About Julie Washington

Director

Julie Washington

Julie Washington is a Director and the General Manager at Serendis Leadership, where she leads the firm’s Talent Development practice and oversees enterprise-wide mentoring, sponsorship and coaching programs.

She brings 30 years of leadership experience, including more than two decades in senior corporate roles and eight years in consulting, with deep expertise in leadership consulting, organisational development, coaching and inclusion.

Julie designs and delivers bespoke talent development programs that strengthen organisational capability and build sustainable leadership pipelines. She works closely with senior leaders and executive teams to accelerate high-potential talent and embed relational capability at scale. Her sector experience spans retail, consumer, property and global financial services, including leading the facilitation of inclusive leadership initiatives for organisations such as LVMH, WiBF, PCA and the Drinks Association.

Julie previously held global organisational development roles with Barclays, ABN AMRO, Royal Bank of Scotland and Commonwealth Bank of Australia, following her early career at Harrods in London and experience running her own business.

Julie holds a Master’s degree in Organisational Coaching from the University of Sydney and is accredited in HBDI, MBTI, TMS, Hay Group Leadership Style and Climate, and MTQ48. She brings commercial depth, behavioural insight and considered judgment to her client partnerships.

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Leadership at its core is about harnessing others' efforts to achieve something no one can achieve alone.

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WORKING WITH JULIE

I thoroughly enjoyed being a part of this program. Since joining, my mentality and process have involved more clarity on my career progress and actions I need to take to get there. My favourite part about the program is the personal assessments to provide better insight into my personality, working styling, how people perceive me and my areas of improvement. The most valuable aspect of the program is the stores, experiences and network from mentors and mentees within the program.

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