The Works of Anese Cavanaugh
leadership. vitality. alignment. devotion. ease.
Aligned Presence. Intentional Leadership.
Honest Impact.
Driven by curiosity and with a love for the human spirit and what’s possible when we show up as our real and best selves, together. This is where leadership meets poignancy meets delight. Let’s create something meaningful together. On this site, you’ll find some of my old works, current works, and things I’m creating now completely anew…
My “Big” Books: Leadership, Culture, and Becoming
My first big book (this one, Contagious Culture), was published with a top publisher in 2015 (McGraw-Hill) to support leaders and companies in building stronger leadership, teams, and organizational health. This book is no longer in print with McGraw-Hill; however, we do have a few copies left as we determine next steps. I am sending you to my company’s website that houses these books for now. (So now worries, when you click to buy and are sent to our store on ActiveChoices.com.)
Note: I will be publishing an integration guide to support this work in a surprise form in 2026. (Note: If you are a member of my company’s app and membership program, you have access to all sorts of goodies from this book as well as from its sister, Contagious You.)
Thank you so much for your interest in this book! If we get enough interest and feedback, I will do a New Edition.
I published this spoken-word poem and storybook in 2018 through my company. The first version was written in 2004 after working with leaders in organizations who struggled to define what great leadership looked like. Over the years, I’ve evolved this piece to reflect more current times and the needs of the incredible humans, leaders, and companies I’ve been able to work with.
I perform "The Leader You Will Be" live on stages for my keynotes and talks. I’ve written it so that there is something aspirational in it for any audience. While I wrote this many years ago, I continue to learn from it and modify it in live performance based on the needs of the audience. This is one of my favorite things I’ve ever created. This book is available in paperback and in Special Edition hard copies. You can purchase either the paperback ($19.95) or the hardcover ($50.00) at ActiveChoices.com.
After Contagious Culture, I realized there was a very big need to provide my readers with a deeper dive into how they personally showed up and led to create the cultrue and results they said they so badly wanted. I also realized there was a significant opportunity to help leaders protect their energy and space and leadership from negativity and overwhelm, hence Contagious You. This was also originally published by McGraw-Hill (2019) and is no longer in print with them. I have the rights back and am working on something lovely, shooting for the Fall of 2026. In the meantime, there are still copies available if you can find them (we have some too!), and Audible still has the audiobooks. Additionally, if you are a part of my company’s membership program, you have access to all sorts of goodies from this book (and Contagious Culture, too!).
We have a limited number of copies of this original version of the book left. If you would like copies, please order directly from ActiveChoices.com. Thank you!
Survival Guides & Quick Reads
This was the first survival guide written to provide people with quick things they could do to improve their Intentional Energetic Presence®. These little pocketguides are amazing for quick reminders and cues to support your leadership and presence. They make wonderful gift bag gifts to compliment your events and my keynotes. You can purchase these ($12.00 each) with my team at ActiveChoices.com.
Rideout Press: Anese Cavanaugh
Welcome to my corner of the literary world where stories come alive, learning gets put into print, the intangible becomes tangible, books are (re!)published, and content gets out quickly. My journey has been real, my life has informed all content, and I’m ever so grateful. A lover of the human Spirit, delightful surprises, and the grace and grit that get us through and help us love and lead others better, I can’t wait to share more…
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