Juliette Austin is a Senior Partner at Bandelli Associates. She is a leader in Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging (DEIB) with more than twenty years serving as a catalyst for cultural transformation within global organizations. Her professional journey is distinguished in her approach of integrating Organization Development and Appreciative Inquiry principles into organizational strategies. Juliette maintains that those core principles lead to true transformative change and are integrated as a function of effective leadership, clear vision, employee engagement, and the ability to be agile and practical in emerging challenges and opportunities.

Juliette’s perspective on working with organizations and leaders is informed by a deep understanding of the complexity of intercultural dynamics and the nuances of managing diverse talent. She emphasizes an introspective approach to executive coaching and a customized creation of learning initiatives and tools. This allows for pathways that enhances self-discovery, cultural competence, and effective communication skills. Juliette has applied these concepts in her leadership of DEIB and broader talent initiatives in her previous senior level roles at Zillow Group, The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Presidio, Canon USA, and Ernst & Young.

Juliette is Haitian-American and based in New York City, where her experiences were a catalyst for curiosity and study of cross cultural dynamics. She holds a Master of Arts in Industrial/Organizational Psychology from Hofstra University, is a certified Global Competency Practitioner, and is certified in the Intercultural Development Inventory (IDI). These tools underscore her commitment to applying evidence-based practices as groundwork for ongoing growth and sustainability in a rapidly changing global business landscape.