Julie Johnson

Julie Johnson is considered one of the pioneers in the field of executive coaching and has coached hundreds of senior executives in blue chip organizations. She helps companies achieve bottom-line results by maximizing the performance of key individuals

Respected as a thought leader in the field of executive leadership, Julie focuses on leadership style, organizational needs and emotional intelligence. Her insights into self-management, coalition building, and conflict resolution have guided many leaders around common traps and enabled them to advance to the next level. She is also an expert at helping executives navigate and negotiate the political landscape at the C-Suite level.

Julie had her own business, the Reid Group for 25 years. Prior to starting her own business, Julie held leadership positions in Human Resources at Kraft, Merrill Lynch, Vinson, and Elkins as well as Director of Placement at Stanford Law School. Julie is the author of The Female Vision: Women’s Real Power at Work as well as numerous articles in the Harvard Business Review.

In addition to serving on the Advisory Board of Microboard, Julie is on the board of the Norwalk Community College Foundation and the Yale Center for Faith and Culture at Yale School of Divinity. She is also a member of the International Women’s Forum.

Julie holds an MBA from Harvard Business School, an MA in Social Psychology and Counseling from Southern Methodist University, and a BA from Carnegie Mellon University.

Among Julie’s clients are BlackRock, Bloomberg, Boston Scientific, Bristol-Meyers-Squibb, JP Morgan Chase, Citigroup, Colgate Palmolive, David, Polk and Wardwell, Deloitte and Touche, Estee Lauder, International Herald Tribune, Morgan Stanley, New York Times, Pitney Bowes, Rockefeller Brothers Fund, the Rockefeller Foundation, Rockefeller and Company, Save the Children, Simpson Thacher and Bartlett and Yahoo.