About Fran Zone
Fran Zone is an award-winning leadership communication strategist and the Founder and CEO of Zone Communication. She transforms careers via custom workshops, executive coaching programs, industry keynote speeches, leadership seminars, media appearances, and message strategy sessions. Her clients include Fortune 100 executives, CEO's, marketing and sales leaders, best-selling authors, elected officials, and individuals ready to thrive on their own terms.
Fran's Zone Method™ tools are designed to motivate teams and individuals to an accelerated proficiency as influencers, presenters, confident navigators of office politic, and masters of the art of 'deliberate communication'. The Zoned™ include leaders at Genentech, AT&T, Charles Schwab, Johnson & Johnson, Dolby, and Time Inc.
In 1992, Fran was recruited by UC Berkeley to create graduate level marketing curriculum as well as serve as an instructor. For her lifetime contribution to the field of communication, Fran received the ‘Headliner of the Year Award’. Other award recipients include Barbara Walters and icon Hearst Magazines editor, John Mack Carter. Her counsel and constant interaction with corporate brands and leaders won her a coveted invitation to Fortune Magazine’s ‘Most Powerful Women in Business Summit’.
The highest rated category speaker in the history of the California Governor's Conference, one of the largest business conferences in the United States, Fran continues to attract standing-room only audiences at business conferences across the country. Committed to helping leaders be more, rather than do more, Fran created stellarStarters, a weekly, thought-provoking message read by top brand leaders, sales executives, and marketers worldwide.
Fran's unique programs provide proven, immediate tools for successfully navigating the challenges and opportunities for compelling leadership . All Zone Method™ programs, seminars, products and tools are produced and distributed by Zone Communication, based in San Francisco.