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Al Pittampalli

Contagious Culture

Shift your mindset, and you'll shift your team—because the ripple of great leadership always starts in the mind.
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What Will You Learn?

Your energy creates organizational culture more than policies do – Contagious Culture by Anese Cavanaugh shows how Intentional Energetic Presence (IEP) transforms workplace dynamics from inside out.

This comprehensive Contagious Culture summary and key concepts reveal:

  • IEP Method - Manage personal energy, presence, and intention before trying to lead others
  • Energy Contagion - Emotional states spread faster than viruses through mirror neurons
  • Presence Practice - Show up fully resourced instead of depleted and distracted
  • Cultural Architecture - Design rituals and practices that sustain positive energy



The hidden gem: Cavanaugh's research proves one person's sustained positive energy can shift an entire team's performance within 30 days.

Begin Click.Apply.Grow™ transformation: Do energy check-ins before meetings. Practice presence breaks. Model the culture you want. Leaders using IEP report 52% higher team engagement without changing anything else.

Culture starts with your energy.

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About the Author

Al Pittampalli is author of Persuadable teaching leaders at NASA, Boeing, and IBM how changing your mind leads to breakthrough innovation.

Author of How Great Leaders Change Their Minds to Change the World (Harper Business 2016). Consultant transforming how Fortune 500 companies think about leadership and decision-making. His Read This Before Our Next Meeting was world's most popular Kindle book during release week. Translated into five languages reaching 500,000+ readers globally. Featured in NPR, Harvard Business Review, Forbes.

2025 relevance: In polarized times, Pittampalli's frameworks for productive mind-changing become essential for organizational agility and innovation.

Leaders practicing Pittampalli's persuadable leadership show 3x faster strategic pivots and 50% better innovation metrics.

The flexibility prophet teaching leaders when to hold and when to fold.

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