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# The Positive Energy Workplace

## Anese Cavanaugh

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Anese Cavanaugh is the creator of the IEP Method (Intentional Energetic Presence) as well as a leadership & collaboration advisor, strategist, and thinking partner for business leaders in the design, service and innovation spaces. Through her speaking, writing and creative leadership programs, people learn how to optimize their leadership and presence, bringing their best selves to the table for greater collaboration, impact, and cultural success.

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December 2, 2015   by [Anese Cavanaugh](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/author/anese-cavanaugh)

## [3 Ways to Prepare for a Successful Meeting](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/3-ways-to-prepare-for-a-successful-meeting)

Heading into a media interview for the [book](http://www.anesecavanaugh.com/product/contagious-culture) last week, I was ready to roll. Excited. Prepared. I’d done all my pre-work, set my intentions, taken really great care of myself. I got on the call, the host was running late (for great reasons), the audio needed some tweaking, and right before we launched they said something about *“I don’t know how this is going to go over with our audience, let’s hope they like it”. *

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November 28, 2015   by [Anese Cavanaugh](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/author/anese-cavanaugh)

## [10 Books That Boost Leaders' Creativity, Care, and Cultural Knowledge](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/10-books-that-boost-leaders-creativity-care-and-cultural-knowledge)

In the book [*Contagious Culture: Show Up, Set the Tone, and Intentionally Create an Organization That Thrives*](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1259584577?keywords=contagious%20culture&qid=1446303163&ref_=sr_1_1&sr=8-1) (McGraw-Hill), I invite readers to take an inside-out approach to leadership and cultural optimization. People often think that leadership and culture are all about skills and what we do, but speaking even louder is who we are, how we show up, and the energy and intention we bring to the table. Being an effective leader and creating a culture that thrives is rarely about having better skills, changing other people, or even holding huge corporate cultural initiatives--our quickest path to shifting culture and dynamics is more simply in shifting ourselves and how we show up.

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November 16, 2015   by [Anese Cavanaugh](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/author/anese-cavanaugh)

## [5 Heartful Soul-Nourishing Lessons in Launching Anything Big](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/5-heartfull-soul-nourishing-lessons-in-launching-anything-big)

Well… today is the day. [**Contagious Culture: Show Up, Set the Tone, and Intentionally Create an Organization that Thrives**](http://www.anesecavanaugh.com/product/contagious-culture/) hits bookshelves at retailers near you. It may be impossible for me to write a fantastic post today (I’m sure I’ll have greater wisdom and insight to share in the next couple of weeks once some of the dust has settled and it’s all sunk in), and in the meantime… I couldn’t not say hello today. 

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November 5, 2015   by [Anese Cavanaugh](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/author/anese-cavanaugh)

## [5 Ways to Navigate When Stuff Goes Painfully Wrong](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/5-ways-to-navigate-when-stuff-goes-painfully-wrong)

I recently had something big fall apart with my team. It's really quite simple, we had a vendor who had an agenda, and in the land of "assuming good", I missed it. Five months of trying to collaborate, find clean solutions, and do good work—and the whole time, ulterior motives were at play.

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## [Do You Really Want It? 3 Golden Questions for Creating What You Want](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/do-you-really-want-it-3-golden-questions-for-creating-what-you-want)

I love hiking with business leaders. Hiking, yoga, walking, dancing, whatever… the wisdom of the body is one of the best business partners you’ll ever have.

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