Alchemy offers executive coaching services that help driven clients achieve painless, accelerated professional and personal growth.
Certified + Customized
Our customized frameworks are based on Adult Development Theory, Positive Psychology principles, Systems Theory, and category-leading paradigms, including Hudson Coaching Methodology™ and Design Thinking.
Aspiration + Alignment
Every Alchemy engagement is tailored to each individual’s needs, objectives, and comfort level. Our approach is consistently founded on aligning clients’ aspirations and actions with their northstar values.
Observation + Action
The Alchemy process always involves making observations and asking questions that empathically—and often humorously—challenge instances of misalignment between clients’ values and behaviors.
The Alchemy Value System
Connection + Empathy
Alchemy deeply values empathic human connection. Empathy makes better transformation coaches, business leaders, and human beings. We model empathy for new managers to help them understand where their team is coming from and set benchmarks and boundaries more effectively.
Learning + Achievement
At Alchemy, we love to learn. When working on the self, it’s essential to remain curious about and nonjudgmental of new information- being learners not knowers. Once you acquire new information about yourself, achievement entails applying learned insights to enhance your life.
Positivity + Humor
For Alchemy, positivity means providing motivating energy and openness in our engagements. For our clients, positivity is the necessary belief that they can achieve their highest potential. We are go-getters who support other go-getters. The work that we do is impactful, but it’s also fun.
Lead Alchemist
Julie Caruso, MS, PCC
Julie is a certified professional coach through The Hudson Institute of Coaching and is credentialed through The International Coaching Federation. Her mission is to facilitate more productive and enjoyable workplaces through personal and professional development. Julie’s coaching practice focuses on emerging leaders to the C-Suite, working both with individuals and their teams.
Julie has coached clients from Fortune 500 companies like Bank of America, Capital Group, CBRE, Colliers International, The Walt Disney Company, The Gap Inc., Starbucks, Uber, Dropbox, as well as various medium-sized organizations and tech startups. Her own prior corporate experience includes leading the business development strategy for a national general contractor and a global architecture firm.
Julie holds a bachelor's degree in Interpersonal and Organizational Communication from North Carolina State University and a master’s in Counseling Psychology from Mount Saint Mary’s University. She is certified in numerous assessments and methodologies. Julie’s background anchors her multidimensional understanding of how to leverage behavioral change in pursuit of desired results.
Professional Coaching Credentials + Certifications
Certified Dare to Lead™ Facilitator
Based on the research of Dr. Brené Brown, Dare to Lead™ is an empirically based courage-building program designed to be facilitated by organizational development professionals.
The Dare to Lead™ curriculum is experienced through an interactive “workshop-style” and is modular and customizable for your context and needs.
Professional Certified Coach (PCC),
The International Coaching Federation
Certified Executive Coach,
The Hudson Institute of Coaching
Gallup Certified Strengths Coach
ShiftPositive 360 Certified Coach
Leveraging Positive Psychology in Feedback
