Julie Staggs (Atlanta, Georgia) is the managing Principal for Beyond Theory, where she works with organizations to define and implement strategy, DEI initiatives, leadership development strategies, coaching, and programs across the organization from vital many to senior executives. Previously, she consulted for Fortune 100 companies and top Universities during her work as a client partner for Korn Ferry Advisory. Her consulting at Corporate Executive Board focused on innovation and strategic partnering in addition to teaching in the Corporate Leadership Council’s (CLC) Leadership Academies. Senior executive and high potential assessment and coaching has been a key component of her work helping organizations deliver on their strategic goals through their individual talent. Her coaching has helped organizations and individuals through change initiatives and to deliver superior and sustained business outcomes. Julia’s combination of higher education, non-profit, and corporate experience provides a broad perspective for each project. These combined areas of expertise enable her to develop and deliver differentiating solutions for organizations. She is certified in a variety of assessment tools and often trains leaders in a variety of useful models and tools. Her work has included partnering with various universities and organizations in strategic planning; culture/org design; competency modeling; inclusion strategy; leadership development programs; assessments; new program planning, development, and launch; marketing strategy; and evaluation. She has directed all project phases, including research, planning, hiring, training, implementation, and evaluation. She is an adjunct faculty member at the Terry College of Business at UGA.