YOUR PRESENCE IS
YOUR IMPACT
…and when it’s missing, your leaders can feel it
Anese’s keynote experiences support leaders who need a pause to build a new relationship with how they show up — unlocking clarity, healthier collaboration, authentically positive cultures, and results that last.
This isn’t motivation. It’s transformation.
Anese has been Trusted by Leading Organizations and Events Worldwide
When leaders are burned out, distracted, overwhelmed, and still expected to build trust and lead strong relationships — they don’t need more content or noise.
They need presence and alignment.
Anese helps leaders learn to reboot their energy and lead with the kind of vitality that drives collaboration, innovation, and positive impact.
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THE HUMAN ADVANTAGE IN THE AGE OF AI
How presence, leadership, and vitality give your teams the edge in an accelerating world.
Best for: Organizations navigating AI adoption, digital transformation, or rapid growth who want performance without burnout or cultural erosion.
The Challenge:
Organizations are racing to adopt AI and automation, yet many leaders are experiencing increased fragmentation, decision overload, and human disconnection. While technology moves faster, teams are often left depleted, reactive, or struggling to collaborate effectively under pressure.
The Solution:
In this keynote, Anese Cavanaugh reframes the conversation: the future of performance isn’t just technological — it’s human. Drawing on the IEP Method® (Intentional Energetic Presence®), she shows leaders how cultivating presence, vitality, and discernment creates the stability and clarity teams need to thrive alongside AI. Rather than competing with technology, leaders learn how to amplify the human capabilities that drive meaningful results.
What Attendees Will Walk Away With:
- A clear understanding of the human advantages that technology cannot replace
- Practical tools to strengthen presence and leadership capacity amid acceleration
- Strategies for sustaining energy, focus, and connection during change
- A renewed sense of agency and confidence in leading alongside AI
YOUR PRESENCE IS YOUR IMPACT
Become a leader who creates trust, clarity, and alignment — intentionally and sustainably
Best for: Leaders and teams who want more consistent trust and alignment, clearer communication, and leadership that lands well across the organization — especially in high-stakes, high-change environments.
Companion Book: Contagious You
The Challenge:
Leaders are expected to create clarity, build trust, and keep teams aligned — often while navigating constant change, competing priorities, and tough conversations. Even strong leaders can unintentionally create confusion or friction when their presence is scattered, reactive, or inconsistent. When that happens, teams feel it quickly: trust drops, alignment weakens, and performance dips.
The Solution:
In this keynote, Anese Cavanaugh helps leaders strengthen the most underestimated driver of leadership effectiveness: presence. Participants learn how to lead with more intention and alignment — so their impact matches what they mean to create. Through practical tools and real-time practices (including a supportive framework for understanding different “types” of presence), leaders learn how to shift in the moment: from reactive to grounded, from unclear to direct, and from drained to sustainably influential.
What Attendees Will Walk Away With:
- A practical understanding of how presence shapes trust, clarity, and alignment — even more than words or strategy
- Tools to regulate reactivity and stay grounded in high-stakes moments (meetings, conflict, visibility, change)
- Simple ways to create stronger alignment between intention, energy, and impact
- Communication practices that reduce friction and increase follow-through
- Sustainable leadership habits that improve results without adding strain
- A shared language teams can use to strengthen trust and alignment over time
THE CONFIDENCE EQUATION™
The practical, inside-out framework for building authentic, sustainable confidence.
Best for: Leaders navigating visibility, decision fatigue, imposter syndrome, or heightened expectations.
The Challenge:
Confidence gets tested in real moments, whether you’re delivering candid feedback, making a high-stakes decision, navigating a sales conversation, speaking up in a room full of strong personalities, or holding a boundary without feeling the need to over-explain. When confidence is low, many leaders experience self-doubt, hesitation, or overcompensation — and it quietly impacts results, relationships, and energy. Traditional advice often focuses on performance (“fake it until you make it”), which can feel inauthentic and unsustainable.
The Solution:
In this keynote, Anese introduces The Confidence Equation™ — a practical, inside-out framework for building confidence that is authentic, resilient, and sustainable. Rather than relying on bravado or certainty, leaders learn how to create steadiness through alignment, clear intention, and actionable practices that support healthy decision making. Attendees leave with tools they can apply immediately in high-stakes conversations and situations — without forcing a persona or burning themselves out.
