Melanie is the advisor owners turn to when drive alone has stopped being enough, that is, when the business is performing, but the person holding it up is running on load rather than resource, and the next stage of growth depends on leading differently rather than simply working harder.
What this means for you
You get someone whose home ground is the business itself: strategy, culture, and leadership. That's where Melanie works deepest, on how you lead, what you tolerate, and what has to change in you for the business to change. She has run a company end to end so she knows where the real constraint sits. A diagnostic comes first, then the work of building the capacity to grow without grinding you down. Melanie has scaled, burned out, and rebuilt, so she knows what sustainable performance requires.
Where their juidgement was earned
- Thirteen years as Director and General Manager of Outback Ecology Services, an environmental consulting firm scaled past $10M in revenue and acquired by global engineering firm Stantec (full operational and commercial ownership through genuine scale).
- Rebuilt her own approach to leadership after burnout, turning a structural failure of load exceeding resources into the framework she now uses with the leaders she advises.
- Co-Founder of Sage Womens Health, a workplace wellbeing consultancy operating at the intersection of performance and wellbeing
- An executive coach at PCC level (ICF) harnessing leadership and capability work
- Coach trainer and business coach with Wellness Coaching Australia, and a former board member of the Health Coaches Australia & New Zealand Association (2020–2024). Trusted to develop and represent other practitioners, not only clients.
Recognition
A senior operator who scaled a business to acquisition and an ICF-credentialled executive coach. Strong commercial track record and coaching depth in the same advisor, which is rarer than either alone.
How they work in the room
Melanie is calm, honest and gets to the heart of the matter without ever making you feel judged for what she finds there. She brings strategic clarity and genuine warmth at once, and makes the hard questiosn feel like the most useful ones you have had in a long time.
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