Margaret Seidler is a Polarity Management Associate based in Charleston, South Carolina. As an organization development consultant and master trainer, her professional experience ranges from organizational development work in corporations, community organizations, and a public utility to serving as staff in both houses of the South Carolina Legislature and planning and grants positions in county government.

Her interest in helping other professionals become more effective leaders began in the 1990s, when she recognized the need to improve her own leadership and interpersonal skills. At the time, she was working for a local electric and gas utility, and it was this experience that became the basis for the case scenario described in her book, Power Surge.

Her consulting practice focuses on creating higher organization performance by helping clients manage the complexities of organizational leadership through the use of Polarity Management® and other methodologies to build self-awareness and interpersonal skills.

Margaret holds a Master’s degree in Public Administration and a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from the University of South Carolina. She also completed graduate course work in Organization Development at the University of St. Thomas in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Since returning to her hometown of Charleston in 2001, she has presented at national and regional conferences for the American Public Power Association and Organization Development networks as well as written for several professional publications and served individual and corporate clients nationwide. Toastmasters International profiled her in its March 2004 magazine.

Margaret lives in Charleston with her husband Bob and is active in several business and non-profit organizations close to her heart. Power Surge is her first book.