What Attendees Will Walk Away With:
- A clear, practical framework for understanding how confidence is created (and what erodes it).
- A guided in-session self-assessment to build awareness around their own confidence, opportunities for growth, and where to focus first
- Tools to strengthen confidence in common leadership scenarios
- Greater steadiness in decision-making and leadership presence
- Practices to navigate doubt and increase confidence when speaking up, holding boundaries, and advocating for themselves.
THE ALIGNED LEADER
Creating sustainable leadership and organizational health amid chaos, churn, and AI.
Best for: Executive teams and groups experiencing change, restructuring, burnout, or cultural strain who want sustainability alongside performance.
The Challenge:
Leaders today are navigating constant change, competing priorities, and increasing pressure — often at the expense of their own alignment and organizational health. When leaders are stretched thin, teams feel it through burnout, disengagement, and inconsistent direction.
The Solution:
This keynote explores alignment as a leadership discipline — not a luxury. Anese shows how leaders can create internal coherence across intentions, energy, and actions, then translate that alignment into healthier cultures and systems. The result is leadership that is both effective and sustainable.
What Attendees Will Walk Away With:
- A clearer understanding of alignment at the individual and organizational level
- Tools for recalibrating leadership energy and focus even in difficult situations
- Strategies for reducing unnecessary friction and reactivity
- A grounded path toward sustainable leadership and workplace culture health
THE LEADER YOU WILL BE: AN INVITATION
Building Tomorrow’s Leadership Skills Today
Companion Book: The Leader You Will Be: An Invitation
The Reality Check:
The leadership playbook from five years ago is already outdated. Your rising leaders need skills that don’t exist in traditional management training.
The Opportunity:
While other organizations cling to old models, your leaders can get ahead of the curve with the mindset and skills that tomorrow’s challenges demand.
This isn’t another “leadership trends” presentation. It’s a practical roadmap for developing leaders who can navigate uncertainty, inspire remote teams, and create psychological safety that drives real innovation. Anese combines compelling storytelling with actionable frameworks that your leaders will actually use.
Drawing from her acclaimed work “The Leader You Will Be,” this session gives your audience seven core principles that successful leaders are already using to stay ahead. Whether you’re developing high-potentials or seasoned executives, this keynote provides the clarity and direction leaders need to elevate their impact.
Flexible Delivery Options:
- 10-minute high-impact opener
- 20-90 minute comprehensive keynote
- 3-hour interactive workshop for deeper transformation
CONTAGIOUS CULTURE
How to Develop Workplace Energy That Drives Real Results
Available Formats: Keynote, Breakout Session, Follow-up Resources, Executive Strategy Session
Companion Book: Contagious Culture
The Challenge
Many organizations invest heavily in engagement initiatives, culture programs, and team-building efforts — yet still struggle with low trust, communication breakdowns, disengagement, and retention challenges. Metrics may improve on paper, but when pressure hits, teams often lack the energy, cohesion, and clarity needed to perform well together.
The Solution
In this keynote, Anese Cavanaugh helps leaders look beneath surface-level indicators to what actually drives behavior and performance: workplace energy. Drawing on the IEP Method® and her research on Positive Energy Workplaces®, Anese shows how leaders can intentionally shape the energy they bring — and the energy their teams experience — to create cultures where people want to contribute, collaborate, and stay. Participants learn how to identify energy drains, strengthen trust, and create conditions that support innovation and accountability across in-person, remote, and hybrid teams.
What Attendees Will Walk Away With
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A deeper understanding of how workplace energy impacts trust, retention, and results
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Tools for recognizing and shifting unproductive team dynamics in real time
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Practical strategies for building authentic, positive culture that holds up under pressure
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A shared language for creating consistency across teams and leaders
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Clear next steps for translating culture into measurable performance outcomes
BEYOND ENGAGEMENT: THE ENERGY ADVANTAGE
How leaders create momentum that fuels performance, retention, and innovation
Available Formats: Keynote, Conference Breakout, Follow-up Resources, Executive Strategy Session
Companion Books: Contagious Culture, Contagious You, The Leader You Will Be
The Challenge
Many leaders rely on engagement data to understand how their teams are doing — yet still find themselves facing stalled momentum, collaboration challenges, and uneven performance. Engagement scores offer insight into past sentiment, but they often fail to explain what’s happening in real time or how teams will respond when conditions change.
