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Episode Description

In this episode, Julia Middleton introduces her latest book, If That’s Leading, I’m In—a bold reimagining of leadership on women’s terms. She challenges the notion that leadership is the issue for women, instead questioning whether the real problem lies in how it has been traditionally defined—primarily by and for men.

Julia shares insights from her journey with 24 women from around the world, whose expedition led to a deeper discovery: a new way of thinking about leadership. Alongside the voices of 101 others they met along the way, the book offers fresh perspectives, real-life experiences, and practical advice on developing leadership in your own way.

About the Host

Julia Middleton

Julia Middleton is the host of the Women Emerging podcast and a best-selling author of “If that’s leading, I’m in” as well as two previous books: “Leading beyond Authority” and “Cultural Intelligence”. She is deeply committed to helping people from all backgrounds to find their own approach to leading.

In 2020, Julia launched Women Emerging and in 2022 she lead an expedition of 24 women to find ‘an approach to leading that resonates with women’. She now leads expeditions with women all over the world based on 4Es methodology, discovered in the first expedition.

Prior to that, Julia was founder and, for over thirty years, Chief Executive of Common Purpose, which grew to become one of the biggest leadership development organisations in the world.
Julia is also an Ambassador for the Aurora Prize based in Armenia, on the boards of Alfanar Venture Philanthropy in the Arab World and Equality Now, which operates globally, and on the Advisory Councils of Fundacao Dom Cabral in Brazil and Synapse in Pakistan.

Born in London and brought up in New York, Julia was educated at French Lycées and graduated from the London School of Economics. She is married, with five children and lots of grandchildren.