I wanted to let you know of a free workshop that is one of those few examples of getting far more than what you paid for.

On January 31st from 7-9 PM, the Strozzi Institute of CA is offering a free two hour workshop here in DC metro area (Reston, to be specific). The workshop is called “Strozzi Somatics in Leadership & Coaching.”

For those of you I have worked with more recently, Strozzi Institute is where I have learned the practices we’ve used to develop leadership presence/effectiveness, to be more grounded and centered in chaos, and to better manage ourselves/our emotions to achieve our goals.  Whether you are a sole practitioner, managing a large team/business, or in transition-these are crucial skills.

Strozzi Institute, based in Petaluma CA, is probably the best leadership training I have ever taken. I have taken many of their courses, got certified in their techniques and continue to study with them. These are not touchy feely BS courses. If we’ve talked about the book The Leadership Dojo, the author Richard Strozzi-Heckler is the founder of the Strozzi Institute. He’s a former marine, a black belt several times over in Aikido, and a PhD in Psychology. Richard has worked with senior military, corporate, non-profit/social justice leaders all over the world-again, no BS here.

Richard will be leading this free workshop-a very rare event, and a great way to learn and get exposure to Strozzi without flying to CA.

Registration is required, to manage the room size etc. I fully expect this to be a full course, so if you’re interested, register now at: http://www.strozziinstitute.com/workshops