Increase self-awareness, get healthy and lead at work AND at home…
"I know who I am, I know my capabilities and my values are becoming clearer....With this awareness I am a stronger leader at work and at home.
Incorporating the different elements of the Dare To Engage Leadership Program has made me stop and take notice of things that I was completely unaware of. I've also learned and appreciate how engaging my health and energy is a vital part to my success as a leader. I know I am not alone in this battle, life is about relationships, and I have impact wherever I go. I can influence my impact. I am living life responsively and with a 'dare to engage' attitude.
"With your programs, coaching and support I have lost over 60 lbs. and have kept them off for over a year. My vision for my life and my priorities has become much more focused. My accountability to you as a coach and your assistance in helping me find solutions for myself have made a tremendous difference in my life and in the life of my family."
Matt Fairbanks
Private TeleCom Corporation
Integrate personal sustainability for more effective leadership…
“Your session provided participants with insight and tools that will significantly expand their capacity for effective leadership.
Your Workshop for the ISAE Certified Leadership Series was a clear success. Participants were impressed by how you elicited their participation in your session using a good mix of exercises, lecture, and discussion sessions. Personal sustainability is a critical issue for any aspiring leader, and you were very effective in raising awareness on this giving participants tools and insight to expand their capacity for effective leadership.”
Dennis Pescitelli
President, NewInsight Associates
Move through fear and create business results…
"My business is well on its way to success because of the work I've done with Anese in such a short amount of time.
Working with Anese has been amazing for me professionally. When I was at a crossroads with my business I knew she was the one for me to call. She’s magnetic. She just has that energy all around her that you are drawn to. She knows what she's doing. She has been able to take the ramblings in my head and help me put them on paper; she's helped me take my abstract thoughts and helped me construct them into a plan and a roadmap. She draws out of you what you are too blind to see with your own fear, then helps guide you to your own success and future.
I needed a jumpstart in my own business and Anese suggested I fly to Chicago and spend a day with her in an intensive day long business retreat. I was skeptical and I was financially not prepared. But she challenged me and I took the challenge. It was a decision I will never regret. She met my every expectation. She's unbelievably intuitive, caring and knowledgeable. She seemed to know where to guide me when I knew I needed to be but didn't know how to be. I walked away that day with a business plan and a life plan that I was elated about. Anese is magical at what she does. I am grateful to consider her to be my coach and mentor."
Carolyn Gill
Carolyn Gill Coaching, LLC
Embark on the journey of leadership, creating better outcomes at work and at home…
“You have so wonderfully helped me to understand that leadership, more importantly ‘leading’ is a journey with no end. Thank you for being such a great tour guide in my journey, for helping me to see and smell the flowers along the way and for pointing out some beautiful mountains yet to climb.
I have come to realize that the work we’ve done, and more importantly the special voice you brought to it, is an ever-present voice in my life, my work and every relationship I have…not a badge of honor for a wall but complete change of eyesight and vision. Your signature on a piece of paper pales in comparison to the persistent mark you’ve left on every cell in my body...maybe even my DNA.
As time has gone on, there has not been one interaction, one conversation or one thought I’ve had at work, at home and out in the world where I didn’t feel your presence and spirit AND, most importantly, didn’t have more impact and a better outcome as a result. Thanks coach!”
Tom Stat
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Show up more effectively by taking great care of YOU…
“I now have real tools, resources and a greater awareness to support me in showing up more effectively asa leader, and creating better business results, without ‘giving myself away.
“When it was recommended we include the session ‘Using Presence and Personal Sustainability for Stronger Leadership’ as part of our leadership series, I wasn’t sure what to expect, but I was intrigued. Anese helped our participants make the connection on the importance of taking care of oneself in order to be an effective leader. Association executives are caregivers, in every sense of the word, and it is not unusual to burn out because we overlook this important message. You have to be strong and present physically to stay strong and present mentally, and be mentally strong and present in order to be a most effective leader.
