--- title: Leadership, Culture, Impact | Active Choices, Inc. | Anese Cavanaugh | The IEP Method® (41) 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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You can’t innovate when you're busy. You can’t innovate when you’re worried about THEM letting you innovate. “Busy” is one of the things [getting in the way](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/from-anese/busy-work-life-balance) of creating amazing things in the world. [Read More ›](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/video-what-do-you-mean-youre-too-busy-to-innovate) [![](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/hubfs/Images%20for%20Blog,%20Landing%20Pages,%20Email,%20etc./Beach%20Sunset-1.jpg)](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/inc.com-7-ways-your-feedback-is-making-things-worse) March 16, 2015  by [Anese Cavanaugh](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/author/anese-cavanaugh) ## [Inc.com: 7 Ways Your Feedback is Making Things Worse](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/inc.com-7-ways-your-feedback-is-making-things-worse) The quality of your feedback has the power to make or break results in your organization, strengthen or dissolve connection, build or break trust, and elicit creativity or carefulness. What's the quality of your feedback? I find feedback to be one of the most important leadership skills people can work with yet also one of the most intimidating; people fear it, avoid it, sugar coat it, and "feedback sandwich" it leaving the receiver with diluted feedback, hurt feelings, and lost opportunities that do no one any good. [Read More ›](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/inc.com-7-ways-your-feedback-is-making-things-worse) In [Feedback](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/topic/feedback)/ [Effective Leadership](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/topic/effective-leadership)/ [Inc.com Column](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/topic/inccom-column) [![](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/hs-fs/file-2597772946-png/Blog_Featured_Images/Anese_performance_reviews_video_ft_img.png)](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/how-to-give-impactful-performance-reviews-feedback) March 13, 2015  by [Anese Cavanaugh](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/author/anese-cavanaugh) ## [How to Give Impactful Performance Reviews and Feedback (with video)](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/how-to-give-impactful-performance-reviews-feedback) Often people view [performance reviews and feedback as scary](https://hbr.org/2003/04/fear-of-feedback), something to avoid—from both the giving and receiving ends. But it doesn't have to be that way. Are you giving reviews as a top-down activity, just going through the motions because you have to? Or do you take advantage of a rich opportunity to truly impact someone in a meaningful way? You CAN give feedback powerfully, beautifully, and effectively. The solution is to bring more IEP ([Intentional Energetic Presence](http://www.anesecavanaugh.com/iepmethod/)) and TLC (Tender Loving Care) to the feedback and performance review process, more rigor, and more powerful “truth telling” and “pointing” in service of others. Your effectiveness in doing this will depend on the intention, energy, and presence you bring to the table. [Read More ›](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/how-to-give-impactful-performance-reviews-feedback) In [Feedback](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/topic/feedback) [![](http://s3.amazonaws.com/cdn1.hubspot.com/StockImages/Working%20Hard/7K0A0223.jpg)](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/inc-how-to-prove-your-naysayers-wrong) March 2, 2015  by [Anese Cavanaugh](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/author/anese-cavanaugh) ## [Inc.com: How to Prove Your Naysayers Wrong](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/inc-how-to-prove-your-naysayers-wrong) You have something you really want to do in your organization. Or with your partner. Or in your life. But there's a quiet fear that they just aren't going to go for it. And you really want it. You know in your heart of hearts that this is important. What do you do? Shut it down before it's even started, blame it on the infamous "they" for not letting you be fabulous, and let it go? OR get in there, face it head on, and make it happen? If you're doing it for the right reasons and your leadership wisdom is *taking you* there--yeah--you get in there. [Read More ›](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/inc-how-to-prove-your-naysayers-wrong) In [Self-Awareness](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/topic/self-awareness)/ [Engagement](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/topic/engagement)/ [Leadership Tips](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/topic/leadership-tips)/ [Inc.com Column](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/topic/inccom-column) [![](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/hs-fs/file-2463102674-png/Blog_Featured_Images/Screenshot_2015-02-07_08.14.36.png)](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/how-to-navigate-change-instead-of-avoiding-change) February 7, 2015  by [Anese Cavanaugh](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/author/anese-cavanaugh) ## [How to Navigate Change Instead of Avoiding Change](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/how-to-navigate-change-instead-of-avoiding-change)   We all get tired of change, but change is even harder when you resist it! 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