Change begins
from the inside out
Melanie is a senior leadership practitioner, facilitator, and speaker. She has empowered and inspired many professionals – from students to senior executives – to develop a mindset and leverage tools and practices to realise their full potential.
Melanie will help you build high-performing leaders, develop strengths-based teams, inspire and empower women to achieve great things, and support leadership teams to step forward and maximise their impact and success.
Leadership programmes
Through leadership development, facilitation and strengths leadership and coaching, Melanie can help you…
Aotearoa’s Leadership Programmes
Unlock your leadership potential and develop the right mindset with these programmes:
ʻNew People Leaders’, ʻLeaders of Leaders’, ‘Experienced People Leaders’ and ‘New Senior System Leaders’
ASPIRE: Women’s Leadership Programme
This programme, recognises the innate differences women face in their leadership pathway and provides them with the tools to succeed.
Leadership
Team Development
Build a high-performing leadership team unified to serve Aotearoa, develop and care for its people, and achieve optimal results.
Strength Leadership and
Team Development
Develop your team! Book a fun, high-energy session that strengthens whanaunatanga, builds trust and maximises your teams’ strengths.
Clients Melanie has helped
Armajit Maxwell
Chief Executive, Collaborative Aotearoa
“Melanie has been with the Collaborative Aotearoa team for over two years, providing coaching, mentoring, and facilitating leadership sessions. She is culturally competent, prioritises Te Tiriti o Waitangi, and understands the Te Ao Māori worldview. Melanie is passionate, knowledgeable about leadership, energetic, and highly organised, with an exceptional understanding of team dynamics and a strong focus on the organisational vision and values”.
Russell Burnard
General Manager Operations, Department of Internal Affairs
“Melanie delivered a programme on human factors to my senior leader’s cohort. She delivered her expertise and knowledge with aplomb and good humour. She tailored her programme specifically to our people, and they responded enthusiastically.”
Melanie Webb
Assistant Auditor-General – Legal, Policy and Inquiries, Office of the Auditor-General
“Thank you for the StrengthsFinder session yesterday. I thought you did an amazing coaching and facilitation job with a great balance between respecting individuals’ reactions and challenging them to engage. Your energy was awesome. I’m keen to follow up on more StrengthsFinder work with my management team. Thank you for your work yesterday – it was really appreciated.”
Clare Toufexis
General Manager, Hāpai Hapori (Community Operations), Department of Internal Affairs
“Melanie has worked with my leadership team and their teams multiple times, offering exceptional expertise in a strengths-based approach to leadership. She quickly identifies connections, opportunities, and potential pitfalls across strength profiles, facilitating important conversations. This has fostered increased trust and awareness within our colleague group, valuable in a distributed team. Melanie collaborated closely with me to develop sessions and dedicated significant preparation to maximise our team’s time together.”
Matthew Needham
Chief Financial Officer, Kāinga Ora
“Melanie is a high-energy facilitator who designs well-thought-out programmes that deliver a return on investment from the get-go. Her straight-up approach is reassuring and gets the best out of people in a highly engaging way. Above all, she gets results.”
Michael Alp
Deputy Secretary, Finance and Performance, Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment
“Melanie has worked and guided our Finance and Performance leadership in the development of its strategy and strategic plan. Melanie’s style is deeply engaging and direct. This ensures everyone participates in a meaningful manner and helps set realistic outcomes and next steps. I look forward to working with her again in the future”.
Nienke Itjeshorst
Sustainability & Resilience Manager, Kāpiti Coast District Council
“I am a fan of the Clifton Strengths-based coaching approach and was keen to use this to bring shared inspiration and belonging to my team, of which half had joined us more recently. Melanie did a great job working with us for an afternoon – bringing a high energy approach to providing insights about team strengths, how to leverage our strengths and be aware of blind spots. She facilitated some great discussions, made it really personal and a lot of fun – positive psychology on steroids.”
Nick Leggett
Chief Executive, Road Transport Forum
“Just awesome – hugely inspiring!! — Thank you for speaking at the Road Transport Forum Conference. Your inspiring speech was well received by the 300+ attendees, ranking highly among the speakers. We appreciate your contribution to promoting diversity and inclusion in the road freight transport industry.”
Women Step Forward
Empowering and shining the spotlight on our next generation of women leaders.
Women who want a job with purpose and to make a difference. Women who are ready to Step Forward, develop and operate from a place of confidence and strength. Women in search of leadership development designed with their needs in mind.
Need a motivational speaker and leadership development guru?
Melanie is full of energy with a smidge of sass, ready to entertain and transform your perspective. Let her develop your audience’s know-how and rock their world. Wahine toa at your service!
Book a call with Melanie to select
the service offering that is right for you.