Sheila Margolis helps leaders use culture to drive organizational change. To clarify, her expertise is in defining organizational culture, leading culture change, and increasing employee engagement.
She holds a doctoral degree in Human Resource Development and is President of the Workplace Culture Institute, LLC.
As an organizational culture expert, Sheila is quoted in newspapers and magazines, such as The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, and The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
In her work, Sheila stimulates insight that informs, inspires, and advances excellence. Above all, she is guided by a Philosophy of attention to the details, curiosity, and a devotion to continuous learning.
Services
Sheila offers a variety of management consulting services in the areas of organizational culture, employee engagement, and culture change.
Consultant
Dr. Sheila Margolis conducts culture assessments, employee engagement surveys, and change initiatives. She is a culture coach. She has worked with a variety of organizations. For example, Philips Healthcare, UPS, Coca-Cola Refreshments USA, the U.S. Senate Federal Credit Union, and Cherokee Town and Country Club. Go to this link for a complete list.
Additionally, Sheila has taught business writing and presentation skills in the MBA program at the J. Mack Robinson College of Business at Georgia State University. She also works with companies to align their internal communications strategy with their organizational culture.
Sheila has designed and delivered employee training programs to build high performance work teams for companies such as General Mills, Allied Signal, Tenneco, and Reliance Electric through the Quick Start Program.
Speaker
Dr. Sheila Margolis speaks on topics related to organizational culture, culture change, and employee engagement. She has been a professional member of the National Speakers Association.
She speaks at corporate and professional meetings and conferences. Sheila also provides virtual presentations. For example, she has been a speaker for organizations such as Alabama Bankers Association, ATD, G&T Continental, Wyoming Bureau of Land Management, Northside Hospital, SHRM Annual Conference & Exposition, CAMEX-Campus Marketing Expo, Human Resources Professionals Association of Ontario Annual Conference and Exposition, PIHRA Annual Conference & Exposition, Southeastern Accounting Show, Georgia Summit, Virginia Bankers Association, and Synova Associates.
To clarify, some of her speaking topics are on defining core culture, the power of purpose and core values, leading organizational change, increasing employee engagement, recruiting for culture fit, and managing the human side of mergers and acquisitions.
Author
Sheila is the author of a number of books, journal and magazine articles, and book chapters on organizational culture and change.
Books by Sheila Margolis
Sheila is the author of these four organizational culture books.
The principles in these books were derived from Sheila Margolis’ groundbreaking qualitative research. To clarify, this research earned the 1998 Award for Distinguished Contribution to Human Resource Development Research.
Articles
- Aligning Values and Business Strategy to Achieve Organizational Change: Using the Five Ps to Embed Sustainability in Your Dental Practice, Journal of the American College of Dentists, Summer 2018, Volume 85, Number 3, pages 33-37
- The Three Ps of Hiring for Culture Fit, HR West, October 2016.
- A Big-Picture View, HR Magazine, June 2011
- How to Prepare for What Might Be Looming Around the Corner, Atlanta Magazine, June 2009, special issue on Jobs, page 63
- Embedding Corporate Socia Responsibility in Your Culture, PerformanceXpress, ISPI (December 2008)
- Align Communication with Your Work Culture, Internal Comms Hub (Volume 2, Issue 7, November 2008)
- A Culture of Engagement, Latitude magazine (Fall 2008)
- Try a Mood Rating System, Internal Comms Hub, (June 2008)
- Understand Cultural Differences for Clearer Communication, Internal Comms Hub, (June 2008)
- Use Training to Build Your Culture of Distinction, Sales and Marketing Training magazine (2007)
- Training to Build a Culture of Distinction, Training Today magazine (Fall 2007)
- Understanding Culture: Unlocking Value in a Corporate Transaction, AmericanVentureMagazine.com (February 2006)
- Corporate Culture Can Make or Break Your Company, Family Business Newsletter (2006)
- Visions to Guide Performance-A Typology of Multiple Future Organizational Images, Performance Improvement Quarterly (2003)
- Information: The Key to Retreats that Flourish, Association Management(2003)
- Housecalls at Work—column addressing employee and organizational issues in Connections, the quarterly magazine of the Georgia Society of Association Executives (2003-2006)
- A Model for Organizational Identity: Exploring the Path to Sustainability During Change, Human Resource Development Review (2002)
Chapters
- Identifying Your Best Work Environment, chapter 3 in Find Your Fit: A Practical Guide to Landing a Job You’ll Love, ATD Press, 2016
- The Cultural Context of Organizational Identity: How Belief Systems Can Frame the Practice and Role of Human Resource Development, chapter in The Cultural Context of Human Resource Development, Palgrave Publishers Ltd., 2009
Dissertation by Sheila Margolis
Listed below is Dr. Margolis’s dissertation. This research is the basis for Core Culture and the Five Ps.
- Organizational Identity, Future Organizational Images and the Construction of Organizational Identification in a Merger Environment (1998): This is Dr. Margolis’ dissertation–the original research for her work–on organization culture and change. The complete dissertation can be downloaded at this link.
Contact Sheila Margolis
Contact Sheila for information on her organizational culture, change, and employee engagement services.
Her management consulting firm Workplace Culture Institute is based in Atlanta, Georgia. Above all, she serves clients globally. In conclusion, use the Contact Form to email Sheila.