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Julie Scanlon
Julie supports clients to develop themselves professionally by holding a safe space to explore their direction, options and challenges, empowering individuals to take action.
Julie enjoys working with clients at the ‘identity’ level, supporting them to align their values, purpose and actions. As a consultant and trainer in diversity and inclusion, Julie brings to her a coaching a nuanced understanding of how systemic inequalities can impact individuals and supports them to find ways to work with these systems.
Julie is an Executive Coach, Facilitator, Trainer and Consultant in diversity and inclusion.
Julie works across the public, private and VCSE sectors.
I’m so glad to have had this coaching. Each session was tailored perfectly to my needs. Julie encouraged and enabled me to think properly through the issues I was grappling with. This was challenging – but also enjoyable! The coaching was everything I expected and more, and left me with a much greater understanding of my interests, priorities and needs. Attending these sessions was a remarkably illuminating and productive process. I have already recommended Julie to several colleagues.
Mid-Level Leader Public Sector
I felt I had got into a rut with my work and that my work-life balance was not what it should be. The sessions with Julie were adapted perfectly to my needs and left me with a much clearer understanding of my priorities, as well as equipping me with strategies for making better decisions with regard to work and personal life. I would highly recommend Julie as a coach to anyone who feels the need to review their choices and priorities.
Mid-Level Leader Public Sector
Key skills
Professional development coaching; Executive coaching; Career development and career change coaching.
Julie has supported clients with challenges such as managing working relationships, building confidence, reducing anxiety, managing time and work/life balance, setting direction, exploring values and identity.
Style
Julie enjoys supporting people to draw on their greatest resource - themselves - to maximise their potential, explore options, clarify and attain their goals. Her approach is facilitative and client-led, offering individuals a safe space for reflection as well as support to take action. Clients are coached to find their own solutions and exit the coaching relationship feeling better equipped to face their challenges, both present and future.
Qualifications and training
Society of Mediators Certificate in Civil and Commercial Mediation; ILM endorsed Certificate, Advanced Programme in Action Learning Facilitation; ILM Level 5 Certificate in Coaching and Mentoring; Postgraduate Certificate in Learning and Teaching in Higher Education; PhD Gender, Sexuality and Contemporary Culture; MA Modern and Contemporary Fiction; BA English Language and Literature.
Career background
In Julie’s previous life as an academic, most recently for twelve years at Northumbria University, her expertise lay in how structures of gender and sexuality operate in society. She taught and published in these areas as well as holding roles of degree programme leader, and she initiated work on gender equality within the workplace leading to cultural change. She has also worked as a project manager at Sunderland University, leading on their successful application to retain a national gender equality charter mark. Since 2017, she has developed her work as a consultant, supporting organisations with research and evaluation, with training and consultancy in diversity and inclusion and with facilitation and professional development programmes. She has coached clients across the public, third and private sector. She has also served on the board of two small charities that enhance opportunities for women and girls and is currently Collaborative Partner with Gender and Entrepreneurship North East (GENE).
Professional memberships
Member of the Association of Coaching (AC); Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA).
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We are
professionally and experientially qualified, regularly supervised and have appropriate professional memberships. CBC is a corporate member of the Association for Coaching.
We offer
individual coaching to executives, and leaders and managers of various levels as well as group and team coaching
We follow
professional guidelines, principles and competencies including the Global Code of Ethics for Coaches, Mentors and Supervisors