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We all need to recharge our batteries and when I heard about this one I just had to pass it along:

Women’s Only Business Executive Wellness Retreat
July 26-30 in St. Germain, Wisconsin

This retreat is unique one of a kind opportunity to help women in leadership positions strengthen their mind and body.  Its a hybrid of wellness and business smarts conference, no other conference or retreat combine these two elements in the Midwest. Using the beauty of the Northwoods as a classroom, the retreat will feature Kathleen Paris, a successful national known business consultant of over 25 years and Cyndi Fine, a body and wellness expert for four days of self improvement. Kathleen Paris will provide on-going post-retreat support and feedback to all retreat attendees as retreat package. 

Background on Kathleen Paris:  A management consultant for over 25 years, she is University of Wisconsin’s Office of Quality Improvement’s Distinguished Consultant Emeritus. Paris has written extensively on strategic planning, consulting  with over 100 academic departments, schools, colleges in strategic planning and process improvement including Penn State, the University of Tennessee-Knoxville and in the counties of Guam, the Virgin Islands and Cyprus . This month her book, Staying Healthy in Sick Organizations: The Clover Practice™  (BookSurge, 2008) was selected as the business book of the month on bookreview.com. She has discuss her book extensively around the state (Fond du Lac, Madison and an upcoming event in Wisconsin Dells) and across the country and abroad (Atlanta and upcoming events in Boston and Oxford, England). Paris has also made numberous Madison television and radio appearance to discuss her book. 

http://www.kathleenparis.com/home/main/retreat 

If you would like to schedule an interview or have any questions, please feel free to call me or email me.

Scott Becher
Becher Group
(608) 838-9115

Provide an extended opportunity for women holding executive leadership positions to:

• Examine and clarify their leadership beliefs and framework
• Assess leadership strengths and areas for growth
• Share latest writing and thinking on change management
• Evaluate strategic planning approaches
• Receive feedback on persistent problems or issues
• Problem-solve using alternative modalities (writing, drawing, painting, music)
• Tune up communication skills using The Clover Practice ^TM
  (E-mail, PowerPoint, speaking, conflict resolution)
• Create a personal plan for the next twelve months to ensure that the most essential projects and relationships are handled
• Relax, refresh, and integrate body and mind in the beauty of Wisconsin’s Northwoods

Expect to Revive and Thrive With:

• A collegial and supportive group of leaders
• Expert facilitation and guidance (3 days)
• Personal attention and coaching-enrollment is limited to 12
• Personalized body work and assessment
• Eleven delicious home-cooked meals
• Four nights lodging
• A personal body work session customized for your needs
• Time to relax in the hot tub, swim, boat, fish, read, meditate, reflect, play volleyball, walk in the woods
• A virtual mastermind group after the retreat

Click Here for an article by Jody Glynn Patrick, “Invest in Yourself, Boss Lady” (PDF)

Click Here for a Brochure about the Women’s Executive Retreat