Professional Background

Edwin J. Nichols, Ph. D., is a clinical and industrial psychologist specializing in executive coaching and leadership to enhance systemic alignment, interdependencies, cohesion, and organizational development. He is the Director of Nichols and Associates, Inc., an applied behavioral science firm dedicated to improving organizational effectiveness through cultural competence in leadership.

Mission and Approach

Nichols and Associates, Inc. focuses on restructuring organizations to achieve systemic congruence by integrating cultural competence into leadership and operational processes. Dr. Nichols employs a comprehensive methodology that includes:

• Evaluating corporate systems and structures to ensure alignment and systemic coherence.
• Evaluating management styles and staff dynamics to foster culturally competent leadership.
• Applying his hallmark paradigm, Philosophical Aspects of Cultural Difference, provides
  insights into the essence of ethnic difference through the lenses of axiology, epistemology, and logic.

This approach allows leaders to gain a deeper understanding of themselves and others, fostering cultural competence that enhances the potential of a multiethnic, pluralistic, and linguistically diverse workforce.

Impact and Value

Dr. Nichols’ work empowers organizations to build high-performing, team-oriented workforces equipped for the demands of the 21^st century. By harnessing the strengths of heterogenic teams, his interventions drive measurable outcomes, including restoring competitive advantages and increasing market share. Many clients have sought his expertise, including Fortune 500 corporations, foreign governments, national government agencies, parastatal organizations, professional associations, and health and mental health systems.

Legacy of Service

With decades of experience, Dr. Nichols continues to shape the field of organizational development by bridging cultural difference and fostering cultural competence in leadership. His contributions provide a blueprint for organizations seeking to thrive in an increasingly interconnected global economy of the 21^st Century.

International Organization Development

British Commonwealth of Nations’ Centre for Management Development in Canada, Guyana, Nigeria, Singapore, and the United Kingdom.

Germany, Austria, Switzerland; Mexico, Columbia, Argentina, Venezuela; Japan, Malaysia, and China.

Publications

The Art of Strategic Change 2024 Joseph, L.E., Fremion, D.A.  Libri Publishing, Nichols – Chapter 19                                  Selected Aspects of Mentoring, Webb, Cooke, Nichols, Talley 2019 Kendall Hunt                                      

Cultural Competence in America’s Schools: Leadership, Engagement and Understanding, Jones, Bruce – Nichols, Edwin – 2013 Information Age Publishing,

Education

Assumption College, Windsor/Canada; Eberhardt-Karls Universität, Tübingen/Germany; Leopold-Franzens Universität, Innsbruck/Austria, where he received his Doctor of Philosophy in Psychology and Psychiatry, cum laude,

Dr. Nichols served in the Army; he has two adult children and two grandchildren.