Talent Card Description

Julia Stember is the founder and CEO of HR-EQ LLC. Julia is responsible for providing clients with high-level HR advice to solve complex workplace issues.

Julia is a seasoned bilingual (English/Spanish) Human Resources and Organizational Development professional with over 20 years of experience crafting innovative people strategies that drive organizational excellence. Julia has a proven track record of providing comprehensive HR consulting services to diverse organizations in the private, public, and non-profit sectors.

Julia’s consulting strategy links directly to her client’s business goals. She understands that a single approach does not work for all clients. Instead, she applies appropriate elements of her diverse toolbox of HR and OD solutions to each consulting engagement based on the client’s unique needs.

Julia has notable expertise in the areas of training and development, workforce planning, organizational assessments, process efficiencies, strategic planning, coaching, and more. She is dedicated to fostering a culture of learning, compliance, equity, and engagement.

Her academic foundation includes a Master’s in Business Administration and certificates in Human Resource Management and Business Coaching.

Why EQ?

Throughout her career journey, Julia discovered that successful HR/OD Consulting isn’t only about applying employment laws or driving business results. Exceptional leadership, consulting, or human resource management requires mastering and applying the four skills of Emotional Intelligence: self-awareness, self-management, social awareness, and relationship building. In fact, top business schools including Harvard, Loyola Marymount, University of Chicago, and Dartmouth promote self-awareness as the first step in their leadership programs. The Stanford Graduate School Advisory Council rated self-awareness as the most important capability for leaders — higher even than strategic thinking or team building.

HR professionals and business leaders are tasked with tough responsibilities — managing conflict, delivering difficult messages, addressing performance issues, and making hard decisions. To navigate these challenges successfully, it’s crucial to remain calm, be empathic, recognize their own blind spots, and remain objective while ensuring others feel understood.

HR-EQ seamlessly weaves emotional intelligence into consulting, coaching, and training so clients can effectively overcome workplace challenges and lead their teams, departments, and organizations through growth, change, and ultimately, to success.