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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 solutions. Learn more at ActiveChoices.com.

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 (a leadership storybook). 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, 2019), 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 written the “Showing Up” column on Inc.com, blogs regularly for ActiveChoices.com subscribers, and speaks on stages (in person and virtually) around the world.