Nice to meet you, I'm Julia

My professional mission is to build organizations that enable their people (employees, managers, leaders, stakeholders) to do their best work together and to live fulfilling, integrated lives. I do this by helping business leaders identify the role they play in the challenges they encounter, navigate those challenges, and design systems in which they and their people can thrive.

The experiences I have had over the last two decades have all contributed to this mission:

• I have advised executives on product development for solutions in the organizational culture space — most recently Coordinape and Candor.
• I have coached and trained leaders on how to achieve clarity and alignment for themselves and their teams, with Talentism, Elevate Leadership (where I currently work full-time), and independently.
• I have led trainings and facilitated symposiums about new ways of working with the Teal Team, a membership organization which I co-founded.
• I started and led the Employee Practice at Medallia, where I helped companies harness listening programs to engage their employees.
• I founded the People Strategy Group at Lattice, an HR tech platform whose mission is to make work meaningful.

The path that brought me here was winding. In addition to the above, it included several tiny tech startups, a treasured craft brewery (Boston Beer), a beloved Hollywood studio (Disney), a couple of social networks (Facebook, LinkedIn), and a global management consulting firm (Bain). The common thread that runs through all these organizations is their consciously formed culture — each distinct, and each rich in its own way.

I was educated at Cornell University where I earned my BA, summa cum laude, and at Stanford, where I earned my MBA. I work out of my home office in San Francisco, CA, in a sunny neighborhood with plenty of trees and coffee shops. I live with my wife, our son, and our cat, and enjoy tinkering, learning — and subsequently forgetting — languages, writing, and driving stick.