Julie Johnson, MIM, MCC

Julie Johnson is a seasoned leadership development and executive coach in Hilversum, Noord Holland, the Netherlands. With a career that began in the early 1990s, she is one of the most experienced executive coaches and leadership development facilitators in Europe. She is passionate about the transformational power of coaching and has dedicated her career to spreading coaching far and wide—getting leaders and their teams coached, teaching leaders to coach, and mentoring coaches through supervision. Julie uses a powerful coaching and feedback framework to help organizations build a coaching culture, enabling employees to proactively generate solutions and take ownership of results. This approach drives increased organizational effectiveness, productivity, and talent retention.

Julie has coached thousands of individuals from 55+ countries, ranging from first-line managers to CEOs. She is particularly skilled at supporting leaders during significant transitions, helping them move from operational to strategic roles, enhancing executive presence, improving communication with senior management, and addressing derailment behaviors. Julie provides virtual coaching across all European time zones.

Coaching Philosophy

“One of my core values is to only do work that makes a significant, positive, and sustainable difference. I combine logic and intuition to uncover and challenge limiting assumptions, stimulate creative thinking, and inspire new perspectives in my clients. My style has been described as candid, thought-provoking, and refreshingly non-judgmental, with clients consistently reporting deep satisfaction with their development.

I integrate my curiosity for cultural nuances in communication behavior into all my work. I often use my experiences with coachees to serve their development, such as helping a client recognize how their communication style impacted clarity or coaching a leader to deliver a convincing presentation, which resulted in a successful proposal approval.”

Results Achieved

• Supported a senior leader in transitioning to a strategic role while managing a challenging lateral move.
• Helped a C-Suite leader enhance presentation delivery, resulting in proposal acceptance.
• Coached a high-potential talent to identify triggers, develop strategies, and make thoughtful behavioral choices.
• Guided a senior leader in managing the human side of downsizing.
• Helped a board member build trust and save their organization €300,000.