Julia Middleton

Julia Middleton is the founder and Chief Executive of the Common Purpose Charitable Trust. She is passionate about leadership development, and campaigns to encourage leaders from all backgrounds to make an active contribution to their communities nd to wider society. The social philosopher Charles Handy said of her: “How she came to be the force she is, the values she holds and the way she applies them, contains messages for many who dream of making the difference she has made.” This is Julia's second book. Her first - "Beyond Authority: Leadership in a Changing World" - was published in 2007 and has become a bestseller on the Palgrave Macmillan business books list.
Common Purpose runs leadership development programmes that enable people from different backgrounds, sectors and geographies to work together to solve common problems. In the process, they give participants the inspiration, skills and connections to become better leaders, both at work and in society.
Founded in 1989 as a not-for profit social enterprise, Common Purpose now runs local courses for leaders in cities across the world, and global programmes for leaders from over 100 countries across six continents. Each year, 4,000 leaders become Common Purpose alumni.