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Jonathan Merrill

Client Executive

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Jonathan "Jon" Merrill (he/him/his) is from the Chicagoland area. He received his Master's in Higher Education from Loyola University Chicago, and his career has focused on incorporating DEI practices in Academic and Student Affairs spaces. He has spent the last seven years in various staff roles at the University of Michigan where he led out diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives for students, staff, and faculty populations. 

 

Jon has extensive project-based and facilitation experience; he is particularly passionate about creating learning spaces where individuals can increase their intercultural competency and dialogue with others. 

 

In his role of Client Executive Jon ensures client projects are managed at a high level which includes leading client meetings as well as delegating action items to internal teams. He also provides subject matter expertise to deliver services including coaching, training, facilitation, and education for client and for CST product development and continuous improvement.  

Culture Shift Team
As culture strategists, CST offers education and expertise to align business strategies to better connect with customers, strengthen workplace communities,  and develop informed leaders ready to execute on organizational imperatives. We provide business consulting, education, communications, and public relations consulting. CST is headquartered in Nashville, with additional offices in Detroit, Southern California, and South Florida.

You can reach our team at: connect@cultureshiftteam.com ​or call +1 615.606.2772

Workplace Culture Lens™ Framework 

  • Leadership Development

  • Team Development

  • Enterprise Transformation

Workplace Culture Lens™ Professional Development Path

  • Individual Culture Map™

  • WCL Foundational Course

  • Facilitator & Coach Train-the-Trainer Certification

  • Culture Strategist Certification

Consulting Services: Culture Strategists

  • PR Approach with Customers and Community

  • Organizational Transformation & Change Management

CST's Certifications Include: 

  • Women’s Business Enterprise (WBE) with the Tennessee Governor’s Office of DBE

  • Small Business Enterprise (SBE) with the Nashville Davidson County Metropolitan Government 

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Culture Shift Team is recognized by SHRM to offer Professional Development Credits (PDC) for SHRM-CP® or SHRM-SCP® recertification activities.

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