Co-Chair of the Teleos Leadership Institute, an international consulting firm serving leaders around the world (US). Speaker Web Site Frances Johnston, Ph.D. Dr. Frances Johnston is Founder and Co-Chair of the Teleos Leadership Institute along with her friend and colleague, Annie McKee. Teleos is an international consulting firm working at the intersection of leadership, strategy and culture and serves leaders of organizations in both the private and public sectors around the globe. One area of Fran's expertise is innovative design of community alignment events, long-term programs and executive team retreats that support change agent and leadership development and transformation, Emotional Intelligence, improving group dynamics and organizational renewal. She designs and implements advanced facilitation programs throughout the United States, Europe, Africa, Asia and the Caribbean. Fran also serves on the faculty of the Gestalt Institute of Cleveland and teaches at the Wharton School's Aresty Institute of Executive Education. In addition, she is an active public speaker including recent presentations to a major auto insurance firm and national professional societies. Session Information: The Practice of Resonant Leadership: Managing the Cycle of Sacrifice and Renewal Key Concepts: Understand the link between Emotional Intelligence, resonant leadership, and personal and professional effectiveness. Explore one's own experience of leadership and how the inherent sacrifice affects each of us and can be addressed. Experience renewal through practicing mindfulness and hope and compassion. Frances Johnston and Annie McKee will lead participants through a process of discovering how to create -- and sustain -- resonance in one's self and with others. Building on conclusions from Annie' new book (To Be a Leader, Harvard Business School Press, Fall 2005), and on Fran's vast experience in “leading leaders,” the two will engage you in learning how to be a resonant leader. Resonance starts with Emotional Intelligence, but it doesn't end there. In order to create and sustain resonance in one's self and others, we need to recognize that the work of leaders is hard. It involves sacrifice, day in and day out. When power stress goes unchecked, it can lead to the sacrifice syndrome -- a stage in which a leader's effectiveness is halted and his/her behavior becomes damaging. To counter the effects of the sacrifice syndrome, leaders need to consciously engage renewal. Annie and Fran will weave together psychology, neuroscience, management, and philosophy and engage you in a process of renewal. They will take you through experiences to enhance mindfulness, and to engage hope and compassion -- the foundations of renewal, resonance, and great leadership. Needless to say the session will be experiential, challenging and fun. This session is co-presented with Annie McKee.