Dr. Julia Carden

Ever since I started my leadership journey at Britannia Royal Naval College as a Royal Naval Officer I have been interested in self-awareness, and on a quest to become self-aware. The ‘unknown to self’, and ‘unknown to others’’ box of Johari’s window was a tantalizing allure of ‘you need to delve here to really find the secret to self’. I think I was under some false self-illusion that once I got to a fully self-aware state, I would in some way be a complete, whole and authentic leader and coach. I now know that I will never be done, but that my developmental work is supporting me in finding inner peace and contentment. It was when I started my Masters in Coaching and Behavioural Change that I realized the importance of self-awareness in terms of its impact on how I was showing up in my practice, and later how self-awareness supports the capability and capacity to sit with uncertainty. My interest and passion in this topic led to me undertaking a PhD to research this further. I work as a coach and coach supervisor practitioner, with an academic underpinning, and am accredited with the ICF and EMCC. My work focuses on working with the whole person (both individuals and teams) to expand and deepen self-awareness. Alongside my coaching and supervision practice I am a visiting tutor at Henley Business School teaching on the Professional Certificate in Executive Coaching, MSc in Executive Coaching for Behavioural Change and heads up the Professional Certificate in Coaching Supervision.