Every meaningful career change begins with a crossing.
OUR APPROACH
A different kind of support
Meaningful change is rarely just strategic. It is also personal.
That is why IslePoint combines executive coaching, leadership experience, and human insight—to help people move forward with clarity, confidence, and purpose.
Strategic
Practical guidance to help you evaluate options, make decisions, and move forward with confidence.
Grounded
Support that recognizes the realities of change with perspective, empathy, and practical insight.
Intentional
Helping you take the next step with clarity, purpose, and alignment to what matters most.
Led by experience. Grounded in reality.
IslePoint is built on the belief that meaningful change deserves thoughtful support. That philosophy is reflected in every coaching relationship and every client conversation.
Julie is the founder of IslePoint Consulting and a leadership and executive coach with more than 25 years of experience supporting leaders and organizations through change, career transition, and leadership development.
Throughout her leadership career, Julie held senior and global leadership roles spanning governance, risk management, workplace strategy, and people leadership. She partnered with executives and leaders at all levels to navigate complex business decisions, organizational change, and leadership challenges, gaining firsthand insight into the realities of leading through uncertainty and transformation. Later, experiencing a corporate restructuring and career transition herself brought a personal perspective that now complements her experience.
She is particularly passionate about supporting accomplished professionals at career crossroads. Her coaching combines strategic thinking, practical leadership experience, and thoughtful conversation to help clients navigate complexity, make confident decisions, and move forward with clarity.
Julie is an Associate Certified Coach (ACC) with the International Coaching Federation (ICF), an EQ-i® 2.0 Certified Practitioner, and holds an MBA from Wilfrid Laurier University.
JULIE MACDONALD, MBA, ACC
FOUNDER, EXECUTIVE COACH & GLOBAL LEADERSHIP CONSULTANT
TINA RODGERS
ASSOCIATE, LEADERSHIP & TALENT DEVELOPMENT CONSULTANT
Tina is an experienced leadership development coach and advisor with more than 25 years of helping leaders, teams, and organizations navigate growth, change, and leadership development.
She partners with leaders at all stages of their careers to strengthen leadership effectiveness, navigate complex challenges, and build high-performing, engaged teams. Her practical, collaborative approach is informed by extensive experience in executive coaching, facilitation, talent development, and organizational consulting.
Tina is and experienced leadership development facilitator with a Ken Blanchard SLII® Certification. She has completed Certificates in Executive Coaching and Team Coaching from Coach Academy, and is currently completing her Associate Certified Coach (ACC) with the International Coaching Federation (ICF).
What People Are Saying
"My sessions with Julie have brought so much value in my life and career journey. Not only did she bring a strong element of care but she also ensured I took a balanced approach in my self-discovery, ensuring I thought about my personal values and various aspects of my health and well-being. In our sessions, she also made observations about me that helped me re-affirm my own motivations and guided me toward various paths that aligned with my true self. Highly recommend!"
— N. Aringo“I highly recommend Julie. From the moment we started each session, Julie carefully listened and provided the right prompting to help me find my voice. This helped me to confidently create my own roadmap staying true to my values and beliefs. Each session felt like a comfortable and safe space. When talking through big decisions or outweighing options, it feels much more productive doing so with the right prompting. Julie understands the balance needed between prompting and listening to ensure each session adds value and guidance for moving forward in a confident manner.”
— J. Middleton
A values-based approach to navigating what is next.
At the core of IslePoint’s work is a structured framework that helps clients reconnect to what matters most — and make decisions from that place.
Clarity of Self
Helping clients articulate their personal and leadership values — authenticity, service, courage, family, ambition, growth — and understand what they are actually optimizing for.
Alignment in Action
Exploring how those values show up — or do not show up — in daily decisions, roles, relationships, and leadership behaviour.
Integrity in Decision-Making
Encouraging clients to choose actions consistent with their values, even when those choices are inconvenient, unfamiliar, or difficult.
Authenticity in Leadership
Empowering clients to lead and move forward from who they are — rather than who they think they should be.
Beyond One-to-One Coaching
Not every journey needs individual coaching.
Sometimes the greatest value comes from learning alongside others who are asking similar questions, navigating similar changes, and supporting one another along the way.
The Mentorship Circle™ extends the IslePoint approach into a guided community—bringing together accomplished women to reflect, learn, and move forward with confidence.
This work is about more than your next role.
It is about making decisions that reflect who you are now — and who you want to be moving forward.