Julia Milner: Redefining Success — Leadership, Learning, and the Career You Really Want

Julia Milner is a professor of leadership at EDHEC Business School in Nice, France and has been named in the World’s Top 40 Business Professors under 40. She has extensive experience as a management consultant and coach working internationally with executives and organizations on how to create empowering leadership and organizational cultures. Julia is host of a YouTube channel on leadership and careers, and has given two Tedxtalks on how to be a great leader and how to turn regrets into change. 

In this episode, we talk with Julia about her global journey from consulting to academia and how she bridges research with real-world leadership. She shares insights on empathy, coaching, and reframing failure, and reflects on embracing curiosity over control. Julia discusses how transitions build resilience, why small habits matter, and the value of self-kindness. She also offers grounded advice for early-career professionals and shares a glimpse of the creative projects energizing her in 2025.

Links from the episode: 

Prof. Julia Milner YouTube Channel

Julia’s article in HBR ‘Is Your Career Heading in the Right Direction?’

Julia’s TEDxEDHECNice ‘How to turn Regrets into Change’

Julia’s TEDxLiège: ‘The surprising truth in how to be a great leader’

Julia’s LinkedIn profile

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