--- title: Leadership, Culture, Impact | Active Choices, Inc. | Anese Cavanaugh | The IEP Method® | Stress, Overwhelm and Burnout description: Stress, Overwhelm and Burnout | Featuring articles and resources from the founder of the IEP Method®, Anese Cavanaugh, and the team at Active Choices, Inc. 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You had the script. You had the training. And yet... something was off. Here's what I've watched happen over and over again with leaders, teams, and organizations: the *skills* aren't the problem. The energy and intention underneath those skills is. That's the whole premise of the IEP Method® and Intentional Energetic Presence®. And once you see it, you genuinely cannot unsee it.   [Read More ›](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/intentional-leadership-iep) In [IEP Method](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/topic/iep-method)/ [Engagement](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/topic/engagement)/ [Energy Leadership](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/topic/energy-leadership)/ [Leadership Presence](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/topic/leadership-presence)/ [Stress, Overwhelm and Burnout](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/topic/stress-overwhelm-and-burnout)/ [Intention](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/topic/intention) [![](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/hubfs/Black%20and%20White%20Sand%20Dunes%20Blog%20Header-png.png)](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/navigating-ambiguity-toxic-healthy-culture-makings-and-updates) May 4, 2022  by [Anese Cavanaugh](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/author/anese-cavanaugh) ## [Navigating Ambiguity, Toxic & Healthy Culture Makings, and Updates (video)](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/navigating-ambiguity-toxic-healthy-culture-makings-and-updates)   My team and I get asked questions all the time about the *quickest* three things to do for *this* or *that* or *all of the above*. Building a healthy culture and an authentic Positive Energy Workplace™ takes awareness, honesty, intention, energy, presence, and action. It doesn't have to take a ton of time, however, you want to watch out for "doing" those quick three things just to the "check cultural health" box off your list.   If you are *truly* tending to your IEP (Intentions/ Energy/ Presence) and taking action from a place of awareness and service... you won't need a quick checklist, your culture will take care of itself. That said, if you do want some quick things to start paying extra attention to, I've shared some in the below video (timestamp below post). [Read More ›](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/navigating-ambiguity-toxic-healthy-culture-makings-and-updates) In [Engagement](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/topic/engagement)/ [Energy Leadership](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/topic/energy-leadership)/ [Leadership Tips](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/topic/leadership-tips)/ [Stress, Overwhelm and Burnout](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/topic/stress-overwhelm-and-burnout) [![](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/hubfs/Copy%20of%20Red%20and%20Purple%20Motivational%20Quotes%20Blog%20Banner%20(7).png)](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/navigating-today-kindness-as-leadership-skill-culture-builder) September 3, 2021  by [Anese Cavanaugh](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/author/anese-cavanaugh) ## [Navigating Today: Kindness as a Leadership Skill + Culture Builder.](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/navigating-today-kindness-as-leadership-skill-culture-builder) I think we have to be *extra* kind to each other right now. I'm noticing in my work with clients, with things my friends and family are going through, and in my own life that there is this extra level of buzz, tenderness, and sensitivity that seems to go with more things than not right now. Tension runs high, misunderstandings feel faster, lots of flux in people's jobs and life decisions and relationships, some more "proving it" and "covering my booty" energy is showing up especially in corporate players (which is like literally the last thing our culture needs right now) -- not to mention politics, global warming, the latest in Texas, and oh, ya... the pandemic and... everything else. [Read More ›](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/navigating-today-kindness-as-leadership-skill-culture-builder) In [Organizational Culture](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/topic/organizational-culture)/ [Effective Leadership](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/topic/effective-leadership)/ [Stress, Overwhelm and Burnout](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/topic/stress-overwhelm-and-burnout)/ [Cultural Health](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/topic/cultural-health) [![](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/hubfs/IMG_1444-jpeg.jpeg)](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/are-you-burning-out-are-your-people-0) July 30, 2021  by [Anese Cavanaugh](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/author/anese-cavanaugh) ## [What is Your Relationship with "Busy"?](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/are-you-burning-out-are-your-people-0)   "Gosh, you are so busy!” is a statement I often hear from people. It’s an assumption people make based upon how I design my time and what I say YES and NO to. (It's often then followed up by them telling me some form of how busy they are, and that they wish they weren't, and how hard it is that we're all busy, and down the "busy spiral" the convo will go -- IF I let myself get hooked into their busy....) [Read More ›](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/are-you-burning-out-are-your-people-0) In [Effective Leadership](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/topic/effective-leadership)/ [Stress, Overwhelm and Burnout](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/topic/stress-overwhelm-and-burnout)/ [The Energy of Busy](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/topic/the-energy-of-busy) [![](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/hubfs/Copy%20of%20Red%20and%20Purple%20Motivational%20Quotes%20Blog%20Banner%20(4).png)](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/are-you-burning-out-are-your-people) July 20, 2021  by [Anese Cavanaugh](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/author/anese-cavanaugh) ## [Are you burning out? Are your people?](https://blog.anesecavanaugh.com/are-you-burning-out-are-your-people) “It’s naive to think in today’s day and age that an organization does not play a part in their employees’ wellness.”  -- [Tara Ataya, chief people and diversity officer at Hootsuite](https://www.nbcnews.com/business/business-news/you-re-not-only-one-who-s-had-enough-95-n1272701).    Last week's headline (linked above) said 95% of people are considering quitting their jobs in a recent survey, citing burnout and relentless work of the last year as a core reason. 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