{"id":3639,"date":"2025-03-28T06:50:15","date_gmt":"2025-03-28T10:50:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.leadingauthorities.com\/speakers\/julie-leitz\/"},"modified":"2026-06-04T10:01:24","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T14:01:24","slug":"julie-leitz","status":"publish","type":"speaker","link":"https:\/\/www.leadingauthorities.com\/uk\/speakers\/julie-leitz","title":{"rendered":"Julie Leitz"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Julie Leitz is a psychologist and neuroscientist who escaped her Oxford lab to help teams and their leaders create from conflict. She believes that learning how to have tough conversations is the key to peak performance. Having observed that there are crucial, tough conversations that every team absolutely needs to have but is avoiding out of fear that conflict of ideas might escalate into interpersonal conflict, Julie is on a mission to change our perspective on conflict by helping leaders and their teams harness the potential and power inherent to it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Julie Leitz is a psychologist and neuroscientist who escaped her Oxford lab to help teams and their leaders create from conflict. She believes that learning [&#8230;] <br \/><a class=\"moretag\" href=\"https:\/\/www.leadingauthorities.com\/uk\/speakers\/julie-leitz\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1909,"featured_media":5620,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"continent":[371],"gender":[372],"hidden-keyword":[],"location":[183],"topic":[39,19102,73,19104],"speaker-type":[],"class_list":["post-3639","speaker","type-speaker","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","continent-europe-int","gender-female-int","location-europe","topic-corporate-culture","topic-leadership","topic-peak-performance","topic-teamwork-collaboration"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.7 (Yoast SEO v27.7) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Julie Leitz | Keynote Speaker | LAI Speakers Bureau<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Julie Leitz, formers CEO, speaks on leadership and innovation and helps businesses make creative decisions. Call 1-800-SPEAKER to book Julie today.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.leadingauthorities.com\/uk\/speakers\/julie-leitz\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Julie Leitz\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Julie Leitz, formers CEO, speaks on leadership and innovation and helps businesses make creative decisions. Call 1-800-SPEAKER to book Julie today.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.leadingauthorities.com\/uk\/speakers\/julie-leitz\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"LAI Speakers\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/LeadingAuthorities\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-06-04T14:01:24+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.leadingauthorities.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/leitz-julie-speaker.original.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"400\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@LAIspeakers\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"4 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.leadingauthorities.com\\\/uk\\\/speakers\\\/julie-leitz\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.leadingauthorities.com\\\/uk\\\/speakers\\\/julie-leitz\",\"name\":\"Julie Leitz | Keynote Speaker | LAI Speakers Bureau\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.leadingauthorities.com\\\/uk#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.leadingauthorities.com\\\/uk\\\/speakers\\\/julie-leitz#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.leadingauthorities.com\\\/uk\\\/speakers\\\/julie-leitz#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.leadingauthorities.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/04\\\/leitz-julie-speaker.original.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-03-28T10:50:15+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-06-04T14:01:24+00:00\",\"description\":\"Julie Leitz, formers CEO, speaks on leadership and innovation and helps businesses make creative decisions. Call 1-800-SPEAKER to book Julie today.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.leadingauthorities.com\\\/uk\\\/speakers\\\/julie-leitz#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.leadingauthorities.com\\\/uk\\\/speakers\\\/julie-leitz\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.leadingauthorities.com\\\/uk\\\/speakers\\\/julie-leitz#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.leadingauthorities.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/04\\\/leitz-julie-speaker.original.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.leadingauthorities.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/04\\\/leitz-julie-speaker.original.jpg\",\"width\":600,\"height\":400,\"caption\":\"Professional headshot of Julie Leitz smiling in front of bookshelves.\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.leadingauthorities.com\\\/uk\\\/speakers\\\/julie-leitz#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.leadingauthorities.com\\\/uk\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Julie Leitz\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.leadingauthorities.com\\\/uk#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.leadingauthorities.com\\\/uk\",\"name\":\"LAI Speakers\",\"description\":\"Keynote Speakers Bureau\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.leadingauthorities.com\\\/uk#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.leadingauthorities.com\\\/uk?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.leadingauthorities.com\\\/uk#organization\",\"name\":\"LAI Speakers\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.leadingauthorities.com\\\/uk\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.leadingauthorities.com\\\/uk#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.leadingauthorities.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/09\\\/favicon.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.leadingauthorities.