About
Dr. Joshua E. Marineau
PhD · MGSCC-Certified Coach · Associate Professor of Management
The only coach in the region who can quantify how your leadership growth rewires your organization's network.
I'm an Associate Professor of Management and a Marshall Goldsmith Stakeholder Centered Certified Coach, listed in the official MGSCC global directory.
My coaching isn't borrowed theory. I've spent more than a decade publishing peer-reviewed research on social networks, work performance, and perceptual accuracy in organizational settings. The social network analysis expertise I bring to coaching is based on published academic work.
I contribute to the NSF AgTech Engine — a National Science Foundation Regional Innovation Engine initiative advancing agricultural technology across North Dakota. I've also served as principal investigator on entrepreneurial network research funded by the Kauffman Foundation, studying how innovation ecosystems actually work in the Fargo-Moorhead region.
My current research extends into neurodivergence and the workplace — specifically how ADHD shapes social behavior, conflict, and performance in organizational settings. A 2026 study in Acta Psychologica is part of that ongoing program.
When I tell you that your leader's influence network has shifted, I can show you the data. Before and after. No other coach in the upper Midwest can make that statement.
Credentials & Background
The Methodology
Marshall Goldsmith Stakeholder Centered Coaching
Marshall Goldsmith is the world's #1 executive coach — ranked by Thinkers50, Harvard Business Review, and the Wall Street Journal. His Stakeholder Centered Coaching process is the only methodology where the stakeholders around your leader — not a self-assessment, not the coach — are the ultimate measure of success.
Every month, stakeholders anonymously rate whether your leader is improving on targeted behaviors. They also provide forward-looking suggestions (FeedForward) — not backward-looking criticism. The process builds the kind of behavioral change that is perceived, sustained, and trusted.
View my official MGSCC directory profile →Global MGSCC Results
- ✓Used by CEOs of Ford, Pfizer, Microsoft, Danaher, and 150+ Fortune 500 companies
- ✓95% of coached leaders measurably improve on stakeholder-perceived behaviors
- ✓Average +42% improvement on targeted leadership behaviors
- ✓70–80% of behavioral change sustained 12–24 months after coaching ends
- ✓Stakeholders — not the coach — are the final judge of success
Published Research
The science of organizations and social networks
My peer-reviewed research focuses on how social networks shape work performance, influence, and perceptual accuracy inside real organizations. That body of work — published in the Journal of Applied Psychology, Social Networks, and Group & Organization Management — is the foundation for the network analysis I bring to coaching. Click any paper to view it on Google Scholar.
Local + National
Deeply rooted in Fargo-Moorhead. Globally certified.
My familiarity with these sectors comes from different kinds of exposure. I've worked directly with organizations in agribusiness — including CHS — and my NSF AgTech Engine and Kauffman Foundation research is grounded in the startup and agricultural innovation ecosystem of the upper Midwest. For other sectors, my knowledge comes from in-depth research interviews with dozens of regional leaders and from teaching professionals across these industries in my academic role. I'm transparent about the difference.
I also work nationally and virtually. 70%+ of MGSCC engagements are delivered remotely — the methodology is fully designed for virtual delivery.
Sectors I've Studied
Through direct client work, published research, or in-depth leader interviews
- ◆Agribusiness & cooperativesDirect client work + NSF AgTech research
- ◆Technology & startupsKauffman Foundation research on entrepreneurial networks
- ◆Financial services & accountingResearch interviews with regional leaders
- ◆Higher education & nonprofitResearch interviews with regional leaders
- ◆Healthcare administrationResearch interviews with regional leaders
- ◆Manufacturing & equipmentResearch interviews with regional leaders
Ready to have a real conversation?
20 minutes. Tell me about your leaders and the influence gaps holding them back.