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Anese Cavanaugh
NOVEMBER 15, 2022
My team and I have been both deep in the trenches with and also witness to many organizations going through big changes right now. There are several things, many very nuanced however VERY LOUD, to pay attention to in order to truly create organizational and cultural health NOW.
Anese Cavanaugh
OCTOBER 13, 2022
If you are working with customers, hiring (and retaining) people, leading people, selling products or services, applying for a new job or promotion, enrolling people in an idea, or essentially wanting to influence anyone about anything — you are in "sales." (I
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Anese Cavanaugh
OCTOBER 3, 2022
Fresh off a keynote* last week where I talked about the IEP Method®, self-care as a leadership skill, and how our impact is dependent on our ability to lead our Intentions, Energy, and Presence, I received multiple questions from members of the audience. I love it when this happens.
Anese Cavanaugh
MAY 4, 2022
My team and I get asked questions all the time about the quickest three things to do for this or that or all of the above. Building a healthy culture and an authentic Positive Energy Workplace™ takes awareness, honesty, intention, energy, presence, and action.
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Anese Cavanaugh
MAY 11, 2022
Why is positive energy important? How do we create it? How does it impact our culture? For years we've worked with leaders and organizations on building healthier more positively contagious cultures and authentic positive energy leadership.
Anese Cavanaugh
JULY 30, 2021
"Gosh, you are so busy!” is a statement I often hear from people. It’s an assumption people make based upon how I design my time and what I say YES and NO to.
Anese Cavanaugh
APRIL 13, 2020
Hi Everyone, I hope you are staying safe, sound, being kind, and taking care of yourself and those you love and lead. This moment in time is surreal and I'm grateful to be in it with you. I am clear that we will get through this together and I, like you, am.
Anese Cavanaugh
DECEMBER 12, 2019
I had what I call a “growth experience” with my daughter recently. Some would call this an argument.)
Anese Cavanaugh
AUGUST 26, 2021
There has been a lot in the media lately about "the Great Resignation" and people leaving the workforce to start their own companies or move to others. Burnout, stress, overwhelm, feeling unseen, unappreciated, and not on purpose being some of the key reasons cited. This checks.
Anese Cavanaugh
JULY 6, 2021
People often wait for a big thing to happen to start to reset their life, their goals, their health, their relationships, their whatever. I'll start fresh after the weekend." I'll start eating well after vacation." I'll put more energy into showing up better after I finish this project."
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Anese Cavanaugh
JANUARY 23, 2020
Oh gosh. friends. The fodder for today is so rich. I've had so many things happen this last quarter that have informed much of my thinking, inspired me, and given me so many answers to questions I've been grokking literally for over a year.
Anese Cavanaugh
SEPTEMBER 3, 2021
I think we have to be extra kind to each other right now. I'm noticing in my work with clients, with things my friends and family are going through, and in my own life that there is this extra level of buzz, tenderness, and sensitivity that seems to go with more things than not right now.
Anese Cavanaugh
JULY 6, 2020
We had the final Contagious Culture Book Club meeting today. I love these sessions as the people who show up -- show up, the questions they ask make me think in new ways, the situations shared are real, and the dialogue is rich.
Anese Cavanaugh
JULY 20, 2021
“It’s naive to think in today’s day and age that an organization does not play a part in their employees’ wellness.” -- Tara Ataya, chief people and diversity officer at Hootsuite.
Anese Cavanaugh
JUNE 22, 2020
For some, right now is a moment to pause, take a breath, and intentionally consider what they want to put back into their life to be "busy" with.
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Anese Cavanaugh
JULY 13, 2021
I've worked with my team for years; one member has been with me for almost fourteen years now, another just two. Some vendors for years, some for short bouts. All of them I've learned from -- they've each grown me as a leader in their own ways.
Anese Cavanaugh
JULY 9, 2021
You're in a conversation with a colleague, maybe on a first date, maybe you're meeting someone on the plane, or you keep noticing that every time you think about this person or that situation, you get a funny feeling in your gut. The context may be personal, it may be professional.
Anese Cavanaugh
OCTOBER 30, 2020
Navigating this year has been tricky -- I know I'm not alone.
