Julie Cohen, PCC, is a Career and Personal Coach. She helps her clients clarify and achieve their professional and personal goals including greater career satisfaction, life balance, leadership development and personal growth. Formerly an internal executive Coach at Cap Gemini Ernst & Young LLC, she was part of the design team responsible for developing and implementing a national coaching program. Julie also coaches individuals around leadership skills, team development, effective communication, job transition and performance feedback results. She is currently coaching Wharton School MBA Candidates as part of a Leadership Development Program.

Julie challenges people to think differently. She believes that coaching propels people forward while gaining deeper personal awareness. Her straightforward, direct approach combined with her creativity and sense of humor makes the coaching process both challenging and fun.

Previous to her coaching work, Julie was a Career Development Specialist, where she focused on retaining talented employees and creating a high-performing work environment. She supported employees on attaining and surpassing career goals, negotiating a complex corporate structure and managing workplace conflict. In addition, she worked closely with large-scale consulting engagements to match business needs with employee skills and aspirations.

Julie brings over sixteen years experience in corporate, non-profit and entrepreneurial entities to her work as a human development professional. As a Career Counselor for The Wharton School undergraduate program, she worked with students and alumni on job-search strategies, and with corporations implementing recruitment strategies. Additional responsibilities as a University Administrator included personal counseling and staff training, development and supervision.

Julie has a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from the University of Pennsylvania and a Master of Science in Counseling from Villanova University. She is a graduate of Corporate Coach University International's and Coach University's Training Programs, is a past President of the Philadelphia Area Coaches Alliance and a member of the International Coach Federation (ICF). Julie has earned the Professional Certified Coach (PCC) designation from the ICF.

Julie lives near Philadelphia with her husband and son. She has realized a life-long passion of studying classical piano.