About Me
Your Presence IS Your Impact.™
That line is the thread through everything I do. For 24+ years I've worked with founders, executives, and teams on the piece of leadership almost no one gets trained in: how you actually show up — your energy, your intention, your presence — and what that creates in the people and cultures around you.
I love loving people from the page and on the stage. And I also love being able to work closely with leaders who want to create real change, solid presence, and aligned peace and integrity in their lives and organizations.
I am available to be read, to speak on your stage or to your team, or to work with you privately. A bit about me follows here...
The IEP Method® — the working framework for presence.
"Your Presence IS Your Impact" is the idea. The IEP Method® (Intentional Energetic Presence®) is how you actually live it — a practical framework I've been building and teaching since 2002, alongside the Positive Energy Workplace Initiative®. It's what I turn to when I need presence to be a repeatable practice, not a mood.
I'm the author of six books: Contagious Culture (McGraw-Hill, 2015), Contagious You (McGraw-Hill, 2019 and Rideout Press, 2026), The Leader You Will Be (Active Choices, 2018), The IEP Survival Guide: First Aid for Your Presence (Active Choices, 2015), Excellent Endings (Rideout Press, 2026), and Contagious You (Rideout Press, 2026). I write the "Showing Up" column for Inc. and have been featured in Harvard Business Review, Forbes, The New York Times, and other publications.
This work has been brought to hundreds of companies and audiences and thousands of humans who want to lead better, feel better, and be better.
Six books on how you show up at work, at home, and everywhere in between.
Featured in the publications and conversations that matter.
Anese has been covered in Harvard Business Review, Forbes, The New York Times, Inc., Fast Company, and the Financial Times, and featured on podcasts including Bulletproof Radio, The Unmistakable Creative, Truly Human Leadership, and The Dignity Lab.
The stories range from how to cure burnout and build high-impact teams, to why your personal energy matters more than your org chart, to the small daily habits that separate high achievers from everyone else.
See full media archiveTrusted by teams and leaders building serious things.
I've been honored to work with leaders, teams, and executives in some of the following companies and organizations. For a fuller list of shares and what clients say, please see here.
I'm also a competitive bodybuilder.
It's not a side note — it's the same practice. The discipline of physical presence sharpens every other level of leadership: attention, recovery, knowing what your system can actually hold, and choosing what to do with the energy you have. The stage and the gym teach the same lesson.