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Coaching Approach
Julia helps people Be Their Best Selves. by enabling people to discover their passion, purpose and potential.
Through one to one and group coaching, Julia has strength based conversations to help people challenge self-limiting beliefs and discover their own solutions. Julia’s positive, gently challenging style, enables clients to build on what they are good at to identify practical steps to move forward.
Her clients have all expressed that they would recommend her to others, describing their sessions as “inspiring, enlightening, thought-provoking and helpful”
be your best self workshops
Our Be Your Best Self and Five Ways To Focus bespoke concepts get people talking about the stuff that gets in the way of them being their best selves and help them make plans and take actions to get things On The Up.
With the informal coaching approach and fun concepts, participants learn handy techniques on how to overcome difficulties, discover their strengths, develop a healthy mindset, and discover how to Be Your Best Self. 100% of people who have been through the Be Your Best Self programme have given positive feedback. 100% of people asked would recommend it to others.
“If you want to change the culture of the organisation, change the conversation.
If you change the conversation, you change the relationship;
if you change the relationship you change the behaviours;
if you change the behaviours you change the outcomes.”
Beverly Alimo-Metcalfe
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growing&achieving
We help develop the mindset, skills and behaviours for leaders to recognise their own strengths and their team’s, to unlock potential, helping people to be their best selves at work. We use a range of evidence-based coaching techniques and innovative tools to help your people think and behave in ways to perform and lead better.
chatsthatmatter
This programme helps teams to develop the mindset, behaviours and skills to use this approach to support people Be Their Best Selves and get things On The Up.
These fun, informal workshops use behaviour change concepts and coaching and mentoring techniques to help staff learn and practice having strength-based conversations in preparation for those Chats that Matter.
“You have brains in your head, you have feet in your shoes,
you can steer yourself any direction you choose.”
Dr Seuss
growyourtalentmentoring
With our tools and techniques, managers are able to learn how to unlock the potential in their teams by; understand mentee as a whole person, what makes them tick and how to motivate them to grow and achieve as a valued member of the team.
The sessions are based on mentoring good practice and theory but delivered in a really interactive and practical format.
“Start hanging out with people who see limitless possibility as the reality. Surround yourself with people who act on their big ideas, who take action on making positive change in the world and who see nothing as out of their reach.“
Jen Sincero, You Are a Badass
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With the aim of developing your workforce to work better with communities, we help create the mindset, behaviours, and coaching skills in your teams.
We offer innovative behaviour change tools and techniques that are proven to work. On The Up support teams to be ready to; have strength-based conversations in community, building on what is good already to develop; wellness, inclusion and social activation.
guestspeaking
Julia has a creative and enthusiastic approach and is often invited to speak on the concepts of behaviour change and the strength-based approach. She draws on her experience in developing Behaviour Change Programmes for strength-based workforce reform, person-centred early help and place- based integration in the public sector.
Julia has co-designed and developed a range of behaviour change tools and concepts to change the conversation to be holistic and strength-based, focusing on “what is strong rather than what is wrong” and encourages other’s to take this approach.
As the Behaviour Change Lead for Manchester City Council, Julia was involved in developing a national workforce development programme for the Department of Local Government and Communities. Julia is an Accredited Executive Coach and Mentor, has a Masters degree (Distinction) In Leading and Managing and BA(Hons) in Business Studies and is a member of the Chartered Management Institute.
Guest speaking engagements to date include:
GM Talent Match Employer Engagement Event
December 2017
‘Taking A Strength Based Approach to Mentoring Young People.’
The I Network- 2017 Annual Conference Leading With Vision
December 2017
‘Leading In Extraordinary Times’
North Yorkshire Constabulary Senior Leaders Conference
December 17
Leading In Extraordinary Times, A Vision for 2025
The I Network – Annual Conference 2018
Festival of Innovation: Leading Places
December 18
Four Steps to Taking an Asset Based Approach to Working With a Community
Women in Social Housing Network Event
May 2018
Four Steps to Taking an Asset Based Approach to Working With a Community
Compere for Women In Property North West Annual Dinner 2017
Compere for Women In Property North West Annual Dinner 2018