OSAE Executive News Summer 2021

OSAE
2021
ANNUAL
CONFERENCE:
The Value of Communicating
While Addressing Members’ Impact Points
If the past year has taught us anything, it
is that different people hear things differently.
In fact, the same statement can be interpreted
in a myriad of ways. In fact, we hear things
differently based on the people who surround
us at the time we hear the message. Think
about this: Would you respond to a risqué
joke around your friends the same way you
might around your elderly parents? No.
Why? Just ask our first keynote speaker,
Dr. Kathy Gruver.
Gruver, who is an internationally
recognized speaker and motivational
powerhouse, not only understands the
power of targeted storytelling, but she also
provides her audiences with actionable
tools that will and leave you empowered to
change how you approach obstacles and
achievements. The author of seven books,
Gruver speaks on topics such as transforming
your organizational culture, enhancing
communication, creating true leadership
with practical presence, minimizing stress,
expanding personal and professional growth,
and building a powerful team. During this
year’s keynote address, she is going to focus
on the ego states.
An ego state is a way in which we
think, feel and behave; they comprise our
personality at a given time. These states are
thinking and feeling as an adult, a parent
and as a child. When someone is in the
“parent ego state,” they exhibit the behaviors,
thoughts and feelings copied, learned or
even borrowed from their parents, parental
figures or significant others. Meanwhile, those
operating in the adult ego state function in
the here and now and rationally process
what they are thinking and feeling based
on facts without interference of unconscious
contamination. Lastly, the child ego state is
not when people act childish or what others
perceive as childish. This is the state in which
we replay how we thought and felt when we
were children. These adaptive behaviors can
be immediate and act as a survival instinct
within us, putting obstacles in the way of our
own growth. These are archaic memories we
are unable to recall on a conscious level that
exist within our subconscious.
Gruver will provide participants with the
ability learn how these states are formed, to
discover how to best map these ego states
for optimal execution and to gain practical
knowledge of techniques designed to help
professionals handle the tasks at hand given
the various ego states.
DR. KATHY GRUVER
Gruver, a resident of California, earned her PhD
in Natural Health with more than 30 years of
experience in the realm of stress, mindfulness and
helping others grow, heal and evolve and 40 plus
years of performance background. As a former actor
and improvisation performer, Gruver is comfortable
with every audience and infuses her talks with humor
and a touch of personalization. Truly a jack of all
trades, Gruver will leave OSAE’s members excited,
invigorated and ready to overcome whatever may
come their way.
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