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Episode Description

In this episode, Julia Middleton, host of the Women Emerging podcast, reflects on the transformative power of love in leadership, intertwining personal milestones with professional insights. She shares the profound experience of welcoming her granddaughter, Poppy, whose existence was discovered during the inaugural Women Emerging Expedition in Bellagio. As Women Emerging expanded over the past nine months, so did Poppy, symbolizing the intertwined growth of personal and collective journeys.

Julia delves into pivotal aspects that have shaped her leadership path: confronting fears and the complexities of expressing them, the significance of female friendships in leadership, attuning to one’s body signals versus the drive to persevere, and, most importantly, maintaining faith. She emphasizes that leadership is not solely about acquiring new knowledge but also about recognizing and affirming the effective practices already in place.

Additionally, Julia offers an intimate glimpse into the creation of her upcoming book, “If That’s Leading, I’m In,” revealing the behind-the-scenes efforts to bring forth stories of women emerging into a new paradigm of authentic leadership.

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.