Anese Cavanaugh

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Are You Ahead of the Game? Why Proactively Optimizing Your Company Culture Makes Strategic Sense

Anese Cavanaugh

It can sometimes feel simpler and more straightforward to approach your company culture reactively (by changing policies hastily, disregarding employee input, moving forward on engagement campaigns without leadership commitment, prioritizing short-term fixes, etc.),

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Intrinsic Motivation = Smart Leadership

Anese Cavanaugh

They all may work for a bit when pushed/pulled from the outside, but for how long? And how enjoyable will the process be? That’s key.)

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Your Intentional (or not so intentional) Energetic Presence

Anese Cavanaugh

I’m pretty good at “holding my space” and not letting this kind of energy pull on me, but this time, knowing I’d be heading into a long term partnership that my team and I would be paying for, well this one, screamed “red flag” I listened. And it was only 8:15 a.m.

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How to lead energized and effective leadership team meetings

Anese Cavanaugh

Revisit the agenda and outcomes, the time agreement (finish on time or EARLY), clarify who’s doing what (in terms of facilitation, taking notes to share, managing the “not now, later please, parking lot” , etc.), Make self-care during the meeting a foundational element regardless of how long the meeting is.

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Personal Reflections: The Balance of Roles & Intentions in Action

Anese Cavanaugh

but rather I lean into the term “fully engaged.” So, to start, what’s on my mind today as I write this is the challenge of all the roles we play in our lives and how those get the right amount of attention. ” So fully engaging in the moment and in the relationship that you are in right NOW. A true gift.