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/09\\\/favicon.png\",\"width\":512,\"height\":512,\"caption\":\"LAI Speakers\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.leadingauthorities.com\\\/uk#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/LeadingAuthorities\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/LAIspeakers\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.linkedin.com\\\/company\\\/leading-authorities-inc-speakers-bureau\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.instagram.com\\\/leadingauthorities\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/@LeadingAuthoritiesInc\"]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Julie Leitz | Keynote Speaker | LAI Speakers Bureau","description":"Julie Leitz, formers CEO, speaks on leadership and innovation and helps businesses make creative decisions. Call 1-800-SPEAKER to book Julie today.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.leadingauthorities.com\/uk\/speakers\/julie-leitz","og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"Julie Leitz","og_description":"Julie Leitz, formers CEO, speaks on leadership and innovation and helps businesses make creative decisions. Call 1-800-SPEAKER to book Julie today.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.leadingauthorities.com\/uk\/speakers\/julie-leitz","og_site_name":"LAI Speakers","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/LeadingAuthorities\/","article_modified_time":"2026-06-04T14:01:24+00:00","og_image":[{"width":600,"height":400,"url":"https:\/\/www.leadingauthorities.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/leitz-julie-speaker.original.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_site":"@LAIspeakers","twitter_misc":{"Estimated reading time":"4 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.leadingauthorities.com\/uk\/speakers\/julie-leitz","url":"https:\/\/www.leadingauthorities.com\/uk\/speakers\/julie-leitz","name":"Julie Leitz | Keynote Speaker | LAI Speakers Bureau","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.leadingauthorities.com\/uk#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.leadingauthorities.com\/uk\/speakers\/julie-leitz#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.leadingauthorities.com\/uk\/speakers\/julie-leitz#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.leadingauthorities.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/leitz-julie-speaker.original.jpg","datePublished":"2025-03-28T10:50:15+00:00","dateModified":"2026-06-04T14:01:24+00:00","description":"Julie Leitz, formers CEO, speaks on leadership and innovation and helps businesses make creative decisions. Call 1-800-SPEAKER to book Julie today.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.leadingauthorities.com\/uk\/speakers\/julie-leitz#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.leadingauthorities.com\/uk\/speakers\/julie-leitz"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/www.leadingauthorities.com\/uk\/speakers\/julie-leitz#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.leadingauthorities.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/leitz-julie-speaker.original.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.leadingauthorities.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/leitz-julie-speaker.original.jpg","width":600,"height":400,"caption":"Professional headshot of Julie Leitz smiling in front of bookshelves."},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.leadingauthorities.com\/uk\/speakers\/julie-leitz#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.leadingauthorities.com\/uk"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Julie Leitz"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.leadingauthorities.com\/uk#website","url":"https:\/\/www.leadingauthorities.com\/uk","name":"LAI Speakers","description":"Keynote Speakers Bureau","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.leadingauthorities.com\/uk#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.leadingauthorities.com\/uk?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.leadingauthorities.com\/uk#organization","name":"LAI Speakers","url":"https:\/\/www.leadingauthorities.com\/uk","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/www.leadingauthorities.com\/uk#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.leadingauthorities.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/favicon.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.leadingauthorities.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/favicon.png","width":512,"height":512,"caption":"LAI Speakers"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.leadingauthorities.com\/uk#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/LeadingAuthorities\/","https:\/\/x.com\/LAIspeakers","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/leading-authorities-inc-speakers-bureau\/","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/leadingauthorities\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@LeadingAuthoritiesInc"]}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.leadingauthorities.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/speaker\/3639","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.leadingauthorities.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/speaker"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.leadingauthorities.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/speaker"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.leadingauthorities.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1909"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.leadingauthorities.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5620"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.leadingauthorities.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3639"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"continent","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.leadingauthorities.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/continent?post=3639"},{"taxonomy":"gender","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.leadingauthorities.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/gender?post=3639"},{"taxonomy":"hidden-keyword","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.leadingauthorities.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hidden-keyword?post=3639"},{"taxonomy":"location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.leadingauthorities.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/location?post=3639"},{"taxonomy":"topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.leadingauthorities.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic?post=3639"},{"taxonomy":"speaker-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.leadingauthorities.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/speaker-type?post=3639"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}