Julie Kratz

About Julie Kratz

As a highly acclaimed professor, journalist, and speaker on workplace culture for over a decade, Julie Kratz leaves audiences inspired and ready to take action. After spending 12 years in Corporate America, experiencing many career “pivot points,” due to her own lack of belonging, Julie started her own company to improve workplace culture and talent retention. Julie helps organizations foster more inclusive environments so that everyone can feel seen, heard, and know they belong. She is a professor at the Indiana University Kelley School of Business, writes a regular Forbes column on workplace culture, is a frequent keynote speaker, podcast host, and TEDx speaker. She is the creator of the Lead Like an Ally training program and the Founder of the annual International Allyship Day program in NYC. Her TEDx talk, What If Through Claiming Our True Gender, We Claim Our True Strength, has been viewed thousands of times. She holds an MBA, is a Certified Master Coach, and is a certified unconscious bias and psychological safety trainer. Julie is the author of 7 books, including We Want You: An Allyship Guide for People with Power, Allyship in Action: 10 Practices for Living Inclusively, and the Little Allies children’s book, and more. Meet Julie at NextPivotPoint.com.

Experience

1. Chief Engagement Officer

   Next Pivot Point

   Apr 2015 — Present

   I have partnered with my clients for over a decade on workplace culture and talent retention strategies. Our services fit into two key areas:Education: This is 80% of the allyship journey. We offer education for all levels of awareness and we’ll work with you to ensure we meet your team where they’re at. We provide education around culture, allyship, and inclusive leadership skills in a variety of learning formats to suit the needs of all learners and organizations. We offer self-paced, online courses for individuals or for implementation company-wide, along with the ability to tailor pre-recorded content to share with dispersed teams as a series of virtual, facilitated workshops on a wide array of topics.Leadership Engagement: We do 360 inclusive leadership assessments to help increase awareness and the buy-in necessary to lead meaningful, lasting culture work for true impact. We can also provide guidance during one on one and group coaching engagements for leaders looking to deepen their allyship skills.

Education

• Indiana University - Kelley School of Business

  MBA

  2008 — 2010

• The Ohio State University Fisher College of Business

  B.S.

  2000 — 2004

Skills

• Sales
• Analysis
• Blogging
• Customer Service
• Logistics
• Brand Management
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• Marketing Strategy
• Interviews
• Business Development
• Digital Marketing
• Strategic Planning
• Coaching
• Performance Management
• Crm
• Management
• Competitive Analysis
• Transportation
• Business Process Improvement
• Warehousing
• Customer Relationship Management (Crm)
• Market Research
• Employee Engagement
• Leadership
• Strategy
• Process Improvement
• Marketing