Natalie Baumgartner, PhD

Natalie is a Partner at CLA and author of The Culture Formula. She is a trusted advisor to boards, CEOs, private equity investors, and executive leadership teams as well as an employee engagement and culture thought leader and evangelist, with keen insight into the depth and breadth of the employee experience and workplace belonging.

Prior to joining CLA, she served as Chief Workforce Scientist with Achievers – a global leader in employee experience solutions. Dr. Baumgartner also founded both Monarch – a consulting firm specializing in leadership development, merger & acquisition diligence/integration, selection, and strategic planning with a particular focus on private-equity portfolio companies and RoundPegg – a SaaS based Culture Measurement and Management platform, later acquired by Achievers.

Natalie graduated from UCLA and the University of Denver with a PhD in Clinical Psychology, specializing in Strength-Based Psychology, and received her undergraduate degree in Psychology from the University of Wisconsin, Madison.

She is a regular contributor to Forbes and Harvard Business Review and a popular speaker – engaging audiences on topics related to belonging, culture and the employee experience, including a TED talk on the importance of culture fit.

Natalie has the great fortune to live in Boulder, Colorado with her family where you can find her on the ski slopes with her three daughters, just trying to keep up.