Inside Visa’s Team Effectiveness Strategy: Scalable, Manager-Led Tools That Drive Team Growth and Performance
**📅 Updated Date: Please note, this webinar has been rescheduled and will now take place on Wednesday, May 8th at 9:00am PT. We look forward to seeing you then!**
Why this Matters
Today’s managers are expected to do it all—drive performance, build trust, foster connection, and act on engagement data—often with little support and even less time. At Visa, a new approach is helping leaders meet the moment.
Inside Visa’s Team Effectiveness Strategy
How do you equip busy people leaders—across functions, time zones, and cultures—with the skills to actually improve team effectiveness, lead meaningful conversations, and build connection… without adding to their workload?
Join Julia Thoneick, Senior Manager of Team Effectiveness at Visa University, for a behind-the-scenes look at how Visa is tackling this challenge head-on. Through tailored, self-facilitated team development kits and a new AI coaching tool, Visa is enabling leaders to take action on engagement data, strengthen team connection, and build the team effectiveness skills needed to lead in today’s complex work environment.
What You'll Learn
In this session, you’ll get practical insights into:
How Visa is scaling facilitation and coaching skills across regions and business units
How they’re aligning people business partners, engagement data, and internal champions to drive adoption
How Visa helps managers act on pulse survey results with tailored action plans for each team’s needs
Why Visa shifted from “meeting in a box” materials to a more AI-supported, scalable solution
Key lessons and early results from rolling out this initiative
If you're looking for practical ways to scale leadership development and team effectiveness in a complex, global organization, this session is for you.
About the Speaker
Julia Thoneick is the Senior Manager of Team Effectiveness at Visa University, where she leads global initiatives to help people leaders build stronger, more connected, and higher-performing teams. With nearly six years at Visa, Julia has played a key role in designing and facilitating scalable development programs that support team collaboration, engagement, psychological safety, and career growth. A certified coach and experienced facilitator, she specializes in strength-based development, emotional intelligence, and growth mindset—bringing both strategic rigor and human-centered design to every program she leads.
Prior to Visa, Julia held leadership roles in people development and HR across Europe, including Payworks (acquired by Visa), Stylight, Zalando, and McKinsey & Company. She is known for her intuitive and emotionally intelligent approach, her passion for creating appreciative team cultures, and her commitment to unlocking the strengths and potential of individuals and teams alike.