Work Directly with Anese Cavanaugh
Tap into the power of your Intentional Energetic Presence® (IEP) and experience true leadership transformation and results with Anese Cavanaugh.
The IEP Method® is the proven development framework used by creative leaders, entrepreneurs, and mid-sized company executives.
Work Directly with Anese Cavanaugh
Tap into the power of your Intentional Energetic Presence® (IEP) and experience true leadership transformation and results with Anese Cavanaugh.
The IEP Method® is the proven development framework used by creative leaders, entrepreneurs, and mid-sized company executives.
“Anese supports leaders who care deeply about their impact and want to lead with more clarity, presence, and intention — especially in complex or high-responsibility roles. She’s a thoughtful, non-biased sounding board and great at helping you see things more clearly and move forward in a way that feels aligned and authentic.”
Anese Cavanaugh is the creator of the IEP Method® (Intentional Energetic Presence®) — a proven approach to leadership development that helps leaders create real, lasting change (not a short-term performance spike).
At the center of her work is one belief: workplace culture doesn’t shift until leaders do.
Real leadership change doesn’t come from policies or initiatives alone — it comes from the inner work that transforms how leaders show up, make decisions, and shape what’s possible for their teams.
Whether you’re looking for a transformational keynote, executive coaching, or team development, the work is rooted in the same methodology: developing leaders from the inside out.
Explore the ways to work with Anese and Active Choices, Inc. We provide time-tested options successfully used by leaders and teams across industries — designed to meet your goals, support your team, and drive the results you’re here to create.
“Anese is a force for honest leadership who speaks truth with effervescence.”
“Anese has a unique ability to make the intangibles of leadership tangible and translate complex challenges into actionable solutions.”
“Working privately with Anese changed how I show up as a leader. Not just in meetings, but in life. The ripple effect has been massive.”
About Anese Cavanaugh
Anese is the founder of Active Choices, Inc., creator of the IEP Method®, and founder of the Positive Energy Workplace Initiative®. She’s the author of Contagious Culture, Contagious You, and The Leader You Will Be.
Her expertise includes executive presence, leadership development, culture transformation, behavior change, crisis management, creative leadership, and energy accountability. She’s worked with corporate, entrepreneurial, nonprofit, and government sectors — from Fortune 500 boardrooms to emerging startups. While she has worked with a wide variety of industries over the last 23 years, she finds that her work is accelerated and most intuitively integrated with leaders in tech, innovation, and design.
Her work helps leaders and teams:
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Do better work together — with less friction, more momentum, and stronger connection
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Improve adoption and follow-through from training initiatives (communication, sales, etc.)
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Stay grounded and make clear decisions when it matters most — including legal matters and jury trials (yes, really)
Beyond client work, her advisory work has included special projects with:
- Youth Guidance Programs (BAM)
- US Navy & Johns Hopkins (Sailor Resiliency)
- Virgin Unite (South Africa Women’s Leadership)
- Education and Law Enforcement (Leadership Initiatives)
- She’s also passionate about women’s leadership and giving back, and is selective about the leaders and organizations she partners with.
The Work Starts With You
Private work begins with you — how you show up, lead, and make decisions.
If it becomes clear that your team or organization would benefit from support as well, Active Choices, Inc. can extend the work through scalable coaching and training.
The Invisible Leadership Advantage
Anese created the IEP Method® (Intentional Energetic Presence®) after seeing the same pattern for years: leaders with brilliant strategy but still struggling with execution, influence, and sustainable performance.
The gap wasn’t another strategy. It was how they were showing up while executing the strategy.
Her work focuses on the “invisible” drivers of leadership effectiveness:
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Energy accountability: How you manage your energy directly impacts your team’s performance
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Authentic executive presence: Not the polished corporate version — the real one that builds trust and influence
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Sustainable high performance: Leading from full instead of empty
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Crisis leadership: Staying clear and decisive when everything’s on fire
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Creative leadership: Creating conditions for smart risk-taking and innovation
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Culture through leadership: You can’t build a healthy culture if you’re leading from depletion or misalignment
This isn’t theory. It’s practical, candid, and designed for the real world — boardrooms, investor pitches, team conflict, sleepless nights, and the moments you wonder if you made the right call.
Your focused program and cadence
Private work with Anese begins with a minimum 3-month engagement, with the option to extend as needed.
Most clients start with:
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An in-person kickoff deep dive to set direction, priorities, and success markers
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Formal sessions every other week or monthly (50–90 minutes)
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Between-session support via Voxer/text/email for real-time input when decisions need to be made or challenges arise
Built around you — always rooted in the IEP Method®
Each engagement is co-created to match your leadership style, context, challenges, and goals. While the structure is flexible, the foundation is consistent: the IEP Method® and a focus on sustainable transformation (not temporary performance boosts).
A shift that lasts
This isn’t a program you complete and forget. It’s a recalibration of how you lead, decide, and show up — with tools and practices that continue to serve you long after the container ends.
Continuing support (optional)
After your foundational work, you’re welcome to move into a month-to-month retainer arrangement.
I highly recommend ACI and the IEP work for organizations that are serious about culture change, innovation, and growing their people — the work is unique, caring, effective, and eye-opening for the kind of leadership we need to have now in order to innovate and grow our future leaders.
Anese is an incredible side-by-side collaborator. She helps us focus on what’s most important to us — our people.
We consider her a core part of our talent strategy, looking forward to each next step together.
After more than a year working with Anese, I can say without reservation that she can bring out the best leadership skills in every member of your team.
She makes people mesh. She super powers your teamwork. And she makes cultural change look easy. Stop arguing, call her.
Ready to Explore Working with Anese?
Private coaching spots are intentionally limited (typically 3–5 clients at a time), and availability is reserved on a first-come basis.
Before scheduling a conversation, we’ll ask you to complete a short application. This helps us understand what you need, determine whether private work with Anese is the right fit, and ensure the conversation is focused and useful. Please share as much as you can — your responses are confidential.
What to Expect
- Submit the application.
- Our team will review your responses and follow up with next steps, regardless of fit.
- If it looks aligned, we’ll invite you to schedule a discovery conversation to explore your goals, context, and what support would be most useful.
- If both sides decide to move forward, we’ll send a proposed engagement plan, investment details, and start date.
- You’ll sign the Private Coaching Agreement and submit any fees due.
- We begin — and you’ll receive onboarding details to start your work with Anese.
Questions? Please reach out to hello@activechoices.com