Building trust to enable meaningful change

I work with leaders and their people to create the conditions where trust can grow, meaningful change can happen, and organisations are better equipped to thrive.

How I can help

Lean Change

I work with organisations – from start-ups to large corporates – to explore more effective, human ways of engaging with change. I work directly with the people impacted by change to co-create solutions, build shared understanding, and support change that people trust and sustain.

Change Communications

I work with senior leaders on major change programmes to develop clear, honest communication and engagement approaches. I help create the conditions for trust by improving transparency, shared understanding, and dialogue – whether as a strategic advisor or as a hands-on, one-man comms and engagement team.

Self-Organising

I work with founders and leadership teams to help organisations grow without defaulting to unnecessary hierarchy, bureaucracy, or control. By clarifying roles, decision-making, and ways of working, I support environments where trust increases and people can focus on doing their best work.

Men's Work

I work with men to explore healthier, more grounded ways of showing up at work and in leadership. This work builds self-awareness, emotional maturity, and trust – benefiting not just the individual, but the teams and organisations they are part of.

Who I am

I listen carefully, get to the heart of what’s going on, and work with people to solve real problems.

Sometimes that means offering a spark of creativity; at other times it means rolling up my sleeves and getting things done. I like working hard, delivering outcomes, and nudging the world in a better direction.

I’m not afraid of failure – it’s where I’ve learned most. And I laugh a lot – it’s in my nature.

Who I'm not

I’m not a corporate careerist, though I understand how organisations work and why systems behave the way they do. I’ve never been motivated by climbing ladders, and the idea of retirement as non-work doesn’t appeal to me.

I live life knowing that I can't control what’s coming next. I think pretending otherwise often causes more problems than it solves. This keeps me curious, open, and able to adapt in a business world that’s constantly changing.

I believe people and organisations already hold the answers they need to grow and transform. Often, what’s needed is space, attention, and the right conditions for those answers to surface. What can look like resistance is usually a signal – pointing to something that needs to be understood, not overcome. When that understanding is reached, trust grows, and change tends to follow.

Julian Sharples

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Julian fizzes with inspired creativity. Your business issue will spark a discussion that spins off in any number of surprising and useful directions before delivering the elegant insight or solution you need. Julian is a good listener, a perceptive lateral thinker and a charismatic, humorous presenter.

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