The Solution
In this forward-looking keynote, Anese Cavanaugh introduces energy as a practical leadership lever that directly influences focus, decision-making, and follow-through. Leaders learn how to assess the energy in a room, a meeting, or a team — and how to make intentional shifts that increase clarity, connection, and momentum. Using real-world examples and applicable tools, Anese shows how energy-aware leadership helps organizations respond more effectively to change, complexity, and growth.
What Attendees Will Walk Away With
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A practical understanding of how energy influences performance and retention
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Tools for reading and responding to team dynamics in the moment
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Strategies for creating momentum during change, uncertainty, or growth
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Leadership practices that support innovation and adaptability
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A repeatable approach leaders can use immediately with their teams
COMPANION BOOKS & EXTENDED LEARNING
Many of Anese’s keynotes can be paired with her bestselling books — Contagious Culture, Contagious You, and The Leader You Will Be — as well as optional self-paced programs and guides to extend learning beyond the stage.
Organizations often choose to:
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Offer books or learning tools as pre-work, post-event resources, or team-wide follow-up
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Integrate key concepts into customized keynotes, executive sessions, or leadership offsites
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Use the books as anchors for workshops, discussion guides, and team alignment conversations
Each experience can be tailored to your goals and audience, creating a cohesive, practical learning arc that supports real application long after the keynote ends.
ANESE DELIVERS MORE THAN A TALK.
SHE CREATES A SHIFT.
With decades of experience, contagious energy, and a proven track record for creating lasting impact, Anese transforms every stage she steps on. Whether you’re curating a high-stakes leadership summit or a culture-focused group offsite, she brings actionable content, practical tools, and an unforgettable experience your audience will carry forward.
Her speaking formats are fully adaptable to your audience and agenda. Popular options include:
Experiential Keynote
45–90 minutes
Ideal for energizing your conference opening or leaving a lasting close.
Experiential Keynote + Executive Session
A keynote paired with a targeted executive session — designed for leaders who need change to take hold quickly and sustainably.
Experiential Interactive Talk
60–120 minutes
Perfect for smaller groups who want rich discussion, interaction, and intimate Q&A.
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Speaking engagement rates:
Anese’s speaking engagements typically start at $30,000 and vary based on format, location, and level of customization. That said, Anese occasionally partners with values-aligned communities and causes that may have different budgets — so even if you’re not sure where you land, we encourage you to reach out. Let’s have a conversation!
Hear About the Experience
After reading Contagious You and Contagious Culture, I knew Anese’s thought leadership and approach would be the right fit for our company! We co-created an internal training series with Anese, distributed her books, and engaged with more than 2500 employees in more than a dozen countries. Anese helped bring awareness to how we show up and the energy we bring to the workplace transcends technology, location, and world events. Her engaging approach as a speaker and moderator resonated with all levels of employees, and even the most senior and accomplished executives reported the lessons they learned from an hour with Anese. If you haven’t yet experienced “The Anese Effect” I encourage you to not wait another moment!
Anese Cavanaugh was an outstanding keynote speaker at our Bender Summit. She was engaging, thought-provoking, and brought a fresh perspective that truly resonated with our audience. Anese helped leaders in the room reflect on their own impact and inspired them to see new ways they could show up as stronger, more intentional leaders in their businesses and organizations. Her ability to connect, challenge, and empower left a lasting impression.
Anese Cavanaugh’s presentation to Henry Ford Health System not only resonated, inspired, and energized our people, the application of what we experienced made an immediate impact (and is still continuing to ripple a month after). For me, I used it by 10a the next day, TWICE! I took it home with me. I saw an immediate effect on how I showed up with people, and how that influenced how they showed up with me. I am not the only one; I now attend meetings where other attendees are bringing what they learned. The application of Anese’s work and the impact of her presence continues to grow and is absolutely contagious. Anese is contagious. She is funny, clever, present, and brings a level of care and authenticity to the stage that invites people to embrace this work in ways that are real for them, creating immediate impact and their own kind of contagiousness. We’re still buzzing. Thank you Anese for sharing your brilliance with Henry Ford Health System!
Anese’s 45-minute keynote was more impactful than 20 hrs of executive coaching! I highly recommend.
Anese brought thought leadership to our conference in an area that hasn’t always been represented. We observed her unique way of getting people to open up, think differently, and be receptive to new ideas. For those who were drawn to her sessions, the experience created a meaningful shift — inspiring them to reflect more deeply on their presence, their leadership, and their personal journey.
