conflict with Those You Love and Lead by Working These Three Things](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/navigate-conflict-with-those-you-love-and-lead-by-working-these-three-things) ## [Gratitude... A gift in itself](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/from-anese/gratitudea-gift-in-itself) ## [#YouAsked: The power of the "pause"​ when struggling with deadlines...](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/youasked-the-power-of-the-pause-when-struggling-with-deadlines) ## [Contagious You vs Contagious Culture: How They Differ](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/contagious-you-vs-contagious-culture-how-they-differ) ## [Addressing "Busy," Burnout, Overwhelm, & Self-Care Through Culture](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/addressing-busy-burnout-overwhelm-self-care-through-culture) ## [Are You Trick or Treating? A 5-Point Guide to Congruent Leadership](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/are-you-trick-or-treating-a-5-point-guide-to-congruent-leadership-1) ## [5 Meeting & Mindset Hacks -- For you and your team's health, productivity, and clarity.](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/5-meeting-mindset-hacks-for-you-and-your-teams-health-productivity-and-clarity) ## [How We Create Our Own Burnout and What to Do Instead](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/how-we-create-our-own-burnout-and-what-to-do-instead) ## [Self-Agency with Your Commitments (and Results)](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/self-agency-with-your-commitments-and-results) ## [The 4 P’s: Your Quickest Way to Get in Front of Burnout. Right Now.](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/the-4-ps-your-quickest-way-to-get-in-front-of-burnout.-right-now) ## [Addressing Burnout and Self-Care from the Inside-Out and the Outside-In](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/addressing-burnout-and-self-care-from-the-inside-out-and-the-outside-in) ## [When pipelines are low and stress is high.](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/when-pipelines-are-low-and-stress-is-up) ## [Your 3, 5, and 7: What are they?](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/your-3-5-and-7-what-are-they) ## [IEP Live! Coming to Sacramento this October](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/iep-live-coming-to-sacramento-this-october) ## [What you can do about it now. (7Qs to move forward.)](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/what-you-can-do-about-it-now.-7qs-to-move-forward) ## [Soul Vacationing and Restorative Insight](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/soul-vacationing-and-restorative-insight) ## [Who are you becoming?](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/who-are-you-becoming) ## [Make Your Weekend Count: 11 Little Choices To Do So.](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/make-your-weekend-count-11-little-choices-to-do-so) ## [Are you "busy" or are you "clear"? Clearing your field.](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/are-you-busy-or-are-you-clear-clearing-your-field) ## [Out of Gas? The new OOG Reboot.](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/out-of-gas-the-new-oog-reboot) ## [What do you spend your time on? 3 Ways to Optimize.](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/what-do-you-spend-your-time-on-3-ways-to-optimize) ## [Do you finish what you started? (5 ways to do so.)](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/do-you-finish-what-you-started-5-ways-to-do-so) ## [Getting comfortable with your discomfort](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/getting-comfortable-with-your-discomfort) ## [How to reboot when intentions fall apart.](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/how-to-reboot-when-intentions-fall-apart) ## [How do you set an intention?](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/how-do-you-set-an-intention) ## [What is an intention? (And why is it important?)](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/what-is-an-intention-and-why-is-it-important) ## [How to make "busy" and "overwhelm" work for you.](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/how-to-make-busy-and-overwhelm-work-for-you) ## [Are You Measuring the Right Stuff to Support Your Best Personal and Cultural Health?](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/are-you-measuring-the-right-stuff-to-support-your-best-personal-and-cultural-health) ## [Making IEP REAL in your life -- RIGHT NOW: Bonus Videos](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/making-iep-real-in-your-life-right-now-bonus-videos) ## [Leadership Presence: 3 Essential Principles](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/leadership-presence-3-essential-principles) ## [Do You Rescue, Help, Take Care of, Support, or Serve?](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/do-you-rescue-help-take-care-of-support-or-serve) ## [The Power of the Pause: Your Leadership (and Well-Being) is Counting on It](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/the-power-of-the-pause-your-leadership-and-well-being-is-counting-on-it) ## [Creating Positive Energy and Safe Space via Weekly Culture Check-In Chats (2 min read)](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/creating-positive-energy-and-safe-space-via-weekly-culture-check-in-chats-2-min-read) ## [What Tone Have You Set Today? (2 min read)](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/what-tone-have-you-set-today-2-min-read) ## [Side Out! Creating Our Experience at Work, at Home, and... on the Volleyball Court](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/side-out-creating-our-experience-at-work-at-home-and...-on-the-volleyball-court) ## [The "Secret Sauce" is Closer Than You Think](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/the-secret-sauce-is-closer-than-you-think) ## [Bonus Article! Are You Trick or Treating? A 5-Point Guide to Congruent Leadership](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/bonus-article-are-you-trick-or-treating-a-5-point-guide-to-congruent-leadership) ## [Using the 70/30 Rule to Up-Level Your Leadership Impact](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/using-the-70/30-rule-to-up-level-your-leadership-impact) ## [Could you use an extra 5 or 15 days for your life?](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/could-you-use-an-extra-5-or-15-days-for-your-life) ## [Show Up, Set the Tone, Do it Well: Nine Ways to BE HERE NOW](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/show-up-set-the-tone-do-it-well-nine-ways-to-be-there-now) ## [How you show up matters. Set the tone for 2018 with this choice.](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/how-you-show-up-matters.-set-the-tone-for-2018-with-this-choice) ## [The Real Cost of Time (and How to Create More of It)](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/how-to-create-more-time) ## [TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE: TAKING BACK YOUR TIME.](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/time-is-of-the-essence-taking-back-your-time) ## [Time’s Not Just Money, It’s Your Credibility](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/times-not-just-money-its-your-credibility) ## [Choosing to Show Up (and Rebooting When You Don't)](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/choosing-to-show-up-and-rebooting-when-you-dont) ## [Sometimes a breath, a decision, and a stand is all you need to do to get back to you.](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/sometimes-a-breath-a-decision-and-a-stand-is-all-you-need-to-do-to-get-back-to-you) ## [You Want It, But Will You Show Up to Create It? 7 Ways Forward](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/you-want-it-but-will-you-show-up-to-create-it-7-ways-forward) ## [Take the Day Off to Lead Better Tomorrow: 25 Ways to Show Up](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/take-the-day-off-to-lead-better-tomorrow-25-ways-to-show-up) ## [You’ve Got This… But You Have to Set Yourself Up Right For It. 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