Word on the street...

Graham Weaver (CEO, Founder & Managing Partner, Alpine Investors) 

“Julia has worked with Alpine now for over 5 years. She designs minute-by-minute agendas for our firmwide offsites, monthly lunches, summer internship onboarding, CEO-In-Training onboarding and other training sessions. These are well-thought out with the right blend of working on ourselves, our relationships and our firm. They are very energetic and highly rated and incredibly fun. She then facilitates these events as only Julia can. As a facilitator, she sets the tone and the mood for the entire event and we all feed off her energy, vulnerability, love and fantastic vibe. We have had different facilitators in the past, and there is nobody who can even come close to comparing to Julia. I could not recommend her any more highly!”

David Steele (CEO & Founder at One Wealth Advisors, Managing Partner at NoisePop, Creator & Owner of MOXIE Yoga & Fitness, leading restaurateur) 

“Julia Winston worked with my partner Mark Rausa and I as a consultant in the very early days of our growing yoga studio company. She led us through a process at MOXIE to build clarity, alignment and community across our team of yoga teachers and I was thrilled with the results. In just a few months of working with Julia, we had gained clarity and confidence in the direction we were taking our company’s culture and the narrative we were communicating to both our customers and our yoga teachers.  Not only is Julia uniquely talented, she is also a real treat to work with.”

Erin Stahmer (VP of Playbook Operations, Alpine Investors) 

“Working with Julia is an absolute joy. When Julia is involved in the design and execution of an event, I know I’ll be guaranteed a creative, fun, personalized experience without any doubt that Julia has everything handled. Her coaching and experience design skills, paired with her career in the corporate world as a Chief Culture Officer, have made her an authority on workplace culture, workshop facilitation, and retreat design. With her wealth of knowledge, she has truly raised the bar for my team’s gatherings – it’s hard for me to imagine planning and executing one without her. If you’re wondering whether this type of work is worth the investment, it is. I wholeheartedly recommend her to anyone seriously committed to delivering excellence and maximizing the impact of your gatherings.”

Soumya Nettimi (CEO, ASG LegalTech) 

“I have had the pleasure of working with Julia over the past two years.  I run a complex, high growth business called ASG LegalTech that is comprised of almost 100 people across 4 offices in the US and abroad.  Julia has been an invaluable thought partner to myself and our executive team on planning full team off-sites, leadership alignments, and other sessions that have helped us build alignment across individual, team, and company goals.  She has also facilitated many of these events herself, and I have yet to work with anyone who can drive engagement amongst a diverse group like she can. I am excited to continue working with Julia in 2020, and wholeheartedly recommend her as a person, facilitator, and thought partner to anyone looking to drive change and alignment in their own organization.”

Celeste Miles (Chief People Officer, Riverside Insights) 

“Julia is the total package that has undoubtedly made me a better leader, helped our leadership team grow stronger and more aligned, and has been a steady force that has guided our company as we’ve established our identity.

Whether on stage engaging an audience, coaching one-one-one, or strategizing and collaborating with a group, she has a true gift for bringing authenticity, Inspiration, and a lot of fun to every situation she touches! She understands business, she understands people, and she brings out the best in both in the thoughtful design of experiences and masterful intuition to deliver and adapt to whatever the group needs at the time. Julia brings great combination of levity and depth to her work and our interactions. I always look forward to the opportunities we have to work together!”

Matt Moore (Partner, Alpine Investors) 

“One of Julia’s many virtues is that you cannot put her in a box. She is part coach, part culture architect, part catalyst for change, part experience designer, part community builder, part facilitator, part optimist… I could go on.  Julia has helped Alpine shape communities large and small and her true genius is the ability to view things through a system lens. Working with Julia is not work, she makes it light hearted and fun while at the same time maintaining the business objective.  Personally, Julia has helped me grow as a person and a leader immensely and I wouldn’t be as happy or professionally successful without her guidance, coaching and friendship along the way.”

Jim Tormey (CEO, MidAmerica) 

“Over the past few years, I’ve had the pleasure of working closely with Julia on a wide variety of initiatives – I’ve come away impressed 100% of the time.  Julia is engaging, selfless, and downright fun; she has an innate ability to push both individuals and groups to bring their best selves to any endeavor. Though I was perhaps initially skeptical about how effective executive coaching could be, Julia demonstrated an innate ability to turn the ‘touchy-feely’ concepts we uncovered into actionable insights that drove improved performance.  She connected common themes and pushed me to extend beyond my comfort zone – to try differently while honing my leadership tendencies. Her enthusiasm and deep-rooted, authentic caring made every session enjoyable, and I wholeheartedly believe that I improved as a leader as a result of my time with Julia.”

Esther Jang (Former Head of Strategy & Ops, Venmo)

“I would recommend Julia as a coach to anyone at any point in their career trajectory. After having worked in consulting, tech and finance while sitting on various executive teams, I was not expecting to learn so much about myself. However, Julia is effective at unearthing insights and helping you achieve goals you didn't even realize you had - professional and personal. She is kind, patient, open, non-judgmental and brilliant at her craft.” 

Early stage startup executive

“Julia helped me radically reorient my approach to my professional life. Rather than feeling stuck, I now feel full of opportunity and optimism. In each session Julia helps me uncover a concrete path forward and makes sure I follow through on it afterward. She reminds me constantly of my values and what I uniquely contribute. She also isn’t afraid to point out when I am being my own worst enemy. She is warm yet principled, big picture yet specific, leads and follows in each session. I love working with her.”