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The IEP Method

The IEP Method®

Helping Organizations and Leaders Create Intentional Impact
and Increase Performance Since 2002

THE IEP Method transforms workplace culture and impacts entire organizations,

and it starts with each one of us.

INTENTION

Get clear on the outcomes you want and the attitude you bring to the table.

ENERGY

Create energetic awareness, self-care habits, and set yourself up for success.

PRESENCE

Practicing presence in how you show up for yourself and for others in your role.

When we practice and inspire accountability for how we show up individually,

it creates sustainable and collective culture change.

Why Organizations Choose the IEP Method

Personalized Development

Set up your culture for sustainable success future of your culture, while seeing immediate shifts in your people today.

Accessible, Applicable,
Actionable

People can learn, apply and shift personal and professional results in real situations, in real time.

The Force Multiplier and Missing Link

IEP is the missing link that makes other training investments begin to produce even more useful results.

Immediate Positive Changes

An accessible and efficient framework that directly improves hard skills on day one, for everyone, at every level.

Learn more about The IEP Method®
and the power of your Intentional Energetic Presence®

How Healthy Is The Lifeforce Of Your Workforce?

40%

Every organization needs at least 40% of their leaders showing up at their best, in order to create and sustain positive culture change.

The Impact of Your IEP

Your IEP, For You.

People often come into the IEP work with three common complaints:

  • I’m going to quit my marriage/relationship
  • I’m going to quit my job and leave this company
  • I’m completely burned out, and I can’t perform like I used to

When they begin the IEP work, they quickly gain perspective, accountability and ownership of how they show up, for themselves and for others. Often this results in a change in perspective. They don’t quit, instead, they show up differently, can navigate stress, and change their relationship with themselves and the people around them.

The Impact of Your Leaders

Your IEP, For We.

You’ve heard it said, “People leave their managers, not their companies.” The impact your leaders have on your entire organization is staggering. In fact, it has been reported that 69% of employees say their leader has more impact on their mental health — on par with their partner and more than their therapist or their doctor.

When the IEP methodology is practiced and modeled by management and executives in your organization, it creates a ripple effect of leadership presence that is positively contagious throughout your workforce.  

Great leadership presence empowers and encourages others to show up collaboratively and creates more space for connection, innovation, and performance. People who lead with intentional energy and presence inspire others to follow them because they want to (instead of have to), and when 40% of your leaders transform at their core, you can create sustainable culture change.  

MEASURABLE RESULTS OF IMPLEMENTING IEP

Reduced Time and Cost of Training

Organizations that begin with IEP Fundamentals, see as much as a 75% reduction in time expended in other training programs.

Reduced Time and
Energy in Meetings

Time in meetings can be reduced by up to 7 hrs per week. For a team of 8, that is 56 hours gained for more impactful leadership, improved productivity, with less drama and less misery.

Increase in Financial
Impact

As reported by one client, “The ROI of the IEP work was $10M, in terms of cultural health, collaboration, and the customer service presence and output” they created for their customers.

Increase in Training Impact and ROI

As reported by nearly every one of our clients over 20 + years, the IEP work amplified the effectiveness and the ROI of their other training initiatives. 

Shifts in Ownership and Performance

Once individuals experience IEP, they adjust behavior, perspectives, and are more accountable to themselves and their teams.

Shifts in Mental Health that Fuel Innovation

Employees improve self-awareness, resilience, empathy, and communicate better, resulting in unlocked performance and innovation.

The Three Components of The IEP Impact Model

Create Intentional Impact With The 5-Step Framework

Build A Strong Energetic Foundation

Reboot and Remodel Your Presence

The Three Stages of Mastering Intentional Energetic Presence

Explore It.

Experience It.

Embody It.

EXPLORE IT NOW

CULTURE is the energy of the container we create
for ourselves and others – to do our best work, be our best self, feel awake and on purpose, and show up well, or not.

– Anese Cavanaugh
   CEO & Founder, Active Choices, Inc.

