Mind Full, or Mindful? Spa for the Leader’s Mind

We’ve heard you loud and clear!

In the Harvard Business Review article If Strategy Is So Important, Why Don’t We Make Time for It? the author highlights how, “Almost every leader wants to make more time for strategic thinking. In one survey of 10,000 senior leaders, 97% of them said that being strategic was the leadership behavior most important to their organization’s success. And yet in another study, a full 96% of the leaders surveyed said they lacked the time for strategic thinking. Of course, we’re all oppressed with meetings and overwhelmed with emails (an average of 126 per day).”

This is why two local thought leaders have come together to create a day for leaders to reflect and collaborate with like-minded leaders who want to grow personally and professionally and cultivate the soul in their organizations.

Upon completion of this program, leaders will be able to:

• Define how the practice of Mindfulness supports positive people management practices,

• Improve emotional intelligence by being aware of their thoughts enabling them to have an increased ability for clarity, thus fostering greater decision making skills,

• Assess how they impact organizational culture, and

• Align how they spend their time on their top values.

The program will be highly interactive and business casual dress would be appropriate when attending this event.

Theresa is an award-winning trainer, speaker, and culture maven, that specializes in leadership development. Having worked internationally in both the financial services and pharmaceutical industries, she now specializes in training technical managers. She has worked with a number of “Best Place to Work” organizations to create workplaces where people want to work, and the leaders they want to work for. Her mission is to grow leaders who will restore and maintain the soul of their organizations. High Five Performance is the company that Theresa founded 17 years ago. She is a proud graduate of the mindfulness program through University of Pennsylvania. Her side hustle(s): stand-up comedy, Meet the Author at the Pyramid Club, beaded jewelry, essential oils, speaking at job search groups, booking guests for the Emmy nominated PBS-39’s Counter Culture, and volunteering at the local cat shelter. Theresa suffers from FOMO.

Harriet has more than thirty years’ experience in the healthcare industry, including almost a decade teaching Mindfulness at Johnson & Johnson. She is a Registered Nurse and professional presenter, whose passion is to enable individuals to take steps toward a healthier, more fulfilling life through this practice. Harriet is recognized as an “inspirational teacher,” and utilizes humor to teach the practice of Mindfulness. At J&J she taught Mindfulness to more than 5,000 of her colleagues, gave presentations at internal leadership summits for global audiences, and instructed on Mindful Leadership. She completed advanced teacher training in Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia. Harriet earned a BS in Nursing from Albright College and an MS in Health Administration from Saint Joseph’s University. When not working, she enjoys taking photographs and videos that clearly demonstrate the positive and lasting impact that Mindfulness can have on our daily lives. Eight years ago Harriet launched her company Big Toe in the Water, LLC.

It’s good for business.

It’s good for the soul.

It’s good for you.

Who should not attend:

• Leaders who are comfortable and want to stay comfortable
• Leaders who are not actively seeking out feedback (and not providing feedback) for growth
• Leaders who feel they have “made it”

Who should attend:

• Leaders looking for ways to build focus and presence throughout their workday
• Leaders interested in learning how to create a “stop doing” list
• Leaders interested in collecting information via feedback that is meaningful