Julia Lynden honored for staff revitalization

Julia Lynden (center) was honored at the 2007 Regional Employee Recognition Celebration on Thursday, May 15, at Lacey Community Center.

Julia Lynden, OSR 13 graduate and a manager at Washington state's Department of Social and Health Services, is recognized for revitalizing and energizing the staff in the Information Systems Service Division (ISSD) Help Desk unit. The unit members are bringing new ideas for their work each day. Showing their worth to other ISSD units, staff members garnered new appreciation and higher self esteem. Customer satisfaction has increased as a result.

OSR 13 classmate Greg Williamson exclaims, “I have been fortunate enough to watch Julia interact with her peers at the agency. They love her for all the reasons we do: the respect she brings to the people she works with; the care she gives to every task; the designer's eye that breathes life into her activities; and the delightful sense of humor she uses to nurture optimism in others.”

What’s on tap at the annual conference

Eight workshops examining emerging practices, sampling self-awareness tools and probing fascinating case studies are on the docket for this year's annual conference, Saturday, June 28. You'll have the chance to attend two of the eight offered — a workshop in the morning and the afternoon.

Here is a taste of what's coming:

• Finding the magic: When groups achieve extraordinary results with Kathy Ryan,
• The way we travel will change the world with Glenda Chaffin, Will Hewett, Elaine Jessen and Bob Woodruff,
• Radical change at the "speed of trust" with Mary Allison, Dan Oestreich and Sandra Sault Poulson,
• The end of leadership and consultancy as we know it with Joelle Lyons Everett and Keith McCandless.

Plus our keynote speaker and host, Peggy Holman, co-author of The Change Handbook. Check the OSR Web site for schedule and workshop details.

Admission for the day-long event is $95. Look for a special offer for alumni and friends in the mail. Or reserve your place today.

Find reunion and renewal with kindred spirits at the annual conference. Presented by the OSR Alumni Association.

Three OSR grads are newly minted PhDs

Congratulations, Dr. Mary Kenney (OSR-9) for your doctorate in Clinical Psychology at Pacifica Graduate Institute and your deep study of personal transformation.

Congratulations, Dr. Karyn Lazarus (OSR-7) for your doctorate in Transformative Learning and Change at California Institute of Integral Studies and your creative exploration of group transformation.

Congratulations, Dr. Kathy Kelly (OSR-6) for your doctorate in Transformative Learning and Change at California Institute of Integral Studies and your innovative research in Ireland on personal transformation.