Julia Middleton

Julia Mary Middleton (née Morland; 21 April 1958)[1] is the founder and Innovation Officer[2] of Common Purpose, an international charity that runs leadership development programmes across the world.[3] The charity's aims are to "develop leaders who can cross boundaries, both at work and in society."

She is a campaigner for the progression of diverse leaders in civil society.[4]

Early life and education

Born in Lambeth, Middleton is the daughter of Agnes (née Whowell) and Eric Morland.[1][5] Middleton was educated at a French lycée before gaining an Economics degree at the London School of Economics.[6]

Career

In 1980, she began her career at the Industrial Society, where she created Head Start, a programme providing high school dropouts with training and advice from prospective employers.[7]

In the autumn of 1988, Middleton formed Common Purpose.[8] Common Purpose runs a range of leadership development courses around the world that develop leaders who can cross boundaries, building their capabilities to solve complex problems both in organisations and in cities. Since 1989, more than 85,000 people have taken part in Common Purpose programmes.[9]

Non-executive roles

Alongside her role as Innovation Officer for Common Purpose, Middleton occupies a number of non-executive roles. She is a member of the Board of Trustees for Alfanar, a venture philanthropy fund set up by Tarek Ben Halim to assist organisations in the Arab region;[10] is on the International Advisory Council for Fundação Dom Cabral (a non-profit business institution in Brazil)[11] and is a Goodwill Ambassador of the Aurora Forum (a global humanitarian initiative, run out of Armenia).[12]

She was involved in the founding of the Media Standards Trust, a registered charity that runs Journalisted, a free online journalist portfolio designed to improve public accountability in journalism,[13] and also helped in the founding of DEMOS, a UK-based think tank, and Impetus Trust, which develops venture philanthropy in the UK.[4]

Literature

In 1982, Middleton authored a book called Quality Circles, published by the Industrial Society in London.[14]

She also wrote the foreword to the book How to be an even better chair: Sensible Advice from the Public & Charity Sectors, written by Sophie Petit-Zeman.[15]

In February 2007, Middleton's book Beyond Authority: Leadership in a Changing World was published by Palgrave Macmillan, and she recorded a meet-the-author video.[16]

In 2010, it was translated into Hungarian and published by HVG Konyvek.[17]

In 2014, Middleton wrote "Cultural Intelligence: CQ: The Competitive Edge for Leaders Crossing Borders" published by Bloomsbury[18][19] and she recorded a video on why she wrote it.[20] In late 2014, a paperback version was published for the Indian market.[21][22]

Personal life

Julia Middleton married Rupert Middleton in 1984; they have two sons and three daughters.[1]

References
  1. "Middleton, Julia, (born 21 April 1958), Founder and Chief Executive, Common Purpose Charitable Trust, since 1989". Who's Who. 2016. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.284798.
  2. "Middleton, Julia, (born 21 April 1958), Founder, 1989 and Innovation Officer, since 2019, Common Purpose Charitable Trust (Chief Executive, 1989–2018) | WHO'S WHO & WHO WAS WHO". www.ukwhoswho.com. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U284798. Retrieved 19 February 2020.
  3. "Bursaries to help bosses". This is Derbyshire. 25 November 2008. Retrieved 8 December 2011.
  5. "Index entry". FreeBMD. ONS. Retrieved 8 May 2018.
  6. "London School of Economics and Political Science – Home". LSE. Archived from the original on 7 December 2011. Retrieved 8 December 2011.
  7. Cochrane, Peter. "The New Alchemists". Context Magazine. Archived from the original on 17 October 2006. Retrieved 24 July 2016.
  8. Archived 7 July 2009 at the Wayback Machine
  9. Business Club (21 January 2010). "Video: Common Purpose – Business Club Video". The Telegraph. Retrieved 8 December 2011.
  10. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 20 December 2009. Retrieved 9 June 2010.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  11. "Julia Middleton | Responsible Innovation Summit". responsibleinnovation-summit.com. Retrieved 19 February 2020.
  12. "111 PROMINENT INDIVIDUALS FROM AROUND THE WORLD BECAME AURORA FORUM GOODWILL AMBASSADORS". ISEBOX. Retrieved 19 February 2020.
  13. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 10 May 2009. Retrieved 9 June 2010.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  14. Morland, Julia (1982). Quality Circles. Open Library. OL 22592555M.
  15. Archived 11 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine
  16. "A video of Julia Middleton talking about Beyond Authority". Palgrave.com. Retrieved 8 December 2011.
  17. http://www.hvgkonyvek.hu/index.php/Gazdasag-es-menedzsment/Hataskoron-tul/book_flypage.tpl.html
  18. Middleton, Julia (2014). Cultural Intelligence: CQ: The Competitive Edge for Leaders Crossing Borders. London, UK: Bloomsbury. ISBN 978-1472904812.
  19. Cultural Intelligence: CQ: The Competitive Edge for Leaders Crossing Borders Book Information. Amazon UK. Bloomsbury. ASIN 1472904818.
  20. Middleton, Julia. "Julia Middleton on why she wrote Cultural Intelligence". YouTube. Common Purpose. Retrieved 6 August 2015.
  21. Middleton, Julia. Cultural Intelligence: The Competitive Edge for Leaders Crossing Borders. Amazon India. Bloomsbury. ASIN 1472915399.
  22. Middleton, Julia (2014). Cultural Intelligence: The Competitive Edge for Leaders Crossing Borders. Mumbai, India: Bloomsbury. ISBN 978-1472915399.
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