Director, Julie Gillespie.
Julie has been managing and consulting in the leisure industry for over 20 years now. She has enjoyed a number of exciting roles in both the public and private side of the industry including; David Lloyd, GlasgowLife, Les Mills and Life Fitness.
The journey started in Glasgow studying Sport at Strathclyde University before moving to Australia to manage an exclusive boutique franchise in Brisbane & Sydney. On her return to the UK Julie launched the new Esporta Edinburgh and then at Glasgow Life, launching the new Glasgow Club that has become one of the most successful leisure trust membership models. The next move was back to Esporta as National Training Manager for the UK.
Julie also loved her time with the business arm of Les Mills as a sales trainer, learning from industry leaders Steve Jenson & Tom Hopkins.
Her passion for educating others started in 2004 when she launched Training for Success consulting for Life fitness, Edinburgh Leisure, South Lanarkshire Leisure, CR Smith, Apex Hotels, David Lloyd Leisure, Active Stirling, AngusAlive and SportsScotland to name a few. Over the last eight years Julie has provided a retained management service for Origin Fitness providing sales training, management support and a leadership programme.
Julie speaks at industry events and most recently she has been a lead speaker and mentor for Ireland Active providing a series of webinars and resources for members to access during the pandemic.
Alongside her consulting in 2014 Julie launched a communications course for children called Face 2 Face, she worked closely with the teaching community to increase primary school aged children’s interpersonal skills and confidence. Julie still speaks within schools on communication and the power of a growth Mindset.
Sport & leisure have always been a passion of Julie’s and now she combines this passion with her love of human behaviour, how we learn, connect & thrive. Julie’s expertise lies in maximising people potential and income generation. Having worked in a large number of Trusts and Local authorities Julie has a sound understanding of the specific challenges this sector face. This enables her to get to the pain points quickly and create solutions specific to the sector. She is used to working in complex environments with exposure to a broad range of stakeholders.
Julie is an experienced trainer having attended several high-level training events in America, Australia and the UK. A qualified NLP practitioner, coach and Psychometric assessor, Julie is up to date with the latest research on effective practices.