--- title: Leadership, Culture, Impact | Active Choices, Inc. | Anese Cavanaugh | The IEP Method® (12) 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. 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The power of self-trust.](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/you-know-what-you-know.-the-power-of-self-trust) Years ago when my ex-husband and I completed our marriage, to keep things extra clean and as emotionally easy as possible, we worked with a mediator. Heading into that first mediation session we both knew what we knew. Our intentions were clear, our energy was clean, and we were present to the situation at hand and how we wanted to be with each other and for our kids. We went into the first mediation session, each of us with a Post-It detailing what we wanted our division of assets and agreements to look like. Four months (and a lot of cash) later, we walked out with almost *exactly* what was on those Post-Its. Having the mediator helped us with the paperwork and navigating some of CA's divorce laws, AND, we knew what we knew going in. [Read More ›](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/you-know-what-you-know.-the-power-of-self-trust) In [Self-Awareness](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/topic/self-awareness)/ [Effective Leadership](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/topic/effective-leadership)/ [Showing Up, IEP Method](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/topic/showing-up-iep-method) [![](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/hubfs/Blog%20Post%20Graphic%20Banner%20(2).png)](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/stop.-breathe.-consider-your-contagiousness) January 8, 2021  by [Anese Cavanaugh](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/author/anese-cavanaugh) ## [Stop. Breathe. Consider your leadership contagiousness.](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/stop.-breathe.-consider-your-contagiousness)   Experiencing our collective entry into 2021 and immersed in news about this week's events – plus the intensity on almost every front of 2020 – it's felt harder to read "motivational" posts, books, or articles lately – or to write them (which is tricky when you’re in the business of leadership and growth and your livelihood is dependent on your ability to hold your space, hold space for others, stay clean vibe, and serve). However, I also know that as a coach, advisor, teacher, and human, my job is not to motivate or fake my state, it’s to hold space and offer inquiries for people to think about things honestly and in ways that may support their growth, leadership, congruency, and peace. [Read More ›](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/stop.-breathe.-consider-your-contagiousness) In [Contagious You](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/topic/contagious-you)/ [Contagious Culture](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/topic/contagious-culture) [![](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/hubfs/Blue%20and%20White%20Abstract%20Technology%20Blog%20Banner%20(10).png)](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/becoming-in-2021) December 30, 2020  by [Anese Cavanaugh](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/author/anese-cavanaugh) ## [Becoming in 2021](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/becoming-in-2021) Almost every year I write a big broadcast for our subscribers with special queries and exercises to close out the year and bring on the next. (You can also search this blog for end of year posts and questions to support you as well.) Since 2020 has proven to be so... deliciously demandingly different... I'm shifting gears. Here's the invite. Get [subscribed](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/subscribe) (if you're not already), read my stuff and do the work and exercises I offer in my broadcasts and in my blogs (at no charge), ask yourself these SEVEN questions (below) as you leave 2020 and lean into the 11 "Anese-isms" as you enter 2021, take an assessment (or four) on our [new assessments](https://www.anesecavanaugh.com/engage-with-anese/assessments/) page\*, and enroll in any of my [self-paced programs](https://www.anesecavanaugh.com/iepmethod/self-paced-programs/) as they resonate for you, and/or in my live virtual programs coming in 2021 (there are TWO: [Learning Labs](https://www.anesecavanaugh.com/engage-with-anese/webinar/) and [Impact Cohorts](https://www.anesecavanaugh.com/engage-with-anese/executive-impact-cohorts/)). \[A special note about this site, any page with the *"wave"* as shown above, is a new page with new resources or offerings for 2021. Have fun and please join!!\] [Read More ›](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/becoming-in-2021) In [Energy Leadership](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/topic/energy-leadership)/ [Navigating Change](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/topic/navigating-change)/ [Showing Up, IEP Method](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/topic/showing-up-iep-method)/ [Virtual Presence](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/topic/virtual-presence) [![](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/hubfs/Screen%20Shot%202020-11-30%20at%206.07.15%20PM.png)](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/how-the-conversation-has-changed-this-year-part-1) December 1, 2020  by [Anese Cavanaugh](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/author/anese-cavanaugh) ## [How the conversation has changed this year...](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/how-the-conversation-has-changed-this-year-part-1) ## Are you focusing on the right things today to build resilient leaders and a sustainable culture tomorrow? "Your intentions, energy, and presence guide your impact. Your focus today builds your leadership and culture today *and* tomorrow. Are you clear?" This is a question I used to ask clients. I still do. It’s still true, *and* the stakes feel higher today, don’t they?  [Read More ›](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/how-the-conversation-has-changed-this-year-part-1) In [Anese Cavanaugh](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/topic/anese-cavanaugh) [![](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/hubfs/Blue%20and%20Red%20Motivational%20Quotes%20Blog%20Banner.png)](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/10-components-of-a-sustainable-healthy-culture-as-we-lead-into-2021) November 13, 2020  by [Anese Cavanaugh](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/author/anese-cavanaugh) ## [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) As we navigate the new business and world environment of today, we'll need to focus more deeply on things we may have been able to dismiss, de-emphasize, or put off, in the past. 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