Something that stood out about Anese’s keynote and breakout was her ability to bring her content to life in both larger-stage and workshop settings. On the stage, our attendees experienced her presence as powerful and inspiring. In the workshop, she created a more intimate, interactive environment where attendees could do deeper work. That versatility supported our programming goals and gave attendees new ways of engaging with leadership content they might not otherwise explore.
Anese’s sessions gave us the opportunity to offer something new and different for our community: content that addresses the personal side of leadership and complements the more technical aspects of Entrepreneurial Operating System (EOS). She added diversity to our conference lineup and connected with attendees who were ready for that deeper self-exploration. For organizations curating long-term programming, she’s the kind of speaker who can both challenge and inspire, while meeting leaders exactly where they are.
Anese Cavanaugh’s Contagious Culture, Contagious You workshop was a transformative highlight of our GAWDA (Gases and Welding Distributors Association) Seven Springs Regional Meeting. Teaching her IEP Method® provided an energizing, actionable framework to kick off our two-day event focused on industry education and supply chain networking. From the moment she arrived—early, engaged, and fully present—Anese didn’t just teach leadership presence, she embodied it.
We first connected with Anese at a family business seminar hosted by Pittsburgh’s Institute for Entrepreneurial Excellence. We invited her to speak because her message around intentional energy, cultural influence, and personal accountability so deeply aligns with GAWDA’s leadership development goals, especially for our Young and Emerging Professionals, whose Committee co-hosted the session.
Anese delivered a four-hour interactive workshop to a highly engaged group of 70 participants, followed by a keynote address that inspired our full audience of 250 industry leaders. What stood out most was how real and participatory the experience felt—attendees weren’t just learning a model, they were experiencing a mindset shift in real time.
What truly set Anese apart was her full immersion in the event. She stayed for the entire conference, joined networking activities, built genuine connections, and modeled exactly what she teaches: being fully present. The feedback was overwhelmingly positive. Attendees repeatedly described her as “authentic” and “energizing.” More than once, I heard: “Where did you find her?!”
Anese didn’t just speak at our event—she became part of our GAWDA community.
Anese gave the opening keynote during our DEI week at Ford Motor Company. Having the IEP Method® shared across our company and skill teams shows how multifaceted it is, and how it can help us realize that we have more similarities than differences.
I have used many different frameworks for leadership coaching and training throughout my life. The IEP Method framework is one that I continually use, day to day to set my intention and do an energy check — even on vacation! It has helped me navigate through difficult situations, meetings and conversations both professionally as well as personally. Working with Anese and her team was an absolute delight.
Anese Cavanaugh captivated a group of managers and line level employees at my company with her talk about the infectious nature of energy in an organization. She’s any company’s secret weapon for achieving profound, permanent results from the inside out.
Anese on a stage is the embodiment of her message: intentional, energetic and completely present. She is leadership personified. Captivated and inspired, you will leave thinking ‘I can do that!’
Anese’s contribution to our main annual event was unusual, and it’s the unusual part that really made it stand out. Her presentation included a captivating performance of a soliloquy that captured our attention, first, because it was a unique form of delivery, but also because of how transparently it captured our shared humanity. Our event was so much more meaningful because of her keynote presentation.
Anese spoke to our community of CEOs in 2022. She was wise and wonderful! Her talk resonated deeply with an audience whose precise challenges, when it comes to balancing personal and professional success, she understood perfectly. Her talk and her IEP method offered both deep understanding of and specific, actionable ideas for the audience.
Our team at EOS Worldwide recently had the privilege of participating in a live and experiential session of Anese’s IEP Method® (Intentional Energetic Presence®) conducted virtually for our team. This session was transformative! It provided our team members with an immediate and practical understanding of the core components of the IEP Method® that they could apply in their daily lives, not just professionally but personally, too.
Throughout the session, participants learned how to reboot their energy and presence, and walked away equipped with tools to enhance their well-being, leadership, and relationships. The time together was customized to our group, ensuring that the content was relevant and impactful.
Two keynote themes we explored were Contagious Culture and Positive Energy Workplace, each resonating deeply with our team. Anese and Jenny carefully and thoughtfully worked with our team through pre-planning calls to help us ‘put the love into it’ and ensure genuine care and concern for the wellbeing of our team members.
If you’re looking to boost your team’s energy, presence, and overall effectiveness, I highly recommend the IEP Method® virtual session. It is an invaluable investment in your people and your organization.
