About Julie
Julie Kay is an executive coach and leadership development specialist with more than 35 years' experience spanning military leadership, organisational development and executive coaching. Drawing on 21 years as a Royal Navy Officer and more than 15 years as a coach, she works with senior leaders and teams to strengthen leadership effectiveness, confidence, influence and team performance.
Julie has coached leaders across the energy, manufacturing, FMCG, public sector and professional services sectors. Her clients include organisations such as RWE Generation, BT, Aviva, Tesco, Mars and Newcastle City Council.
She specialises in helping leaders improve executive presence, navigate complex stakeholder relationships and lead with greater confidence and impact, particularly during periods of transition, pressure or organisational change.
Coaching style
Julie's coaching style is practical, supportive and commercially grounded. Clients describe her as approachable, insightful and appropriately challenging. She combines behavioural insight with practical leadership tools to help leaders create sustainable change and measurable improvements in performance and relationships.
Her background in operational leadership within the Royal Navy gives her particular depth in working with leaders under pressure, helping them build resilience, self-awareness and leadership confidence.
Career history
- Commissioned Officer in the Royal Navy
- Leadership Development Trainer and social welfare officer for the Royal Navy
- Head of the Royal Marines Welfare Service, including Disaster Plans, Critical Incident Stress Debriefing and the response for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
Accreditation
PCC (Professional Certified Coach), International Coaching Federation
What ICF accreditation meansAreas of expertise
- Executive coaching
- Leadership development
- Stakeholder, relationship and conflict management
- Influencing and impact
- Transition and first 90-day coaching
- Team development
- Career coaching
Typical coaching themes
- Building executive presence
- Increasing confidence and gravitas
- Managing difficult stakeholders
- Improving communication style
- Leading teams more effectively
- Navigating organisational politics
- Career transition and promotion
- Developing resilience under pressure
Qualifications & training
- Ashridge Accredited Executive Coach · Ashridge Business School
- The Leadership Circle Team Coach
- Certified NLP and Time-Line Therapy Practitioner
- Accredited in 360° profiles: Emotional & Social Competence Inventory (Goleman), DISC, The Leadership Circle™ 360, The Collective Leadership Assessment™
Most engagements with Julie begin with a 30-minute call.
With Peter or Marie, depending on whether the brief sits closer to training or coaching. The named coach is matched to the engagement at scoping.