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Julia Carden

Coaching in English

1500+ hours of coaching experience

Executive Coach · Leadership Coach · Coach Supervisor

Winchester, Southampton, UK Wide

United Kingdom

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Executive Coach and Coach Supervisor


Hello – Having received coaching and coaching supervision myself I know that the key to success is down to the relationship – it is about having someone you can trust, feel you can open up too and share your vulnerabilities with.

Alongside this it is about finding someone who can ask those questions no-one else would dare too. I like to think about coaching and coaching supervision as a space for thinking and reflection with accountability – this means as your coach or coaching supervisor I will work with you to create this space – somewhere where you can gain insight and change.

My clients come to me to work on their self-awareness, leadership approach, self-confidence and purpose where they find a space for deep reflection and thinking. They value my compassionate challenge and the exploration of what is hampering them and then finding strategies to move forwards. As one client said, “I create a space where you can dig deep into big challenges.”

My philosophy is underpinned by my own PhD research into self-awareness, and I believe “who we are is how we lead or coach” – this means that my approach is about you gaining new insights and increased awareness of yourself to achieve what you want and need to in your leadership, business and life.

Alongside my leadership development and coaching practice, I am an accredited and experienced coaching supervisor and journey with coaches as they deepen their own practice. I am also a visiting tutor at Henley Business School – lecturing on their coaching programmes and heading up the Supervision Certificate.

I was born and brought up in Cornwall and “made in the Royal Navy”, and following a successful progressive career as a Royal Naval Officer, a management consultant specialising in assessment and development and a short spell in the Civil Service I started my own business in 2008 specialising in leadership, learning and development.

Since then, I have coached a wide range of leaders at all levels across a cross-section of sectors – including automotive, tech, professional services, IT, cloud technology, fire services, public sector, education and universities. I am an accredited and certified master coach with the EMCC and a professional certified coach (PCC) with the ICF.

I am the author of “You Are Not As Self-Aware As You Think You Are” and run the “Self-Awareness Lab”, and in partnership with my colleague, Karen Foy, “Finding and Claiming Your Inner Diamond” programmes.
My commitment to this work is profound; I invest in my own regular coaching supervision (both individual and group) and believe that continual work on self keeps me at my very best for my clients. Outside of work my focus is my family – enjoying the outdoors with our dogs and supporting my son with his burgeoning eventing career.

Please contact me to arrange a FREE 30-MINUTE CALL TO EXPLORE how and if we might work together – NO OBLIGATION.

I work across the UK and Europe on-line and in person.
Credentials
Professional body membership

International Coach FederationEuropean Mentoring & Coaching Council GlobalAssociation of Coaching Supervisors

Level of membership/accreditation

ICF - Professional Certified CoachEMCC - Accredited Master PractitionerEMCC - ESIA - Accredited Supervisor

Qualifications

Professional Certificate in Coaching; MSc Coaching and Behavioural Change; PhD Coaching Psychology; Professional Certificate in Coaching Supervision (all Henley Business School); NLP Master Practitioner; Time to Think Coach & Facilitator; BPS level A & B (OPQ, Lumina, SDI, 16PF, MBTI)

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I have had the pleasure of working with Julia as a group supervisor. She created a safe and calm space, where I was able to explore a number of issues that had come up for me during coaching. I almost always enterered the session thinking I didn't have a lot to say, and then it was like Pandora's box had been opened!

09/04/2025

Julia is a very experienced Supervisor. Always on hand to draw a different perspective reflection on a situation. I have greatly valued the opportunity she provided to engage in group supervision which also provided an alternative view to personal situations in coaching. I continue my journey. Richard Tarran

18/03/2025

Julia has been my group supervisor for over a year and I cannot recommend her highly enough. She is warm, authentic, caring, challenging and creates a really safe and brave space in which each individual in the group can be open, challenged and invited to adopt alternative ways of thinking and behaving as a coach. I have grown immensely as a coach and become more confident, and in addition I have really enjoyed every group supervision session. Thank you Julia. H.B.

12/03/2025

Julia has been exceptional in providing our senior leaders with independent coaching. It has given them the freedom and confidence to express their ambitions, hopes and fears, finding a path to greater performance through her guidance. The feedback from them has been overwhelmingly positive.

28/08/2024

Julia is a fantastic Strategic Coach and I would highly recommend her. She is kind, empathetic, and delivers this with the right level of challenge to support personal growth. She builds trust and support and is highly credible and experienced. Julia has been integral in my development as a Strategic Director, and as a leader to find my own inner strength and confidence.

28/08/2024

Julia is a fantastic Strategic Coach and I would highly recommend her. She is kind, empathetic, and delivers this with the right level of challenge to support personal growth. She builds trust and support and is highly credible and experienced. Julia has been integral in my development as a Strategic Director, and as a leader to find my own inner strength and confidence. Matt Cook. Deputy Chief Fire Officer, West Sussex.

20/08/2024

Julia has coached me over a period of 7 years throughout roles in 2 organisations. She has been instrumental in my learning journey through a complex and challenging world, helping to unpick and question the layers in myself that I did not realise existed, guiding me to my own realisations and changes. She has made a tangible positive difference to my life and I rate her highly. She is compassionate, a good listener, curious, challenging, knowledgeable and wise. Enwezor Nzegwu, Principal Consultant, Actica Consulting.

02/08/2024

Julia has been my supervisor for the last 2 years and I can genuinely say that every session has been immensely valuable for both me and ultimately my clients. Julia creates a safe space for reflection, challenging and yet supportive. I have no hesitation in recommending Julia as a supervisor.

31/07/2024

Julia's supervision on supervision sessions are a time to reflect, do some good thinking, work with the wonderful wisdom of the group, but mostly to be held in a space by Julia that is safe, challenging, experienced, has humour and a groundedness in it, but most of all humility and her wonderful and wise self-awareness. I look forward to them throughout the year - so much so I went to Julia with a group already formed we wanted to work with her so much! I have worked with many supervisors over the years - I can't recommend Julia highly enough. Supervision on supervision is sometimes a tough gig to hold - the lens on the lens - and the lens on ourselves as we hold up the lens on our supervisees. Julia has unbelievable knowledge, a masterful and human way around things, and holds structure and in the moment flexibilty at the same time. She is willing to go to the edge with us all and stretch and grow in service of us and the supervisees that we bring. The work that she has done and continues to do on self-awareness, on her own self-awareness and therefore what she brings to us as a group, and as individuals is deep, wise, and so very much appreciated. If you want a supervisor, as a supervisor myself, I would recommend Julia any day. She will be honest with you, be warm, be stretching and be very very human. What's not to like? Nicky Chambers, Executive, Leadership and Team Coach PCC CPCC, ICF Accredited Coach-Mentor, EMCC Accredited Coach/Mentor Supervisor PCiS

30/07/2024

I’ve have the absolute pleasure and at the same time been so fortunate to have Julia as my Executive Coach over many years now in a few different capacities. I can’t thank Julia enough for her help in elevating my career in so many different ways. Julia has given me confidence, guidance and the self belief to be better and do better. With Julia’s help I have now been functioning at the highest capacity at any time in my working and professional life and have gone on to be consistently one of the Top Sales people within the organisation I work for, not just this year but for many years. I was so inspired by Julia’s ability and skill set that under her encouragement I also started my Executive Coaching Journey. While Julia is a giant in her field of expertise as an Executive Coach, she has always made the time for me when I’ve needed her the most. Brian Mapley, Vice President of Sales UK - Adyen

26/07/2024
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