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Anese Cavanaugh
NOVEMBER 7, 2019
I’ve been speaking about “busy” and burnout — navigating it, healing it, and avoiding it — for years. In my work, I’ve found there are several components, that when addressed proactively (and reactively as required), can support us in managing ourselves through it and even avoiding it all together. Self-Awareness Showing Up, IEP Method Stress, Overwhelm and Burnout
Anese Cavanaugh
MARCH 4, 2021
I had a meeting today with a team who'd asked me for some feedback. Our meeting was to discuss some of the core challenges they were having and how we might address. This is an awesome company, great group of people, doing good and important work, and all totally wiped out. Exhausted.
Anese Cavanaugh
FEBRUARY 18, 2021
I once had a mentor whose grounding principle was "How you do one thing is how you do everything." When I heard it, it kind of landed. Not fully. Truthfully, I wrote it off to "personal development speak" and put it in my back pocket. started to pay attention to where this might be true.
Anese Cavanaugh
FEBRUARY 5, 2021
Years ago when I wrote CONTAGIOUS CULTURE (McGraw-Hill, 2015), people were surprised to find that when I talked about “creating a healthy culture,” I pointed them to first look at their own leadership health, and how they showed up, to actually create that culture.
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Anese Cavanaugh
AUGUST 28, 2020
I've got to say, this last month -- not to mention this whole year -- has been a. doozy."
Anese Cavanaugh
DECEMBER 30, 2020
Almost every year I write a big broadcast for our subscribers with special queries and exercises to close out the year and bring on the next. You can also search this blog for end of year posts and questions to support you as well.) Since 2020 has proven to be so. deliciously demandingly different.
Anese Cavanaugh
JULY 17, 2019
It was 10 a.m. yesterday when I felt "done" with my day. The previous week had been physically, mentally, and emotionally intense with special attention being needed in the land of "being a mom," "leading a team," "completing" a vendor relationship early, working with clients, and finishing the book! Which is the picture on this post today. I've named it "Organized Meaningful Chaos." That is the book, and its many stages, cut chapters/sections, timelines, etc.
Anese Cavanaugh
OCTOBER 10, 2019
“Am I truly burnt out, or do I just need a nap?”. I love the conversations I get to have with people about where they’re at in their leadership journey. This comment came from a group I’d worked with last year. We’d been discussing burnout, overload, and mindset. And after taking a minute to get away from everything and getting truly present to what was what in each person’s life (personally and professionally), one of the participants posed this question.
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Anese Cavanaugh
FEBRUARY 13, 2020
You have a board meeting coming up that will require answers to hard questions, thoughtful delivery, an ask for support, and, if all goes well, will result in a stronger relationship with your board and a solid next step plan at the end of the meeting.
Anese Cavanaugh
DECEMBER 1, 2020
Are you focusing on the right things today to build resilient leaders and a sustainable culture tomorrow? Your intentions, energy, and presence guide your impact. Your focus today builds your leadership and culture today and tomorrow. Are you clear?" This is a question I used to ask clients.
Anese Cavanaugh
JUNE 15, 2020
One of the greatest things we can do right now for those we love and lead is to be able to hold and command our space, bring a solid and loving presence to our lives, and take care of ourselves so we can show up as our best and create a safe and trustworthy space for them. It starts with us.
Anese Cavanaugh
NOVEMBER 13, 2020
As we navigate the new business and world environment of today, we'll need to focus more deeply on things we may have been able to dismiss, de-emphasize, or put off, in the past.
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Anese Cavanaugh
NOVEMBER 2, 2020
When I wrote CONTAGIOUS YOU * last year, I dug deep into data, science, research, and case studies. I wanted to help bridge the gap people often come to the edge of when tying the IEP leadership work (often seen as the "soft stuff") to tangible business costs and outcomes.
Anese Cavanaugh
OCTOBER 31, 2020
CONTAGIOUS CULTURE, C ONTAGIOUS YOU. Who would have thought we’d be in a CONTAGIOUS PANDEMIC just four months after the release of CONTAGIOUS YOU (the follow on to CONTAGIOUS CULTURE )?
Anese Cavanaugh
MAY 8, 2020
I met with a group of executives yesterday about what’s happening in their organizations as they navigate leadership, culture, and COVID-19. This morning I got a note about a CEO sending out a “panicked deck” before his meeting with investors.
Anese Cavanaugh
APRIL 9, 2020
I've received several notes from clients and colleagues asking me what I think and feel about all that's going on. After all, my two biggest books talk about CONTAGIOUS YOU and CONTAGIOUS CULTURE, and this whole body of work is about SHOWING UP for ourselves and each other.
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