We’ve experienced Anese’s keynote at our Executive Summit as well as working privately with our executive team, and I highly recommend her. Anese brings to any stage a blend of effervescence combined with tangible impact and immediately actionable principles and frameworks. She authentically creates safeness and intimacy in the room — no matter how large or small the audience.
Anese is the person to bring in if you want to create an immediate shift in the field of your experience and create a greater level of impact that will carry forward way beyond the event. Her presence on stage and with our audience members throughout our event brought an extra level of energy, intentionality, and care, and inspired a greater level of presence in the room for the entire day. And even from her short time with our executive team, we are already seeing the ripple effects in our workforce. Her devotion to her work, her commitment to the audience, and ensuring that the event is not just a ‘motivational talk’ or a ‘quick fix’ is impressive and deeply appreciated.
Anese Cavanaugh’s session and the IEP Method® proved to be an exceptional fit for our needs, and the experience surpassed our expectations in several significant ways.
We are intentional about fostering interactivity and self-reflection in our meetings, encouraging full team participation. Anese’s engaging style and the IEP 5-step model seamlessly aligned with our approach, creating a highly interactive and introspective environment. As a people-first culture, we prioritize tools and concepts that promote holistic growth, and the IEP Method® did just that, resonating deeply with our team members.
Anese facilitated an atmosphere where our group felt comfortable being vulnerable, which significantly strengthened our connections.
During the session, our group was highly engaged, displaying a keen interest in the content. Following the session, numerous team members expressed their enthusiasm for the material, particularly noting its applicability in their personal lives.
The most impactful part of the meeting was Anese’s use of real-life examples to illustrate the concepts. This approach made the material relatable and actionable. Overall, Anese Cavanaugh’s keynote session was transformative for our team. Her energy, expertise, and the practical insights provided by the IEP Method® have left a lasting impression, equipping our workforce with valuable tools for personal and professional growth.
ClubVMSA contracted with Anese Cavanaugh to present her IEP Method® to a group of over 60 Global Procurement and Talent Acquisition professionals on March 30, 2023 in Ft. Lauderdale.
Prior to the event, Anese and her staff were extremely professional in taking the time to understand our membership audience and their specific needs and mindsets. She graciously interacted with our members in a professional manner to gain insights into how she could fine-tune her presentation to the audience. During the event and her presentation, Anese captivated the audience and engaged them in full participation. The feedback we received has been positive and moving for many of the attendees, especially the realization that their leadership skills were in their hands and that they had the power to ‘step up their game’
I highly recommend Anese and the IEP Method to any organization that desires strong leadership and action from their executives.
Anese’s keynote session for the Los Angeles County Office of Education was in the morning on day 2 of our convening. The prior day, our group addressed areas of need each district had via low performance. Although the point was improvement, looking at this data can be a little depressing, so the energy coming into the second day was solemn. Despite the initial somberness of the group, Anese soon had everyone up and excited and the room was a buzz! Plus, the energy did not leave when Anese was finished, it carried through the day and the conversations around the room were full of ideas and hopefulness. Our leaders were ready to go back and share with the staff and focus the energy on possibilities!
Anese’s presentation teaching the IEP Method® really brings to light the need to take the steps needed to focus your energy in a positive and purposeful way. Leading schools is extremely complex and often overwhelming, and leaders often feel the weight of the entire school on their shoulders. If you don’t take care of yourself or focus on the energy you bring, leaders can become almost paralyzed under the pressure. In working on yourself through the IEP framework, you become a more effective leader and the weight is lifted.
Anese’s message brought us out of the darkness and gave everyone the motivation and a sense of “we can do this” by bringing up the energy.
We had been following Anese’s work for years and were impressed with her positive energy and charismatic ability to motivate and lead others. Learning about Intentional Energetic Presence® (IEP) and the IEP Method® was a really different topic the Institute For Entrepreneurial Excellence had not experienced before, and her session was refreshing to business leaders who have grown tired at the same old seminars!
After the session, my customers started to have more awareness of their energy, and how it impacts others. We saw how leaders were bringing IEP to their entire teams and experiencing more positivity in their company cultures. They saw first-hand how a positive, engaged, energetic attitude can be contagious to others, and to be mindful in concentrating on how you feel and your energy level. Practicing self awareness and keeping yourself at your best really can have a positive influence on others!