Welcome

Have you landed on this page because you:

  • need some sensitive work undertaking around diversity and inclusion?
  • want to develop yourself or your team professionally through coaching?
  • need some insight into your employees’ experience through qualitative research?
  • need someone to facilitate an away day or discussion?
  • need a mediator to support with a dispute?

If the answer is yes to any or all of the above, you’re in the right place.

Whether you are looking for training at an introductory level for all employees or more in depth workshops, programmes or consultancy, my work for you is underpinned by my expertise from a career of over 14 years as an academic prior to setting up my business in 2017. If training isn’t right for you, you might also be interested in a talk on an aspect of diversity and inclusion or on an area of professional development.

While I work broadly across a range of diversity and inclusion topics, my particular specialism is the inclusion of women and in sexual orientation. I am a specialist in the sex and gender ‘wars’ as they play out in workplaces; I offer support in balancing rights, and in understanding the tensions between gender critical or sex realist beliefs and beliefs in gender identity and how to manage those in workplaces.

I am an executive coach, an action learning facilitator and a mediator (workplace mediation and civil and commercial mediation).

I work with organisations and groups in the private, public or voluntary sector and have supported companies ranging from Fortune 100, Fortune 500, many universities and through to small charities. I have been interviewed live on TV as a specialist in gender and you can find some of those interviews here: on Andrew Cuomo and sexual harassment; the economic impact of Covid-19 on women; the gender pay gap. I was privileged to be named an Inspirational Diversity and Inclusion Leader 2023 by D&I Leaders.

To check my availability and find out how we might work together, please get in touch. I look forward to our conversation!

Never doubt that a small group of committed citizens can 
change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has.
Margaret Mead

Training

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How might my organisation benefit from training?  Training: Ensures staff or volunteers are well informed and operating within the law Supports the organisation to address common problems such as the gender pay gap Promotes understanding of difference and enhances team-working Supports your organisation to appeal to diverse workforces   What training do you provide?  I design bespoke training… Continue reading Training

Facilitation

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How will my organisation benefit from working with you? Working with an external facilitator benefits you in various ways: when a specialist in a particular topic is needed but for a less formal session than ‘training’ when a neutral outsider is needed to support and lead discussion when a neutral outsider is needed to carry… Continue reading Facilitation

Coaching

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What is coaching? Executive coaching is a non-directive and facilitative process enabling you to grow professionally and personally. You bring the ‘agenda’ or area to focus on and I bring the techniques and tools of coaching to support you to define and achieve your aims. If you’re looking to be empowered to clarify and discover… Continue reading Coaching

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Julie’s workshop on ‘Privilege’ was powerful. I advocate and advise on EDI myself so was taken by surprise by the very emotional response it evoked in me. It cemented my resolve and sense of responsibility to challenge bias in myself as well as in others. Her methods and interactions create a safe space where delegates are challenged. She shows how privilege creates context and affects all our human interactions.

Highly recommended.

Kate Cairns, Cairns Consultancy

Thanks to Julie for her support in reviewing and developing our approach to engagement with academic colleagues at Manchester Met. during the COVID pandemic. Her ability to quickly understand our context and translate a huge volume of complex information into meaningful content were incredibly valuable to us. Julie was a pleasure to work with and incredibly flexible in supporting our needs.

Samuel McVaigh, Assistant Director of Human Resources and Organisational Development, Manchester Metropolitan University