Mindful Zoo Mindful You: Fostering Leadership Presence - Naturally 

Does time away from workplace responsibilities, with opportunities to  develop new leadership perspectives, appeal to you? If so, enjoy a day discovering first-hand how animals and nature can teach us as leaders to be more aware, intentional, and present in both our personal and professional lives.

Mindful Zoo Mindful You is a joint (Ad)venture between the Akron Zoo and Heart to Heart Communications that integrates leadership, mindfulness, and all the zoo has to offer into a unique one-day learning experience. This highly interactive program will help leaders:

• Develop a mindful presence to more fully engage employees, create better relational connections, and improve performance.
• Gain skills to more effectively regulate mental and emotional states to become more self-aware, focused, and compassionate in and out of the workplace.
• Identify simple techniques to foster leadership presence that can readily be incorporated into your daily life.

Facilitators:

John Ropar, PhD, former director, John Carroll University Counseling Center and currently in private practice has worked with hundreds of individuals and presented numerous programs and workshops on mindfulness that enables individuals to incorporate mindful practices into everyday life.

Autumn Russell, Director of Education at the Akron Zoo has worked to educate audiences of all ages on science and the natural world.  Working in both formal and informal settings her goal has been to make connections between animals and people.

Christine Williams, PhD, has worked extensively with leaders throughout the United States and has incorporated mindful practices and techniques into her work for over thirty years.  She is currently Director of Consultative Services for Heart to Heart Communications.