About Dr. Gottschalk
About Dr. Gottschalk
Dr. Marla Gottschalk is an Industrial & Organizational Psychologist and work life strategist As a charter member of LinkedIn Top Voice program, she has built an audience of more than 2 Million followers sharing honest advice and relevant research concerning work & organizational life. Her newsletter The Core Files — which focuses on work life strategy — is delivered monthly to more than 350K LinkedIn subscribers. Her perspectives have also appeared at The Wall Street Journal, Harvard Business Review, Talent Zoo, US News & World Report, The Huffington Post, Brit & Co, The Muse and The World Economic Forum blog. 
Dr. Gottschalk has worked with individuals & teams representing the auto, education, technology, retail, hotel & non-profit sectors, where she helps teams & organizations face obstacles, build capabilities and move forward. She relies on a detailed analysis of both history & valued goals, utilizing process consultation techniques. She has a particular interest in small businesses — their inception and growth strategy.
She holds a B.S. in Psychology from Michigan State University and a Ph.D. in Industrial & Organizational Psychology with a minor concentration in multivariate statistics from Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan.
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