Anese not only helped our participants make this connection, but she showed them how to integrate this message into their lives! For me personally, I know now, in an even deeper way, that I have to take care of myself first, or I can’t help others. Being one to focus on others first, and most often ignoring myself, I now have real tools, resources and a greater awareness to support me in showing up more effectively asa leader, and creating better business results, without ‘giving myself away.’ And that is priceless!”
Pam Tolson, Executive Director
Illinois Society of Association Executives
The ISAE Institute for Executive Education: Certified Leadership Series
Create more focus and better results by creating space for reflection, planning and restoration…
"After our follow-up meetings, I felt like I had been to an oasis: my energy was restored and my efforts were more focused."
"What I found very helpful and effective about Anese's methods were the consistent follow-up sessions. There were always issues that took priority over my own growth: a business crisis or personal issue that required immediate attention. If not for the follow-up sessions, I would fall into the trap of never taking the time I needed for myself. But knowing that I had these sessions coming, forced me to make time. After our follow-up meetings, I felt like I had been to an oasis: my energy was restored and my efforts were more focused."
Austin Jones*, Executive President
Fortune 25 Company (*Name changed for confidentiality)
Create connection, change your game, and create stronger working environments with better business results…
"I can honestly say Anese is a game changer.
My organization and I personally have had the opportunity and pleasure of working with Anese for the past five years. She has been an invaluable resource in helping all of us to become more effective, at both work and at home, with all of the challenges we face from a personal perspective on a day to day basis. The things that make Anese so effective are her passion, commitment to excellence, engaging style, wealth of knowledge and ability to bring the appropriate resources that will help drive continuous improvement.
Anese has an extremely strong and effective communication style. She has the ability to connect with people quickly, making them feel very comfortable and trusting. Thus, enabling people to open up and create an environment for honest dialogue.
She is able to get people to do and focus on things that will help foundationally make a difference in all phases of their lives. Her follow-up and commitment to seeing people succeed is truly impressive.
I can honestly say Anese is a game changer. A person who will do whatever it takes to help insure the people she is working with begin thinking and acting differently in a positive way."
J. Calabrese, Vice President
Fortune 500 Company
Create your own context and choose your own direction…
“I was exhausted with everything. Working with Anese helped me jolt myself out of the hole…create my own context and choose my own direction.”
When I joined Anese’s DTE Leadership Program I was exhausted with everything: both my personal and professional commitments. I was having a hard time balancing the two. Things were not perfect, I did not have a direction and I was not happy…Working with Anese helped me jolt myself out of the hole I had created for myself. I realized that I was the one with all the power to create my own context and to choose my own direction. Over a period of time, Anese put me in a proactive mode instead of a reactive one and I have thanked her for that. It’s a liberating feeling, believe me!"
Participant in Group Leadership Program
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"I believe that working with Anese, in this program, has made an immeasurable impact on our leadership team's ability to effectively collaborate and communicate, has greatly improved our culture and enriched our mutual respect.
On a personal note, working with Anese has enabled me to improve my professional (and personal relationships.) When I first started working with her, I'd just started my new role. She helped me begin this role with focus, clarity and greater confidence. Our work has made a difference in the way I interact with my colleagues; with more openness, confidence, and trust. The DTE Program has enabled me to leverage my time more effectively, and increase my value and contribution to our company. Her work is not only powerful, but echoes beyond those she directly works with, creating a broad and lasting impact on people and the organization."
C. Price
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Find joy, inspiration and spirited engagement…
“Anese brings unflappable cheerfulness, inspiration and engagement to everything we do together.
It’s a gift to have someone with her insight, sensitivity, expertise and awareness of our needs, working with our organization.”
Mike Scott*, (name changed for confidentiality), Sr. Leader
Private Firm
Do it for yourself…Your business and family will LOVE you for it!
“Anese! This program was fantastic! I am walking away with so much but here are some of the highlights for me.
