Julia Poulos

Julia Poulos is a Corporate Trainer, Keynote Speaker and Executive Coach; providing effective speaking skills training and professional/management development seminars to clients. Julia assesses organizational needs, designs customized workshops and instructs in-house corporate trainers in the development and delivery of training programs.

Julia brings uses her acting talents in the training world to entertain and inspire audiences. She has trained at Shakespeare & Co, Penn State Theatre Arts Graduate School, and McCarter Theatre School; appearing in productions of Macbeth, Lion in Winter, and A Delicate Balance.

20 years of consulting, internally and exte ally to the financial services industry; pharmaceutical industry, and consulting firms; creating training programs, for professionals and executives in demanding environments; The Bank of New York, Dun and Bradstreet, Merrill Lynch, Training House, IRS, etc.

She has helped the State of New Jersey reduce discrimination/harassment complaints by designing and delivering the Train the Trainer for the Prevention of Sexual Harassment to over 200 managers, Affirmative Action Officers, and trainers in all the major departments of the State of New Jersey. At the Bank of New York, Julia improved 600+ executives’ ability to successfully generate and close multi-million dollar deals with international financial services companies by designing and delivering a client-focused sales presentation program. At Dun and Bradstreet in New York Julia was a Business Education Speaker. Julia earned an average evaluation score of 4.8/5.0 for outstanding ability and was recognized by company Vice President as a top presenter.

At Merrill Lynch & Co, Inc., Julia was a Senior Training and Organizational Development Consultant, hired to provide leadership in areas of managerial assessment, project management, management training, needs analysis and program design.

• Created, implemented and managed an assessment center designed to select supervisors for regional service centers employing job analysis, work simulations and line manager training in candidate evaluation.

• Expanded client base by 350% in two years by directing the development team in the creation and application of innovative management development and trainer programs within limited time frames.

As a public speaker, Julia has been featured at national conventions in Atlanta, Washington, D.C., New York, and Atlantic City. Current projects include a weekly podcast and “All the World’s a Stage” a book and training program. Keynote Topics:

• All the World’s a Stage: Communication in the Age of Show Business

• Managing Multiple Priorities

• Say No, Without Feeling Guilty: Communicating Assertively

Julia Poulos has delivered training programs to the following organizations:
Merrill Lynch & Co, Inc. Bank of New York, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Colgate-Palmolive, Merck & Co, Inc., Dun & Bradstreet IMS America, Integra Life Sciences, Inc., Wyeth-Ayerst, Blue Cross/Blue Shield, IRS, Pfize, Covance, Inc., MHS Health, Inc., Dun & Bradstreet, TNI Communications, Boston Market, Ambassador Cards, Johnson Controls, Eisai Medical Research, Cendant, Girl Scouts of America, Sensors Unlimited, Inc., American Re-Insurance, McMaster-Carr, Inc., FMC Research, American Banking Institute, Seminars International, Crozer Medical Center, State of New Jersey, NJ Dept of Transportation, NJ Women Business Owners