Please join us on Wednesday evening, May 13, 2009 at the Blair Mansion Inn in Silver Spring, MD, to welcome our guest speaker for the month of May, Joanne Aaronson, PMP, who will be speaking on "Enlightened Leadership: Pathway to Success." Joanne is an author, speaker, trainer, consultant and coach, whose innovative workshops and presentations have been extremely well-received. She uses a unique blend of real-world corporate experience with creativity and intuitive development training to facilitate empowerment in the individual and the achievement of true potential. Sign-in and networking begin at 6:00 PM, dinner is at 7:00 PM, and the presentation begins at 8:00 PM.

This one-hour program presents the case for a needed paradigm shift in corporate America today, defined by the qualities of Enlightened Leadership. The negative forces at play are described, together with ways in which these forces can be countered by the positive forces of Enlightened Leadership. Successful leaders understand how to use self-empowerment and their own inner wisdom and maximized creativity as facilitators of success. You know who they are by the degree of respect, admiration and loyalty their subordinates and their peers have for them. They are sought out for the solutions to the big problems, as they always have the answers. Enlightened Leaders use their inner light to provide the right solution at the right time. They use their heart and not just their head to deal with interpersonal problems, and they understand and use their power wisely. Working-level examples will be presented to encourage leaders at every level of the organization --whether project managers, team leads or executives-- to make the shift to Enlightened Leadership.

For more information on this event, please contact the PMISSC Events Coordinator.

Biography

Joanne Aaronson, PMP, is the recipient of several industry awards for excellence in project management. She holds a degree in physics and post-graduate certification in technology management, as well as certifications in intuitive development from the Institute for Intuitive Studies in Virginia Beach. Combined with over 20 years of project/program management experience in both the public and private sectors, she has successfully used her techniques to bring in projects on time and within budget both nationally and internationally. Using her intuitive abilities for strategic advantage, she has conceptualized and led many national and international projects through the full life cycle of development, with some being conducted in a totally virtual environment. Ms. Aaronson is an intuitive life coach with her company - Life Transformations, LLC - and has offered executive and individual life coaching and innovative workshops for organizations such as AT&T, British Telecom, Concert, Lockheed Martin, and various government agencies.

Joanne has been a frequent speaker at Project Management Institute (PMI) programs, and members of her audience have described her presentations as "awesome" and an "amazing combination of concise, to-the-point, yet exciting material". Her full-day Enlightened Leadership Workshop was extremely well received. Don't miss this one-hour glimpse into some of the important leadership concepts she has developed throughout the course of her career.