--- title: Leadership, Culture, Impact | Active Choices, Inc. | Anese Cavanaugh | The IEP Method® | Inc.com Column (5) description: Inc.com Column | 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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For your leadership pleasure, here are 12 places to look over the next month as you close out 2015 and get ready to create some amazing impact, and a life you love, in 2016… [Read More ›](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/12-days-of-questions-for-optimizing-your-leadership-honoring-yourself-crafting-a-powerful-2016) In [Leadership Tips](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/topic/leadership-tips)/ [Inc.com Column](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/topic/inccom-column) [![](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/hubfs/holiday.jpg)](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/5-ways-to-rock-your-holiday) December 7, 2015  by [Anese Cavanaugh](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/author/anese-cavanaugh) ## [5 Ways to Rock Your Holiday (and Only 1 of them has to do with Gratitude)](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/5-ways-to-rock-your-holiday) When I talk with people about the holidays I generally get one of two reactions — “Love them! Can’t wait!” or “Ugh…Yes, the holidays, I’m exhausted already.” Usually the response leans a bit heavier on the second reaction. Why? A lot happens during the holidays: parties, shopping, planning (so much planning), trying to wrap up the end of the year, holiday gift lists from our wee ones that have no bounds, being with the pain of loved ones that are no longer with us, personal changes, family conflict, who’s going where, when and how, and how do we not insult “Aunt Betty” if we don’t stay long? Etc. etc. etc. You get the idea. Pick your combination. It can all be too much. 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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”. * [Read More ›](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/3-ways-to-prepare-for-a-successful-meeting) In [Leadership Tips](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/topic/leadership-tips)/ [Inc.com Column](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/topic/inccom-column) [![](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/hubfs/books.jpg)](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/10-books-that-boost-leaders-creativity-care-and-cultural-knowledge) 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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