I have an increased self-awareness and a stronger commitment to myself: I have to put myself on my own “to-do” list if I’m to lead my business and my life most effectively! I am more present with others and myself (even writing this!) and I find I am able to ‘recover’ and get back on track when my batteries have run low or I’ve pushed too hard. This happens much more quickly than it did before and saves me energy and confusion. I’ve also used many of your strategies from the program to help me move through situations where I’m feeling stuck or it’s getting hard. This has been huge! It’s helped me identify where I’m forcing things and when I need to shift or let go and it’s saved me tons of time, aggravation and struggle and empowered me to be more powerful in my life.
The length of the program allowed me to integrate the learning in to my life in a real time manner, and I had so many opportunities to do it. I loved that this was designed to support me where I was at and not JUST ABOUT MY BUSINESS…but also about taking care of me and who I am in my business. I really needed this and it helped me restore some inner peace and harmony. The material was great and I’ll use it again and again I know.
Daring has become fun. Shifting comfort zones has become something to engage vs. avoid or just settle into, it’s just more fun. The biggest thing I am walking away with though is the permission I’ve given myself to be exactly where I am in my life and to fully engage from there. This has given me space to be ME and a profound level of enjoyment in the moment. And ironically, it’s all had a great effect on my business! As I’ve learned to take better care of myself and hold boundaries, I’ve found that I’m a better business leader in the process!
For anyone considering doing one of your programs in the future I would tell them: ‘DO IT! Do it for yourself! Your family and business will LOVE you for it! It’s easy and gives you real actionable ways to get back on your own to do list and be a more effective leader. This is not a cookie cutter program where one size fits all! You’ll leave with your very own self-daring strategies that will honor you and help you succeed. You’ll love Anese, her training style is fast paced, action oriented, while gracefully remaining fully engaged and present with each participant. She has designed juicy meaningful material and an awesome easy to use Toolkit that is filled with useful truly implementable tools and resources to be a success in business AND at home. If you haven’t been dared in a while…I dare you to engage in one of these programs and bring more of the best out in you!’”
Linda Storey, Entrepreneur
The Soul Plan For Prosperity
Words from a Mother of 5…
“In just 7 weeks participating in one of your DARE TO ENGAGE Programs, I lost 10 pounds, completely eliminated sugar from my diet, created more space and ‘balance’ in my life, and got under my pre-marital weight for the first time in 15 years!”
Doing this program has been a very powerful experience for me. Before we met you, I was crazy busy, trying to juggle the demands of leadership positions in my church, being a wife and a mother of 5 children, fitting time in for my own personal care, and so much more. Within the first week of doing your program, I had implemented 3 of your simple, yet profound, strategies to stop the craziness, reconnect with what was going on around me, and spend my time where I most value it. And they all worked!
The principles and systems shared in this program, along with the follow up support and accountability have been phenomenal and continue to serve me months later. This program has provided me with the gift of greater insight, clearer thinking, better decision making, and being able to be more present with my kids. I’m managing my time and energy better, I have greater clarity and focus, and this is giving me more quality time with my family, my friends and myself. Another unexpected benefit of this program is that it’s helped me stop beating myself up and actually manage the inner chatter that so easily comes from trying to do things “right.”
The connection with the other participants in the program was very valuable. It gave me a greater understanding that we all share common challenges as human beings, no matter what our “roles” are, and a deeper appreciation that we don’t have to work through them alone. Being in this kind of a program with others has given me new perspective and insight on how to navigate challenges and even turn them into opportunities. This has given me a new level of permission and space that is really helping me out. My life is still crazy busy, I still have my many commitments and responsibilities, but by implementing what I’ve learned in this program, I’ve been able to navigate through it more peacefully. I have more energy and I simply feel better. I realize it is an ongoing process, but I am excited by the fact that I can access these principles at any time -- I can use them again and again.
