--- title: Leadership, Culture, Impact | Active Choices, Inc. | Anese Cavanaugh | The IEP Method® | Energy Leadership (12) description: Energy Leadership | 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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What are you up to this holiday weekend? Whether you're working, playing, chilling, escaping to a beach, or hunkering down in your office, there are things you can do with a long weekend (or any weekend) to support you, your IEP (Intentional Energetic Presence), and your leadership. Use this weekend well, no matter what you're up to, and come back next week even stronger. Here are 5 ways to play... [Read More ›](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/5-ways-to-rock-your-weekend-and-come-back-even-stronger) In [IEP Method](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/topic/iep-method)/ [Energy Leadership](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/topic/energy-leadership)/ [Effective Leadership](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/topic/effective-leadership) [![](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/hs-fs/file-2634463400-jpg/social-suggested-images/getty_165716906_970647970450085_52461.jpg)](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/projectimpeccable-create-a-stronger-foundation-and-improve-your-leadership) January 16, 2017  by [Anese Cavanaugh](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/author/anese-cavanaugh) ## [#ProjectImpeccable: Create a Stronger Foundation and Improve Your Leadership](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/projectimpeccable-create-a-stronger-foundation-and-improve-your-leadership) Hello! I’ve been excited and surprised by the response to the upcoming #ProjectImpeccable program that starts on 1/26. I wasn’t sure, when we released it, how many people we'd get or who would show up - it's been fun to watch the unfolding of what is quickly become one of my favorite and most meaningful projects! [Read More ›](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/projectimpeccable-create-a-stronger-foundation-and-improve-your-leadership) In [Energy Leadership](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/topic/energy-leadership) [![](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/hubfs/energysuck.jpg)](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/signs-youre-sucking-energy-out-of-the-room-and-what-to-do-about-it) August 1, 2016  by [Anese Cavanaugh](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/author/anese-cavanaugh) ## [Signs You’re Sucking Energy Out of the Room (and What to Do About It)](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/signs-youre-sucking-energy-out-of-the-room-and-what-to-do-about-it) I had a meeting with my team last week. All of us were prepared, we had some good stuff to dig into. Everyone showed up on time, checked in, confirmed our agenda, and then… I blew it. Yep, me, as the team leader… blew it. How? My presence. Despite being prepared, having all the “stuff” I needed to have to have a great meeting, and all the right “actions” – my presence was off. Our normally high vibration, present, positive energy meetings, turned into dysfunctional sludge; the sludge had nothing to do with what I said or did – it was my energy and what I brought into that Google Hangout. Fortunately, I quickly realized I was sinking the “room”, was able to name it, reboot, and get us back on track. (Ironic. Here we are, a company helping people up-level presence in order to be more effective in their leadership and impact, and *I* had just sucked the energy out of the room. With my beautiful team. Wow.) How awesome. So what happened? [Read More ›](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/signs-youre-sucking-energy-out-of-the-room-and-what-to-do-about-it) In [Energy Leadership](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/topic/energy-leadership)/ [Inc.com Column](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/topic/inccom-column)/ [leadership](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/topic/leadership) [![](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/hubfs/hotdog.jpg)](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/is-that-hot-dog-worth-your-next-promotion) July 18, 2016  by [Anese Cavanaugh](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/author/anese-cavanaugh) ## [Is That Hot Dog Worth Your Next Promotion?](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/is-that-hot-dog-worth-your-next-promotion) It was 11:00 a.m., on a Tuesday. I jumped on a video call with a client to work on his strategy for taking his career to the next level. He was well qualified for a promotion and very hungry to make it happen. I was ready to roll. He was... exhausted. At 11:00. On a Tuesday morning. As we faced each other on pixels I noticed his energy was low, his face "muted", his voice quieter than usual. His presence communicated drudgery and fatigue. Not only could I see it, I could feel it. I asked how he was doing... *"Exhausted. I don't know how I'm going to make it through today -- I'm back-to-back in meetings, and all of them are important."* *"Hmmm... It's only Tuesday, at 11:00 a.m. What's up?"* I asked. *"I had a big weekend; we BBQ'd, lots of hot dogs, chips, and beers... I guess I'm still recovering."* *"Was it worth it?"* *"Ya, it was great. I'll recover. What are we working on? Sorry, I didn't have time to prepare."* Hmmm... [Read More ›](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/is-that-hot-dog-worth-your-next-promotion) In [Energy Leadership](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/topic/energy-leadership)/ [Inc.com Column](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/topic/inccom-column) [![](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/hubfs/getty_479998562_970679970450057_64936-443603-edited.jpg)](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/5-socially-grievous-things-you-must-do-to-be-successful) September 14, 2015  by [Anese Cavanaugh](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/author/anese-cavanaugh) ## [5 Socially Grievous Things You Must Do to Be Successful](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/5-socially-grievous-things-you-must-do-to-be-successful) As a business leader (or human being), you have things coming at you all day long: requests, demands, this call, that email, these 42 decisions, that permission slip, this contract, that field trip you've been asked to chaperone, this friendship that energizes you, that relationship that sucks the life out of you … You name it, it's likely coming for you. In what I call the blender, when you're in the midst of all this, it can be so easy to lose your space. Oh, so easy ... Unless you get really good at doing these five things that will help you hold your space, discern correct action, and keep your bliss so you be the leader you want and need to be. [Read More ›](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/5-socially-grievous-things-you-must-do-to-be-successful) In [Energy Leadership](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/topic/energy-leadership)/ [Inc.com Column](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/topic/inccom-column) [Previous](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/topic/energy-leadership/page/11) [All posts](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/all) [Next](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/topic/energy-leadership/page/13) This is a search field with an auto-suggest feature attached. - There are no suggestions because the search field is empty. 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