Culture doesn't change
because you declare it.
It changes because you design it.
The Turner Connection was built on a simple conviction: the gap between what organizations say about culture and what people actually experience is not a communication problem. It's a design problem and it's solvable.
Across two decades inside Fortune 500 organizations such as Mastercard, Carnival Cruise Line, and Cordis, Dr. Turner had the opportunity to learn from some of the world's most respected companies — and to see up close just how much culture and belonging matter to real transformation. These organizations invested in diversity initiatives, articulated compelling values, and hired talented people. That experience revealed a deeper truth: even strong organizations can unintentionally build belonging that's conditional on sameness — and when that happens, innovation can stagnate, turnover can climb, and the boldest thinkers can go quiet.
The insight was clear: it was never about the people. It was about the systems they operate inside. Cultures that ask people to conform in order to belong will always sacrifice the very difference that drives innovation. Real, lasting belonging can't rest on sameness, silence, or staying in line — it has to be built by design.
The Turner Connection was founded to solve that problem at its root, drawing on those two decades of firsthand experience with research-grounded methodology, executive-level advisory practice, and a proprietary framework built for organizations that are serious about transformation, not just conversation.
Meet Our Team
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Meet Our Team 〰️
Founder Dr. Selen Turner
PhD, I/OPsychology · Partner,Advantage Performance Group
Selen Turner, PhD is a practitioner-scholar who has spent over 20 years at the intersection of organizational science and executive leadership — building cultures, developing leaders, and designing the human conditions that make organizations thrive.
With senior roles at Mastercard, Carnival Cruise Line, and Cordis, and as a Partner at Advantage Performance Group, Selen has led culture transformation, talent strategy, and organizational development at the highest levels of global business.
That operating experience drove her back to research. Selen earned her PhD in Industrial/Organizational Psychology, where she studied the leadership inclusion behaviors that create cultures where people speak up, differ well, and contribute their boldest thinking. She brings that research into the classroom as faculty at Florida Atlantic University and Barry University, and into executive education at ZSchool and the Leadership Development Academy.
The Turner Connection works in strategic partnership with companies that share our standard: research-grounded methods, senior-level delivery, and measurable results. These alliances let us scale engagements globally without diluting the boutique attention every client receives.
Our Partners
Advantage Performance Group
A national talent development firm helping organizations develop great people. Through our partnership with Advantage where Dr. Turner serves as Partner clients gain access to a curated portfolio of world-class learning experiences spanning leadership development, sales enablement, and culture change, delivered at enterprise scale.
A next-generation talent strategy firm, SKALA designs and operates the people functions growing companies need to scale from talent acquisition and People Operations to embedded HR leadership. Through our partnership with SKALA, clients gain hands-on execution capacity for the people side of transformation and a bridge into the Latin American market.
Skala
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