Julia Middleton
Julia Mary Middleton (née Morland; 21 April 1958)[1] is the founder of Women Emerging. She is also the founder and former chief executive officer [2] of Common Purpose, an international charity that runs leadership development programmes.[3]
She is a campaigner for the progression of diverse leaders in civil society.[4]
Early life and education
Born in Lambeth, Middleton is the daughter of Agnes (née Whowell) and Eric Morland.[1][5] Middleton was educated at a French lycée before earning an Economics degree from the London School of Economics.[6]
Career
In 1980, Middleton began her career at the Industrial Society, where she created Head Start, a programme providing high school dropouts with training and advice from prospective employers.[7]
In the autumn of 1988, Middleton formed Common Purpose, [8]an organization that hosts leadership development courses Since 1989, more than 100,000 people have taken part in Common Purpose programmes.[9]
In 2020, Middleton formed another ogranization, Women Emerging, and in 2022, she launched the Women Emerging Expedition, to find an approach to leadership that resonates with women.She also launched a podcast which documents the experiences of the women taking part in the programme.
Middleton is a member of the board of trustees for Alfanar, a venture philanthropy fund,[10] the International Advisory Council for Fundação Dom Cabral,[11] and is a Goodwill Ambassador of the Aurora Forum.[12]
Middleton was also involved in the founding of the Media Standards Trust, a charity that runs Journalisted, a free online journalist portfolio,[13] DEMOS, a UK-based think tank, and Impetus Trust, which develops venture philanthropy in the UK.[4]
Literature
In 1982, Middleton wrote a book called Quality Circles, published by the Industrial Society in London.[14]
She also wrote the foreword to the book How to be an even better chair: Sensible Advice from the Public & Charity Sectors, written by Sophie Petit-Zeman.[15]
In February 2007, Middleton's book Beyond Authority: Leadership in a Changing World was published by Palgrave Macmillan, and she recorded a meet-the-author video.[16]
In 2010, it was translated into Hungarian and published by HVG Konyvek.[17]
In 2014, Middleton wrote "Cultural Intelligence: CQ: The Competitive Edge for Leaders Crossing Borders" published by Bloomsbury[18][19] and she recorded a video about why she wrote it.[20] In late 2014, a paperback version was published for the Indian market.[21][22]
Personal life
Julia Middleton married Rupert Middleton in 1984; they have two sons and three daughters.[1]
See also
References
- "Middleton, Julia, (born 21 April 1958), Founder and former Chief Executive officer, Common Purpose Charitable Trust, since 1989". Who's Who. 2016. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.284798.
- "Middleton, Julia, (born 21 April 1958), Common Purpose Charitable Trust (Chief Executive, 1989–2018) | WHO'S WHO & WHO WAS WHO". www.ukwhoswho.com. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U284798. ISBN 978-0-19-954088-4. Retrieved 19 February 2020.
- "Bursaries to help bosses". This is Derbyshire. 25 November 2008. Retrieved 8 December 2011.
- "Julia Middleton - People Alchemy Ltd - Creating Capability". www.peoplealchemy.co.uk. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015.
- "Index entry". FreeBMD. ONS. Retrieved 8 May 2018.
- "London School of Economics and Political Science – Home". LSE. Archived from the original on 7 December 2011. Retrieved 8 December 2011.
- Cochrane, Peter. "The New Alchemists". Context Magazine. Archived from the original on 17 October 2006. Retrieved 24 July 2016.
- Archived 7 July 2009 at the Wayback Machine
- Business Club (21 January 2010). "Video: Common Purpose – Business Club Video". The Telegraph. Archived from the original on 28 February 2010. Retrieved 8 December 2011.
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- "Julia Middleton | Responsible Innovation Summit". responsibleinnovation-summit.com. Retrieved 19 February 2020.
- "111 PROMINENT INDIVIDUALS FROM AROUND THE WORLD BECAME AURORA FORUM GOODWILL AMBASSADORS". ISEBOX. Retrieved 19 February 2020.
- "Media Standards Trust | People". Archived from the original on 10 May 2009. Retrieved 9 June 2010.
- Morland, Julia (1982). Quality Circles. Open Library. OL 22592555M.
- Archived 11 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine
- "A video of Julia Middleton talking about Beyond Authority". Palgrave.com. Retrieved 8 December 2011.
- "HVG Könyvek Kiadó, az online könyvesbolt".
- Middleton, Julia (2014). Cultural Intelligence: CQ: The Competitive Edge for Leaders Crossing Borders. London, UK: Bloomsbury. ISBN 978-1472904812.
- Cultural Intelligence: CQ: The Competitive Edge for Leaders Crossing Borders Book Information. Amazon UK. Bloomsbury. ASIN 1472904818.
- Middleton, Julia. "Julia Middleton on why she wrote Cultural Intelligence". YouTube. Common Purpose. Retrieved 6 August 2015.
- Middleton, Julia. Cultural Intelligence: The Competitive Edge for Leaders Crossing Borders. Amazon India. Bloomsbury. ASIN 1472915399.
- Middleton, Julia (2014). Cultural Intelligence: The Competitive Edge for Leaders Crossing Borders. Mumbai, India: Bloomsbury. ISBN 978-1472915399.
External links
- Palgrave Macmillan publishers of Beyond Authority by Julia Middleton
- The Wealth of Experience The Guardian, 16 April 2008 (Article by Julia Middleton)
- Be yourself – but know who you are meant to be The Financial Times, 17 March 2008 (Comments by Julia Middleton)
- Networking | Generation Y recognise the benefits Personnel Today 'Work Clinic' (Research by Common Purpose and comments by Julia Middleton)