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Edmond M.
Bazerghi, Psy.D.
Edmond is the
founder of the Center For Executive Assessment. He is an executive
coach and organizational consultant. He is also a psychologist in private practice, and is
licensed in the State of Texas as a Health Service Provider. He was
born in Cairo, Egypt, in
1932, and educated in France and the United
States giving him the ability to
work in English, French, or Arabic and in different cultural
environments. Dr. Bazerghi
holds a Doctorate from the University of Paris
in France, a Master's degree in Educational Psychology
from the University of Texas at
Austin, and three other degrees in Philosophy, Letters, and
Theology from universities in
France. Dr. Bazerghi specializes in
assessment-based executive
coaching, and
developmental planning.
In the past few years, he has worked to develop 360-degree
feedback instruments tailored to the specific needs of certain
organizations, to develop team building in organizations, and to
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In addition to
his consulting practice, since
1989, he has been the
Chief Assessor and Senior Feedback Specialist for
international training organizations in
Texas for English programs, and
in Canada for French programs.. In this capacity he has trained
other psychologists in
assessment and feedback skills, in the US. as well as
in Canada and Europe. As a
professional mediator, he has practiced and taught conflict
resolution and mediation skills. Edmond has worked with a variety of
organizations including international ones like the U.N.
Secretariat, the U.N. High Commission for Refugees, physician groups, real estate management and
development, pharmaceutical, biotechnology,
high-tech, and publishing firms, as well as
university and church groups. In 1985, he founded and co-managed with his
wife Trianon, Inc., a wholesale and retail enterprise in
Austin, TX. This organization was sold in 2004. He is also the founder of the Mediation Center in
Austin.
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Linda
Galindo, Ph.D.
Dr. Galindo designs and implements customized projects to
facilitate
effective
communication, conflict management,
executive coaching and high-performance team building in
organizations undergoing significant transitions.
Applying these skills to
bilingual and bicultural
environments is Linda's
area of experience and expertise.
She has been active in clinical and consulting psychology since 1976, as
a therapist, clinical director, supervisor, trainer,
teacher and management consultant. Her
doctorate is from Mexico
City's Jesuit University; she also has post-graduate work in
family systems and mediation, and an organization
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Dr. Galindo is currently a change
management consultant to a
variety of corporate groups,
both private and public, and also
maintains an active private practice. Linda has worked with crisis
interventions, disaster mental
health and critical incident debriefings at various levels,
from individual to community and
from local to international. Linda is also
active in community development
and serves in a leadership
position on several local boards in the Dallas metroplex.
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Donald E. Hardy-Holley, M.A .
Don
is an executive coach and organizational consultant. Since 1986, he
has served as a specialist in assessment-based executive coaching
and developmental planning in the United States. During this time,
he has assisted family owned businesses to reorganize and use their
potential so the companies can continue successfully. He also has been involved with several non-profit
organizations to help train their personnel. Don has extensive
experience leading small and large groups. He is also a marriage and
family therapist and professional counselor in private practice. He
has a Masters Degree in Educational Psychology from the University
of Texas at San Antonio. Don is certified in many behavioral and
personality assessments, including, including Myers Briggs, CPI 260, FIRO-B, Executive Dimensions, Benchmarks, Prospector, 360 By Design,
California Psychological Inventory, Strong Interest Inventory.Don is
co-owner with his wife, Anne, of Hardy-Holley Team, Inc., an
educational and counseling corporation. Previously, he directed a
crisis intervention center, a family services organization, and
successfully procured grant money for other non-profits. He has
consulted and trained people in a variety of organizations,
including oil companies, dental offices, real estate, and grocery
chains. Because of his work with families, he sometimes serves as an
expert witness for the courts. His work as a public speaker and
trainer has taken him to Canada and Australia as well as many places
in the United States. Don is presently on the Board of the Concept
Therapy Institute, and on the Board of the American Academy of
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Jerrilou
Johnson, M.A.
Jerrilou is a leadership and team building expert built on
two decades
where she has designed and implemented learning
experiences in leadership, team building and organizational
development throughout Latin America. A principal founder
of CARE, Capacitación and Asesoria para los Recursos de las
Empresas, bilingual/bicultural in English and Spanish ,Jerrilou
has worked as trainer of trainers, facilitator, coach of coaches, mediator and program
designer. Complementing her
work in
corporate education she
has designed and implemented various programs on female
leadership; in March 2005 she was invited to present a
comparative study of US and Mexican leadership styles at the
conference WOMEN AS GLOBAL LEADERS in Dubai,
United Arab Emirates. Subsequently the study has grown
to include female executives from the Middle East.
Currently finishing her
doctoral research
at the National University of Mexico entitled The Profile
of Female Leadership in Mexico Jerrilou is author of
five books and various articles and maintains an
active private practice in executive coaching and
psychotherapy.
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Lou Lasher, Ph.D.
Dr. Lou Lasher is a coach, consultant and mediator
specializing in conflict management in
organizational settings. She is a leader in the development
of dispute resolution alternatives
in Texas, and was a founding Fellow of The University of
Texas School of Law Center for Public Policy Dispute
Resolution. Lou has provided negotiation and conflict
management training throughout the U.S., Mexico and
Southeast Asia.
In addition to her conflict work, Lou coaches individuals
and groups who are negotiating professional transitions,
managing difficult communications, and leading through rapid
change. She brings an analytical perspective to her work,
and is published in the areas of conflict management and
program planning. Lou’ s consulting approach is also quite
practical, grounded in twenty years experience in line and
staff roles. Since establishing her consulting practice in
1990, Lou has advised over fifty clients in business,
medicine, law and government. Her client roster includes the
Asian Development Bank (Manila), Universidad de Anahuac Law
School (Mexico City), IBM, Dell Computer, MD Anderson Cancer
Center, Equity Residential Real Estate, Advanced Micro
Devices (AMD), HEB Grocery, Texas Attorney General’s Office,
Texas Center for the Judiciary, and the Lower Colorado River
Authority.
