All of our services are tailored to your unique needs
Individual Coaching
At JHA, one-on-one coaching is at the heart of everything we do. We address both the challenge and underlying causes and, in partnership with you, put together a step-by-step plan to make the changes you desire. Using a combination of methods, we not only get the job done but give you tools to address your personal barriers so they can no longer trip you up in the future. We are dedicated to your success and will work with you and for you every step of the way.
Innovation and Branding Workshops
The Strategic Innovation Workshop is an exclusive concept designed to bring out highly creative and strategically valuable concepts. Built on the widely proven Design Thinking method and Julie’s deep experience in the field of Innovation, our workshop drives ideas that are aligned with short and long-term objectives and are achievable within real-world parameters.
Leveraging her CMO-level Marketing expertise, Julie designed the Better Branding workshop to address all aspects of branding from messaging to imaging to category expansion. This workshop is designed to refine, strengthen, and uncover greater value in your brand equity.
Both workshops can also be used as team-building exercises to strengthen team and cross-functional bonds.
Mastering the Creative Briefing Process
The Creative Brief is the cornerstone of innovative communication and design. However, creating and interpreting a brief can be challenging as can the relationship between the Marketing and Creative Teams Julie Howard Associate’s Mastering the Creative Briefing Process tackles all aspects of this complex process:
Writing the Brief
1) The 6 key elements of a great brief
2) Unearthing the human insight
3) Providing useful supporting data and analytics
4) Using a shared vocabulary
5) Focusing the “ask”
Responding to the Brief
1) Interpreting the “ask”
2) Asking the right questions
3) Presenting the work
4) Managing the meeting
Our Services
Team Coaching/ Mediation
We work with teams in 2 ways:
Relationships: Strong, healthy relationships within and between teams can make or break your business. We coach challenging personalities, high-pos, and those underperforming expectations and help peers, managers, and/or subordinates overcome obstacles, find common ground, and get back on track for a happier and more productive environment. We also work across with teams to establish best practices and rules of engagement.
Managing Change: Management changes, downsizing, new initiatives, and many other company shifts can disrupt performance. We work with teams to build back confidence, strengthen dynamics and regain energy and optimism for better results.
LEADING WITH CONFIDENCE: Customized Leadership Mastery Program
Our signature program: Leading with Confidence is a comprehensive leadership program that builds on the principles of the world’s most respected and renowned leadership gurus. These valuable teachings are brought to life through Julie Howard’s decades of real life, practical, expertise in Management, Marketing, Coaching, and Leadership.
Julie Howard Associates offers 2 levels of Leadership workshops:
First-time Managers Workshop: This critical core program covers a variety of must-know topics including time, communication, change management, and giving and receiving feedback. It works to build strengths and encourage confidence in first-time leaders.
Our Experienced Leaders Workshop, ideal for Directors and above covers the topics in the New Leadership Workshop, then digs deeper into theories, practices, and activities that help to strengthen skills in team building, hiring, decision making, change management, negotiation, executive presence, and more. Like our First-Time Leaders Workshop, the Experienced Leaders Workshop workshop can be done in a 1-day format or over the course of 4 modules lasting 60-90 minutes each.
Presentation and Negotiation Workshop
Every Presentation is a negotiation. Whether you are hoping your audience will learn, buy, support, donate, or make a change, how you present your thoughts is critical to success. In this strength-building workshop will help participants improve their ability to successfully convey their thoughts in a variety of settings: traditional presentation formats, at meetings, and in negotiations. It includes classic presentation creation skills, slide creation skills and presentation practice as well negotiation tactics. Participants will learn to analyze and anticipate their audience’s concerns and pain points, clearly frame and communicate their thoughts, manage their nerves, engage their listener, and influence the outcome with the goal of a “mutual win”.
Mental Health Workshop
The importance of Mental Health in the workplace cannot be overstated. JHA, in partnership with well-known psychotherapist Abby Rodman, has created a simple yet meaningful mental health workshop for employees. It helps individuals recognize the signs of mental health issues and gives practical advice on how to manage those concerns as well as when to seek help. Additionally, there is a workshop exclusively for Managers. In it, managers will learn how to break down mental health myths and stigmas. They will also learn how to spot mental health issues with employees, how to address them tactfully and with respect, and how to guide employees to the right resouces to ensure they get the help they need.