Copyright 2009, Kathleen Trygstad, all rights reserved
ACHIEVEMENTS
  • Apter Qualified Professional for the Apter Motivational Style
    Profile and the Apter Leadership Profile System, see Apter
    International
  • Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) Certified Professional
  • Action Learning foundations qualified
  • Facilitate groups in active-learning environment to
    stronger communications and team decision-making
  • Managed large processing groups through cost-cutting
    improvements
  • Coached teams into real effectiveness
  • Consulted with a small non-profit on knowledge sharing
  • Consulted with an educational institution on planning
    change
  • Facilitated highly successful focus groups
  • Facilitated transformational retreat
  • Facilitate in George Mason University's "Group Dynamics"
    Masters class.
  • Facilitate training for Department of Defense agencies in
    performance management
  • Consultant with Adventist Health Care

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
  • Organizational Development Network
  • Chesapeake Bay OD Network
  • Mid-Atlantic Facilitators' Network

BUSINESS REGISTRIES AND CERTIFICATIONS
  • Virginia certified Woman-owned Small  Business   
    Enterprise
  • SBA customer listing: P0674692
  • CCR registry
  • eVA registry
  • Virginia Commonwealth Award Number 14804-CAT04 for
    PF14804C04-09



Contributing to Professional Discussions
*  Review of Retreats That Work (Marianne Liteman, Sheila
Campbell, Jeff Liteman) published in Journal of Organizational
Change Management, Vol 20 Number 3 2007.

*  Read Kate's contribution to  TrustTalk
About Us

Kate Trygstad
  • A leader for many years, focused on human potential and
    its development
  • Retired early from the Federal Government as a manager
    with a reputation for leading effective groups into greater
    effectiveness  
  • Took on leadership and training responsibilities in the
    private sector
  • Now with a Masters Degree and business license,
    supports other groups in their own leadership and
    transformation
  • M.S. in Organizational Learning, also known as
    Organization Development,  George Mason University,
    od/km.gmu.edu
  • B.S. English Education, University of Minnesota
  • B.A. English, University of Minnesota
  • Gestalt Experience Workshop
703-243-8726
"As our guide you helped us to experience what can happen when we pool our energies together to
work toward a common goal.

        "The event was a great success and we now have a much clearer focus for the work
       ahead in the project.  I'm especially pleased at the outcomes.
"Your organization and facilitation skills helped us to see out of different (and
cleaner) lenses.
Partnerships
Alternative Solutions   
for facilitation and mediation skill sets in change
work

Change Management Associates
for an OD/coaching/training contract with Fairfax
County-- a consortium of professionals are linked
here to provide a variety of services and support

Wheelhouse Group
for coaching services in contract with IRS

HumanComm and Dragonfly Institute
in our contract with the Commonwealth of Virginia
for Communication Assessments and for an array of
OD, facilitation and training solutions
Creative Facilitating accepts credit card payments.