Also, I want to recognize that my husband working with you this last year has had a tremendous impact on so many levels. He’s more present and engaged with us, manages stress more effectively, and is more even tempered and thoughtful, in spite of just taking a promotion and increasing his demands significantly at work! Despite the many changes in our lives this last year, our work together has helped us navigate through them and I’m really proud of what we’ve accomplished! I have to say that I’ve noticed a huge impact for both of us that when we take care of ourselves and address our personal sustainability (no sugar, more self care, etc.) our ability to stay on track, communicate and be fully engaged with each other, our family and our work improves significantly.
We love you, and we’ve loved doing this work with you. Thank you so much for being a true partner and for helping us integrate principles and tools that will serve us for the rest of our lives.”
Kelly Fairbanks, Mother of 5 Beautiful Children
Leader in her family & community
"This program FAR surpasses anything I have been involved in in the past.
It has opened my eyes and mind to different ways of approaching problems and challenges. It really challenged me to look at what was important to me in my life and to get some focus around those areas... This was a very valuable process. I went in thinking I might get some help with focus...It has changed my life."
F. Hurst, Director,
Fortune 500 Company, Corporate Program Participant
“Just one conversation with Anese resulted in my seeing a fledgling program in a new light and TRIPLING my rates for the same program – a program which, before our chat, I was toying with cancelling because I was unsure of the value. Since then I’ve signed up 7 people at the new, higher rates and haven’t even launched it to the public yet.
Working with Anese is an absolute joy and every call with her is a fresh, objective insight into the vast possibilities of my business!
Anese has an amazing ability to pick up on things I mention in the course of a conversation and instantly identify the additional revenue potential in valuable new programs and services I could offer my clients. Just one conversation with Anese resulted in my seeing a fledgling program in a new light and TRIPLING my rates for the same program – a program which, before our chat, I was toying with cancelling because I was unsure of the value. And since then? I’ve signed up 7 people at the new, higher rates and haven’t even launched it to the public yet.
Her knack for seeing both the forest and the trees of every situation and calling me to always be my best self make her an indispensible part of my team and one I can’t imagine being without.”
Sandra Martini, Entrepreneur
The Automatic Business Coach™
SMG Communications, www.SandraMartini.com
"These programs were perfect for individual growth as well as the growth of our collective team.
I was fortunate enough to be able to participate with Anese in two different programs; a one-on-one program to help identify my leadership strengths and improve on those areas that were opportunities for me, as well as a group development program to help identify and strengthen leadership opportunities within the group.
In all cases, Anese was the ultimate professional. She was very enthusiastic and very passionate about what she does. She took a personal interest in each and every person. It just wasn't "teaching to the masses". Anese tailored each session to the individual needs of each person. She did not stick to an agenda that was designed by her, but instead crafted each session to fit what was the need of the moment. That is what led to the most productive learning, because it was real time and helped through the issues of the day.
She spent numerous hours understanding the needs of the group and the individuals so that everyone could get the most out of her insights and tools. The reason why Anese's sessions were so valuable and sustainable is because Anese used tools that were easy to understand and worked with the strengths that people have in order to grow stronger. This means that once the sessions with Anese were completed, each individual had the understanding and the tools to continue growing, which also helped them solve ongoing issues at hand. It was perfect for individual growth as well as the growth of our collective team."
Senior Director
Fortune 100 Company, Private Client & Group Program Participant
"Working with you over the last 6 months has helped me create clarity in my life, a determination and joy for creating what I want, greater than ever before.
I am happy, I am healthier and I am more 'response-able' to the circumstances around me. Coaching has helped take me to the next level in my development and I am very conscious of where I choose to take my next steps and what the impact will be. Whether we're talking about leadership with my team, relationships with my family, or with my own self-care, I am seeing and feeling positive shifts all over the place. Some are significant, some are subtle, and the most exciting thing is that I know I can keep creating shifts where I need to! I feel like I am fully engaged. Thank you."
