Julie Smith is a sought-after coach who has been supporting leaders to grow their confidence for three decades. A 15+ year corporate career with Mars and PepsiCo gave Julie first-hand experience of what it takes to succeed in a demanding, fast-paced organization. In 2010 Julie founded Talent Sprout, a highly respected leadership consultancy. Since then, she has coached hundreds of executives and leadership teams internationally, working with well-known organizations across sectors ranging from packaged consumer goods to technology, insurance to luxury goods, and banking to hospitality. She has designed and delivered development programmes that participants describe as ‘life changing’.This work has enabled Julie to gain real insight into what creates self-doubt and what unlocks self-belief, and she has spent more than a decade developing, testing and honing frameworks and tools that unleash confidence.A member of numerous professional networks, Julie blogs regularly about the challenges of leading in today’s world, the critical need for self-awareness and the magic of self-confidence.Read more about this authorRead less about this author