Meet your coach

Julia Johnson, Founder & Principle Career Coach

After 20+ years in the corporate world, working for companies such as Cisco Systems, Red Hat, and Fidelity Investments, I launched Careers for Humans Coaching, a practice dedicated to helping people be more successful and more authentic at work.

How is that possible? It all comes down to strategically fostering real connections in ways that are valuable to the business and meaningful to the people who make up the business. It’s not impossible, but it does require forethought.

As an independent career coach, I work with individuals and teams to build useful perspectives on challenges and opportunities, to develop a better understanding of the corporate landscape, and craft practical plans to find, grow, and optimize their strengths for strategic wins.

My background blends professional expertise in leadership, organizational and program management, strategic communications and marketing with industry-leading coaching approaches.

A nerd at heart, I mix theory with lived experience to deliver practical support to globally diverse clients. My theoretical approach is heavily influenced by business and social science disciplines, including strategic communication, decision-making science, economics, management, risk mitigation, goal setting and achievement, positive psychology, cross-cultural community building, and organizational psychology.

What does this mean for you? It means when we talk, I might pull a tactic directly from intentional change theory or leverage the perspective shift we gain through standpoint theory. We might speak directly about your recent 9-Box rating or the sponsorship model for your next big initiative. We might employ strengths assessments, blue sky exercises, or SMART goal planning.

It means creative and rigorous problem-solving and support.

It means you get coaching based on sound principles spanning multiple-disciplinary data sets delivered in approachable conversations tailored to your needs.