T. Baks
Successful Entrepreneur, DTE Private Coaching Client
"As a result of just three months of personal coaching, I feel my career has no limitations and that my overall focus is much greater... This was easily the best, most impactful personal and professional development I have ever had.
I was impacted positively by every aspect of this program and loved every minute of it. Normally I get annoyed and lose interest during personal and professional development courses because they fail to resonate for me personally. That never happened here. Coaching has helped me stretch professionally and ultimately build confidence in my communication and leadership abilities. It also helped me to strengthen new and existing relationships. As a result of just three months of personal coaching, I feel my career has no limitations and that my overall focus is much greater. In regards to the team coaching work, the unity and cohesiveness of my group is much stronger because of the exercises and discussions we shared. Also, seeing the principles applied at a team level made the personal sessions even more beneficial.
Anese has an uncanny ability to immediately put a finger on what makes people tick. She does not force issues but lets them evolve naturally and winds up always making a positive impact.
This was easily the best, most impactful personal and professional development I have ever had...I believe my focus is now on the most important aspects of my work and it is quite fulfilling."
J. Beranek, Manager
Fortune 500 Company, Corporate Program Participant
"It has helped me to improve my visioning for my organization as well as increased confidence and clarity.
Coaching is a valuable tool for personal development in all areas and phases of one's life. Coaching has improved my ability to discuss and analyze career events as well as better identify opportunities for the future. It has helped me to improve my visioning for my organization as well as increase confidence and clarity. I have a heightened awareness of and appreciation for 'living in the moment', engaging others, and being present in all aspects of my life."
Executive Director
Health Systems Organization (Identity withheld - confidentiality) DTE Private Client
"The more open-minded we can be to this type of coaching - the more we will see true changes in ourselves, families and workplace.
Anese is incredible. She has a way of identifying key areas of opportunity within a person to get to the core of what is driving unproductive behavior. I don't feel like I've changed, I feel like my 'canvas' is much more colorful...I would highly recommend her to anyone.
As far as the program: There is no comparison, no program/class has come close to the benefits I've received from this one which include improvements in my: confidence, aliveness, performance, creativity, productivity, leadership, communication, focus and enjoyment...Coaching can benefit anyone willing and wanting to 'do the work'. In fact, the more open-minded we can be to this type of coaching - the more we will see true changes in ourselves, families and workplace."
S. Fangmann, Sr. Manager
Fortune 500 Company, Corporate Program Participant
"Thank you so much for our call today! It made me smile and helped me through the rest of our meeting.
Not only was I able to fully show up and engage my fellow directors, but the energy and intention I brought to the meeting created more focus in the room and we completed everything. Everyone left on time and I felt good about the way we worked through it. I know my time with you, and the work we did on intention and presence, helped me raise the bar this afternoon. Once again, you challenged me to find the right way to focus and manage my energy for a really big day!"
Sr. Director *
Real Estate Investment Company
Create fast change by DARING TO ENGAGE…
Here is sampling of just some of the results reported by participants from our last 7 Week Dare Program. (The 7Week Dare is another virtual open enrollment program we host. The DTE INFUSION is a 90 day program AND a retreat! What can you do in 90 days?)
- I am so much more aware of my presence and energy and how it impacts my leadership
- I lost 15 pounds and eliminated sugar from my diet
- I've gained greater focus and am more present with my kids
- I am more present in my work and see how being present and centered helps me stay focused and more effective, not only with work, but with people
- I've learned the value and impact of managing my energy not only on a daily basis, but an hourly basis
- I've learned how to pay more attention to what is happening in the present moment, and then make decisions and take action thoughtfully
- I've learned what some of my biggest comfort zones are for me, blind spots, that now I can keep working on and moving through so I can finish what I started!
- I'm exercising regularly for the first time ever
- I use "dare to engage" as a mantra in my life and business to keep moving forward - and it works because I'm awake and intentional
- I'm learning how to make things more fun in my work and life