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In the Media: Interviews, Podcasts, and Articles

Anese has been interviewed on Truly Human Leadership, The Unmistakable Creative, Fox 40 TV, the Bulletproof Radio and Art of Charm podcasts… just to name a few. Anese has also written for, and been interviewed by, and featured in the Harvard Business Review, Forbes, Inc., Skip Prichard, Business Insider, and the New York Times.

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About Active Choices, Inc.

Active Choices, Inc. (ACI) is a strategic advisory and training firm that specializes in creating authentic Positive Energy Workplaces and Positive Energy Leaders through our proprietary methodology and proven impact model, the IEP Method®. We’ve been building psychological safety and security; honest conversations, connection, and collaboration; and positive energy workplaces and leadership since 2001. We partner with our clients to create real and sustainable change through strategic discovery, training and workshops, executive retreats, keynotes, and enterprise-wide integrations. Learn more about the company here. Learn more about ACI’s methodology here.

About Anese Cavanaugh

Anese Cavanaugh is the CEO of Active Choices, Inc., creator of the Positive Energy Workplace Initiative™, and the founder of the IEP Method® (Intentional Energetic Presence®). 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 (ACI, 2018). As a business leader, strategic advisor, and keynote speaker, she is devoted to creating authentic leadership and positively contagious cultures with leaders and organizations around the world.

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Anese Cavanaugh is the CEO of Active Choices, Inc., creator of the IEP Method® (Intentional Energetic Presence®) and the Positive Energy Workplace Initiative™ and a strategist and advisor to leaders and organizations around the world. She is a futurist devoted to helping organizations support their people so they are able to show up and bring their best selves to the table, create significant impact in their lives, and create (authentic) positive energy workplaces and cultures. Anese is a keynote speaker and 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, 2020), and THE LEADER YOU WILL BE: An Invitation (a leadership storybook).

As a leading voice on intention, energy, and presence in leadership and culture, she helps people unlock greater leadership potential, collaborate more inspiringly, create more openly, intuit more bravely, and lead more joyfully and effectively. Top innovators and executives in companies like Ford Motor Company, IDEO, Zingerman’s, Cooper, GM Financial, Vistaprint, 15Five, Fitbit, Vivayic, Kaiser Permanente, BNY Mellon, and others have engaged with Active Choices to strengthen team health, maximize leadership impact, and optimize company culture. In addition to appearing in publications like Harvard Business Review, The Huffington Post, CEO.com, Forbes, the NY Times, and others, Anese writes a column, “Showing Up” on Inc.com, blogs regularly for subscribers of ActiveChoices.com, and speaks on stages (in person and virtually) around the world.