Ann Kruse

Issaquah resident Ann Kruse, founder and owner of InterDynamics, recently was honored by the Issaquah chapter of Business & Professional Women as "Outstanding Business Woman" in the new millennium.

Kruse is a lawyer and organization development consultant who has been advising businesses, professional practices, government agencies and nonprofit organizations for 20 years.

Kruse will debut a seminar series entitled "Making the Merger Work - Integrating Two Companies and Two Cultures" from 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. March 15 at the Bellevue Hyatt.Cost is $250 or $230 for multiple registrants.For a seminar brochure, contact Kruse at 391-4353 or annkruse@earthlink.net., and to register by March 8, call 462-5840.

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"Stress and uncertainty are problems facing every work organization," explained Ann Kruse, president of InterDynamics, a Seattle-area organizational development practice."Today we see a lot of uncertainty about employee's skills, roles and continued employement.While the so-called 'transformational change' causing the uncertainty is praised by managment gurus, it compounds the everyday stress felt by employees."

One of the everyday stressors in many workplaces is working with people of different cultural, occupational and organizational backgrounds."As a result of trends like diversity mangement and cross-functional teams, employees have to negotiate how they will work together, and in order to do that they first have to negoiate a language they will use to communicate," said Kruse.