Lou holds a Ph.D. in Administration and an M.A. in
Psychology from the University of Northern Colorado. She is
certified in twenty-one instruments which profile
individuals or groups in organizational contexts.
Professional activities include service as co-chair of the
State Bar of Texas Alternative Dispute Resolution Section
and membership on the Texas Supreme Court Advisory Committee
on Court Annexed Mediation.
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Bob Boyle, Ph.D.
 Dr.
Bob Boyle is a professional psychologist, trainer, and
personal/business coach. He holds a doctorate in clinical
psychology from Rosemead School of Psychology.
Dr. Boyle is a
partner at the Center For Practical Solutions in Redding, CA – where
he performs psychological evaluations and also does individual,
couples, and family therapy. He is an adjunct instructor at Simpson
University (undergraduate) and National University (graduate).
He consults and speaks with businesses about the issues that concern
them. He has co-authored two books: A Hitchhiker’s Road Map
To Leadership and The Communication Path.
Dr. Boyle is also a
partner in the newly formed training company – The Human Connection.
He has trained various groups throughout the United States and
Canada, including managers, sales people, and members of high school
athletic teams (basketball, football, and volleyball). He has many
years of coaching experience, and is trained in coaching instruments
(e.g. Myers-Briggs and FIRO-B) as well as traditional psychological
instruments.
Dr. Boyle has been
happily married to his wife Mary Jo since 1988. He has four
children - Jacob (18), Kara (16), Caleb (13) and Bekah (10).
Dede Osborn,
MA, CEC
Dede is a leadership specialist working in organizations
struggling with change and multi-cultural complexity and the
principal of Salamana Associates. She has served as adjunct
senior faculty and executive coach for the Center for Creative
Leadership (CCL) for the last 25 years. Dede was the Program
Director for CCL's Leadership Development Program in San
Antonio, TX from l985-1995 and the Project Manager for the
International Leadership at the Peak program for European senior
executives in Barcelona, Spain in the year 2000.
During the 15 years she lived in Mexico, she co-founded
Tecnología Administratíva Moderna (TEAM, SC), a training and
consulting organization which provides leadership training and
assessment for development, in Spanish, for Latin American
executives. This experience provided the opportunity to work in
México, Panamá, Venezuela, Perú, Ecuador, Chile, Brazil,
Argentina, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, and Colombia and it
provided the database for numerous research articles on Latin
American leadership styles.
Most recently she has been a core faculty member and coach for
the Hawai’i Leadership Center, contributing to program design
and delivery of a new program that views leadership through
three cultural lenses -- Asian, Polynesian and Western -- and
the senior consultant to the Pauahi Leadership Institute in
Honolulu, HI. She is also on the leadership faculty of the
School of Public Policy, University of Maryland.
Dede was born and raised in the Midwest and is currently married
and residing in Rhode Island. She has a Master's degree in
Psychology and Professional Certification in Organization
Development from Georgetown University and is a Certified
Executive Coach with the National Association of Business
Coaches . She has devoted her professional life to creating
happier and more productive workplaces.
Dixie Cody Van Eynde, Ed.D.
Dixie Van Eynde
is licensed in Texas as a Counseling Psychologist. She has
a
Masters degree in Speech Communication and Human Relations from
the University of Kansas and a Masters degree and an Ed.D. in
Counseling Psychology from Teachers College, Columbia
University.
Dixie is
currently practicing in the areas of leadership development,
executive coaching, career development
and career transition.
She has worked for fifteen years as a feedback specialist/coach for
TEAM, Inc., a San Antonio affiliate of the Center for Creative
Leadership in Greensboro, NC. She did similar work in leadership
development for United Services Automobile Association for three
years. She and a partner are also
offering team building and planning consultation to
organizations of various kinds both non-profit and profit
making.
Dixie worked for
many years in university counseling centers doing therapy,
presentations and as much career and leadership development with
students as other duties permitted. This included working
cooperatively with Career Services for conducting workshops,
classes and career assessments and designing and implementing a
successful career exploration workshop for law school students.
She has also worked on a consulting basis for fifteen years for
Greene and Associates in San Antonio doing career assessment
batteries and feedback, coaching clients through career
transitions, teaching job search skills and assisting with a
variety of projects including the provision of career transition
services to over five hundred employees at a semi-conductor
plant that closed in San Antonio and, more recently, qualifying
as a coach for retirement planning programming.
Dixie has been
active in the local psychological association having served on
the executive board for seven years from 1986 - 1993 including a
year as President. Dixie is in her sixth year on the Board
of LeaderSteps, including four years as president. LeaderSteps
is a Leadership Development program for high school seniors in
Boerne, Texas.
From 1984 – 88
Dixie co-edited with her husband the OD Practitioner for
the national Organization Development Network and served on the
Board of Trustees during those years as well. They co-edited a
book called Organization Development Classics, published
in 1997.
Charlie Price,
M.S.
Charlie
Price specializes in facilitating teamwork processes and
coaching. Individually or with associates, he collaborates with
public agencies and private companies on issues of
communication, morale, and conflict resolution. He is a
leadership educator, and public speaker.
Thirty-five
years experience in education and health organizations as
instructor, therapist, clinical supervisor, manager, and
administrator. Past Instructor in Shasta College Management
Certificate Program
Executive Coach
for Equity Residential Properties LEAD Program
Publisher writer.
B.A. Stanford
University in the History of Ideas; M.S. San Francisco State
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