Julie Chen

About Julie Chen

Consultant and trusted advisor to boards, CEOs, and senior executives on people and organizational issues related to CEO/leadership effectiveness and organizational transformation. Deep content expertise in executive assessment, development, and coaching; succession planning; top team effectiveness; organizational culture; board engagement; and strategy alignment. Strong expertise in individual, group, and organizational assessment, custom survey/focus group/workshop design and facilitation, quantitative and qualitative data analysis. Analytical mindset; strong relationship management and teamwork capabilities. Specialties:Organizational development, employee research, assessment and evaluation, training and development, organizational effectiveness, organizational change, organizational research, research methodology, social science research, qualitative and quantitative analysis, statistical expertise, strategic direction and alignment, board engagement, senior team development, succession planning, talent and leadership effectiveness, post-merger cultural integration

Experience

1. Senior Client Partner

   Korn Ferry

   Sep 2022 — Present · New York, NY, US

   Julie has spent the past 22 years as a trusted advisor to boards, CEOs, and executive teams, helping them tackle their most pressing leadership and talent issues. Julie is also an executive coach who ensures that leaders are making an immediate impact while also developing and evolving themselves. A sample of her work includes- Work with boards of directors to create custom success profiles for CEO and other C-suite roles. Assess internal and external candidates against the success profile to help the board with succession decisions. Provide feedback and development planning to internal candidates- Design a robust integration process for new leaders to accelerate their success and fit with the culture. Provide transition coaching to leaders taking on new roles- Help an organization define and embed its cultural values through custom surveys, interviews and focus groups. Design a multi-day interactive offsite for the top 60 leaders to discuss results and agree on priorities- Diagnose the maturity of an organization’s Finance function, define its transformation into a true strategic partner to the rest of the institution, and use this as the basis for an updated role profile for a new CFO- Facilitate workshops between a new CEO and his top team to discuss findings on their team assessment, agree on priorities, and develop a team charter- Assess, develop, and coach executives to be more inclusive leaders

Education

• New York University

  M.A., Organizational Psychology

• University of California, Berkeley

  B.A., Psychology

• New York University

  Ph.D., Organizational Psychology

Skills

• Program Management
• Statistical Data Analysis
• Research
• Onboarding
• HR Consulting
• Organizational Culture
• Interviews
• Leadership Development
• Strategy Alignment
• Change Management
• Talent Management
• Employee Engagement
• Executive Development
• Qualitative Research
• Human Capital
• 360 Feedback
• Executive Coaching
• Organizational Effectiveness
• CEO Succession
• Workshop Facilitation
• Management Consulting
• Human Resources
• Organizational Design
• Succession Planning
• Training
• Leadership
• Strategic Planning
• Organizational Development
• Research Design