What Organizations Say About The IEP Method

Organizational Executive

Organizational Executive

CHRO, Fortune 500 Organization

"The IEP work has helped us maximize our investments in other training we’ve done in the organization. It’s proven to be the missing ingredient to the other training initiatives we’ve rolled out. Before IEP we had people doing the training they received; they’d learn it, go back to work, “do it,” but not fully embody or own it. After IEP we had people being the work, showing up better, and being more intentional about their impact and the way they practiced new leadership behaviors and skills. There has been a new level of accountability for people owning their part in the environment we’re creating together. I was not sure how well ideas like intentions, energy, and presence would do in our organization, however, this work has been the “intangible thing” that’s making our people and our culture better. You can feel the difference."
Mindy Smith

Mindy Smith

Principal, Tustin Unified School District

"There were several, but the most powerful moment happened at the beginning of the second day. In that moment, I received such an intense clarity that this work was about me. (Although I had read the book and thought I understood Anese’s model, I was still focused on my impact.) In education we spend most of our efforts in service of others. Acknowledging that developing my IEP meant looking inward was a critical turning point in helping me access my power. I will forever treasure that moment of clarity."
Ken Musgrave

Ken Musgrave

Global Director of D-Ford | Human-Centered User Experience, Ford Motor Company

"Before working with Active Choices, Inc. and learning the IEP Methodology, our global leadership team was experiencing dysfunction, including a lack of trust and poor communications. After our work with Anese and her team, one of the biggest impacts is that we better understand each other’s intentions, have developed our ability to be empathetic and support each other, and are better able to manage our own energy and presence. The work is so important for our core leadership team that we chose to extend it further into our workforce to amplify access and impact. This proved to be essential to developing our leaders, strengthening retention, and making us a better organization to work within. As we continue to navigate transitions in the company overall, this work has helped us to build trust and accountability, lower our attrition rate, keep our organization going, and our people connected."
Bo Burlingham

Bo Burlingham

Former Editor-at-large, Inc. Magazine

"Anese Cavanaugh has identified the elusive secret ingredient of great leadership that hundreds, if not thousands, of other[s]… have missed. She calls it Intentional Energetic Presence (IEP), and it will change the way you run your business."
Cory Munchbach

Cory Munchbach

CEO, BlueConic

"We implemented the IEP Methodology in our company by launching the self-study course throughout the entire organization, reaching more than 100 employees across all departments and regions. The self-paced course was the perfect solution for us, and we created internal gamification and incentives (The IEP Olympics!) to encourage cross-functional teaming and completing the course by certain dates. The level of enthusiasm and adoption of the methodology has been profound, and each individual has taken something a little different from the framework or the way they apply it in their life. One of the biggest benefits we’ve experienced is having a common language that is accessible, unifying, and transformative. It's something Americans and Dutch can connect on, engineers and marketers are aligned, and even tenured executives and early-career contributors can find common ground."
Ari Weinzweig

Ari Weinzweig

Alliance Member of the Positive Energy Workplace Initiative -and- CEO & Co-Founding Partner, Zingerman’s Community of Businesses

"Anese teaches us how absolutely critical it is to align one’s physical and emotional health with the way we live our daily lives at work; encouraging each of us to get at our true passions and to pursue a single, coherent life that’s true to who we are; making clear that the more effectively we’re able to do that every day the more effective our leadership is going to be; and that the more effectively we’re able to do all of that the more effectively our organizations are going to run… From what I know and have heard, I can pretty much guarantee that anyone who’s equally open to it will benefit from what Anese is offering, many times over. Her work is an investment in ourselves and our organizations that—given the challenges of the times—is more meaningful than ever."
Chris Burt

Chris Burt

Chief Human Resources Officer, Publicly traded company (financial services)

"Anese is a remarkable “force multiplier” for business, and made a profound impact with our team using the IEP Method. She has deep insight into herself and others, and brings that unique skill to bear in helping people unlock parts of themselves which may be holding themselves or the business back. I can say without a doubt that Anese was, and continues to be a game changer for our business. She is one of the most credible, insightful and transparent people I know, and her professional presence has truly elevated the art of the possible, enabling us to move into previously unimagined levels of high performance."

Yes, We Have The Science, Too.

Beyond the data and studies, we also have the science
behind why emotions, energy, and bad moods are
contagious in organizations, and how it impacts your
people.

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