ACHIEVEMENTS
  • Apter Qualified Professional for the Apter Motivational Style
    Profile based on Reversal Theory and the Apter
    Leadership Profile System (a 180 assessment), see
    Apter International
  • EQ-I Emotional Intelligence assessment and
    development tool Certified Professional
  • Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) Certified Professional
  • Campbell Leadership Index, CL-I certified practitioner (a
    360 assessment)
  • LH-STEP System for Testing and Evaluation of Potential
    certified practitioner
  • Action Learning foundations qualified
  • Consultations include:
  • Facilitate groups in active-learning environment to
    stronger communications and team decision-
    making
  • Large operations groups going through cost-
    cutting improvements
  • Coach teams into real effectiveness
  • Knowledge sharing
  • Non-profits with focus and advisory groups  
    envisioning new directions
  • An educational institution planning change
  • Transformational retreat
  • Facilitate in George Mason University's "Group
    Dynamics" Masters class.
  • Facilitate training for DoD and other Federal
    agencies in performance management
  • Consultant with Adventist Health Care

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

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
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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, Principal
  • 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  
  • Fulfilled leadership and training responsibilities in the
    private sector
  • Masters Degree, continuing education and business
    license underpin Creative Facilitating's support for 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
Dragonfly Institute
in our contract with the Commonwealth of Virginia
for Communication Assessments and for an array of
OD, facilitation and training solutions
Copyright 2010, Kathleen Trygstad, all rights reserved     Kate@CreativeFacilitating.com   703-243-8726
* Kate Trygstad has presented with colleague Ellen
Kandell to groups of alternative dispute resolution
professionals: "Out of the Woods: Techniques that
Generate New Pathways for Resolution", in which we
explored Appreciative Inquiry, Action Learning and
World Cafe.