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About Active Choices, Inc.

Active Choices, Inc. (ACI) is a strategic advisory and training firm that helps leaders and organizations create authentic Positive Energy Workplaces® through the IEP Method® — our proprietary methodology and proven impact model. Since 2001, we’ve supported leaders and teams in building psychological safety and security, strengthening honest communication and collaboration, and cultivating the conditions for people to do their best work. We partner with clients to create real, sustainable change through strategic discovery, executive coaching, trainings and workshops, executive retreats and immersion experiences, keynotes, and scalable solutions for organizations. Learn more at ActiveChoices.com. Learn more at ActiveChoices.com.

About Anese Cavanaugh

Anese Cavanaugh is the CEO of Active Choices, Inc., founder of the IEP Method® (Intentional Energetic Presence®), and creator of the Positive Energy Workplace Initiative®. She is the author of the books CONTAGIOUS CULTURE: Show Up, Set the Tone, and Intentionally Create an Organization That Thrives (McGraw-Hill, 2015), CONTAGIOUS YOU: Unlock Your Power to Influence, Lead, and Create the Impact You Want (McGraw-Hill, 2019), and THE LEADER YOU WILL BE: An Invitation (a leadership storybook). For more than two decades, she has worked with CEOs, senior executives, and high-performing teams to develop more effective, energized, and sustainable leadership. As a business leader, strategic advisor, and keynote speaker, she is devoted to helping leaders show up with greater intention, presence, and accountability — and, through them, creating positively contagious workplace cultures where people can do their best work.

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Anese Cavanaugh is a strategist, advisor, and keynote speaker who helps leaders and organizations strengthen impact, team health, and culture by focusing on what drives performance most: how people show up. She is the CEO of Active Choices, Inc., creator of the IEP Method® (Intentional Energetic Presence®) and the Positive Energy Workplace Initiative®, and a leading voice on intention, energy, and presence in leadership.

Anese is the author of CONTAGIOUS CULTURE: Show Up, Set the Tone, and Intentionally Create an Organization That Thrives (McGraw-Hill, 2015), CONTAGIOUS YOU: Unlock Your Power to Influence, Lead, and Create the Impact You Want (McGraw-Hill, 2019), and THE LEADER YOU WILL BE: An Invitation (a leadership storybook). Through her work, she helps leaders unlock greater potential, build trust, and create aligned momentum so teams collaborate more effectively, communicate more clearly, and lead with greater confidence and sustainability.

Innovators and executives at organizations including Ford Motor Company, IDEO, Zingerman’s, Cooper, GM Financial, Vistaprint, 15Five, Fitbit, Vivayic, Kaiser Permanente, and BNY Mellon have engaged with Active Choices to strengthen leadership effectiveness, optimize culture, and support people in doing their best work. Anese’s insights have been featured in Harvard Business Review, Forbes, The New York Times, The Huffington Post, and CEO.com. She also wrote the “Showing Up” column for Inc.com, and speaks in person and virtually on stages around the world.