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Bringing Wisdom of Former Inmate Turned 'Change Agent' to Wider Audiences, Instar Performance LLC Acquires Gordon Graham Training Programs

Posted on: Thursday, 14 May 2009, 08:38 CDT

REDMOND, Wash., May 14 /PRNewswire/ -- Confident that the hard lessons learned by former prison inmate turned highly respected change agent, seminar leader and keynote speaker Gordon Graham can help transform correctional services, union-management relations, and provide value to public and private corporations nationwide, Instar Performance LLC proudly announces their acquisition of the exclusive rights to the entire library of training programs created by Gordon Graham & Company.

Instar Performance, LLC provides a variety of tailored education and training programs to communities, corporations, correctional institutions, families, teams and individuals. Instar specializes in affecting cultural change, personal transformation, team building, performance enhancement, correctional services, athletic performance enhancement, executive coaching, union-management relationships and life coaching.

"Our love and admiration for Gordon Graham knows no bounds," says Catherine L. Crosslin, CEO and Managing Partner of Instar Performance, LLC. "For that reason we are thrilled that, by consulting for us, Gordon will continue to share his remarkable, inspiring personal story with even wider audiences, nationally and globally. Like Gordon, our commitment is to help those caught up in the criminal justice system to make the life changes they want, but don't know how to make. Nobody should be in this life alone, and Gordon's extraordinary legacy will live on."

Gordon Graham spent 17 years behind bars, or, in his words," almost two decades as a consumer of correctional services." One of his major turning points was the year spent in solitary confinement in prison. He also managed to escape from various prisons but was always quickly caught. "I was very good at getting out, but had no idea what to do once I was free," he says." Now, he adds, he is "a model of what happens when you take control of your own life."

The sage, proven insights that "Gordy" brings to his leadership talks and seminars include how to promote integrity, accountability and personal empowerment; and how to build bridges of dignity and respect between such diverse groups as guards and prisoners, unions and corporate executives, and diverse community populations. Graham is the author of "The One-Eyed Man is King," and "Change Is An Inside Job." His DVD-based curriculum, "Breaking Barriers: A Cognitive Reality Model," is used in prisons across the country and in Canada.

Ms. Crosslin, a sought after on-one-one life coach to top level executives and athletes, holds a Master's degree from Western Washington University and a BA in Psychology from Whitman College in Walla Walla, WA. A former women's basketball coach, her specialty as a master facilitator falls into the areas of labor/management and corporate leadership. In the correctional system she works extensively with staff and inmates.

Ms. Crosslin reports that Instar Performance, based in Redmond, Washington, will be providing many innovative new products and services to compliment those in the Gordon Graham & Co library.

For more information visit www.instarperformance.com or contact Ms. Crosslin at 425-861-6565 or email info@instarperformance.com.

SOURCE Instar Performance LLC

Source: PR Newswire

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