business performance improvement consulting

YOUR BUSINESS PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENT CONSULTANT

Elevating performance through human-centered strategy. 

I love working with people through coaching that supports their life path and personal growth, as well as consulting on human performance. As a business performance improvement consultant, I believe that high performance begins with alignment, within ourselves and across our teams.

My practice is designed to help leaders and organizations unlock their full potential. Together, we cultivate environments where people thrive and establish systems and habits that drive real results and lasting impact.

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FOR ORGANIZATIONS & BRANDS

Great companies don’t just happen, they are built through strong leadership, intentional talent strategies, and structured programs that not only teach people how to do the work, but inspire them to do their best work. Because when people thrive, organizations do too. 

I help small to mid-sized companies build high-performing teams that fuel sustainable growth. With over 12 years of experience in market-leading professional services firms, both boutique and global, I’ve led and developed A+ teams directly as a manager and cross-functionally as a senior leader. I understand the pace, pressure, and possibility of high-growth environments, where people and excellence are your greatest assets. 

  • Learning & Development: onboarding, continuing education, and role-specific training  

  • Talent Development: accelerated growth for high-potential leaders and emerging managers

  • Talent Attraction: strategies to engage and recruit mid-level to executive talent 

  • Career Pathing: role clarity, progression planning, and internal mobility  

  • Performance Management: talent review frameworks and evaluation processes

  • Change Management: communications, roles and responsibilities, and adoption from executives to individual contributors

PERFORMANCE COACHING PILLARS

Interested in learning more about consulting for business performance improvement?

I would love to learn about your goals and how I can support you.

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HOW I WORK WITH ORGANIZATIONS & BRANDS

Every business has its own culture, pace, and talent priorities. My approach is intentionally simple, collaborative, and tailored. Designed to meet you where you are and help you grow with clarity and purpose.  

This is how we’ll work together:

  • 01.

    Consultation Call

    We will start with a 30-minute consultation to explore your goals, challenges, and what support might look like. This is a mutual opportunity to assess fit and alignment. 

  • 02.

    Assess & Design

    I’ll share a clear, action-oriented, customized proposal outlining scope, deliverables, timeline and investment. 

  • 03.

    Align & Launch

    Once we align, I’ll conduct a focused intake to gather context, materials, and stakeholder input. This ensures we start with clarity and momentum. 

  • 04.

    Progress & Partnership

    Throughout the engagement, we’ll have regular check-ins to review progress, navigate challenges, and refine as needed. My goal is to work as an extension of your team, with transparency, care, and results in mind.  

WHAT I CAN PROVIDE …

  • Performance optimization

  • Work life balance

  • Career development

  • Stakeholder management

  • Executive presence 

  • Presentation skills (written, verbal)

FOR YOURSELF

  • Personal brand

  • Time management

  • Limiting beliefs / imposter syndrome

  • Managing up

  • Job search / career transition 

  • Building out teams 

  • Onboarding and developing others

  • New manager fundamentals 

  • Identifying top talent (high potential – high performance)

  • Building a succession plan

  • Driving engagement + performance 

  • Fostering intentional team culture

FOR YOUR TEAM

TESIMONIALS + ENDORSEMENTS

  • "She has a unique skill set to problem solve. Not only is she able to ask the right questions and diagnose. She also has the ability to set an appropriate strategy and then most importantly execute on that strategy."

    Strong dedication and loyalty. Melissa always focused on not only solving the problem but also thinking through how to prevent it / make it work better the next time around. She always led with empathy - having a unique ability to put herself in others shoes in order to truly understand the root so she could have the full picture.

    The work her team did was fast paced, and could be high stress. Because she could always see the bright side of things and could contextualize what may have been happening on both a macro and micro level, she was able to keep the team focused on short, medium and long-term objectives. While also sprinkling in some fun! And because of this, she had an engaged workforce that was highly productive with high satisfaction.

    She has a unique skill set to problem solve. Not only is she able to ask the right questions and diagnose. She also has the ability to set an appropriate strategy and then most importantly execute on that strategy. And in working with her, you would see that she would be highly communicative on what’s working well (or what isn’t) and set realistic expectations so that there’s full alignment. She does a fantastic job of taking people along for the journey.

    - ADAM SZEPKOUSKI
    COO

  • "She will take your well being and goals seriously and will look to empower you... She’s an absolute pro and a great person... I personally benefitted substantially from her coaching and highly recommend her."

    I’ve worked with Melissa 2x. She was exceptionally productive and always considered a high performer. She does basically everything at a high level. She has extremely high integrity, is an A-plus problem solver, business partners and communicates exceptionally well, and is hyper efficient in output and balancing priorities.

    She was an outstanding coach. Great listener. She really prioritized empowering me and was capable of delivering constructive criticism when the situation called for it. I credit a lot of my early success at my current company to the coaching, guidance, and constructive criticism Melissa provided. Melissa interpersonally is empathetic, extremely high EQ, and you can easily have an open and honest conversation with her and share some laughs. She was liked, respected, and well regarded at both places we worked at and I highly recommend her.

    Melissa was instrumental at my company when we worked together. She formulated the talent acquisition strategy, building up the human capital foundation that led to consistent and impressive growth for the company during her tenure. Melissa architected and rolled out new talent strategies, seeing through execution directly in a hands-on fashion while interfacing across the organization, including with key ELT members.

    She will take your well being and goals seriously and will look to empower you. Melissa is a person that will lead with empathy but can deliver constructive input when the time is called for. She’s an absolute pro and a great person. Melissa always aims to put her best foot forward. I personally benefitted substantially from her coaching and highly recommend her.

    -     ROSS KINNAIRD

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Corporate Highlights

Talent Strategy | Performance Optimization | Scalable Execution  

    • Scaled talent strategy, Learning & Development, and talent acquisition as firm grew from 30 to 100+ employees, doubled revenue, and secured Private Equity investment 

    • Designed and led change management for new operating model, including governance, spans of control, and firmwide training 

    • Built and implemented bi-annual talent review process to identify and retain high potential leaders 

    • Launched tailored development programs: onboarding, career pathing, and accelerated growth for emerging leaders 

    • Revamped talent acquisition team and strategy, fueling 30-40% YoY headcount growth and securing 5+ executive-level Partner hires 

    • Personally placed 19 executives in 18 months for Private Equity-backed software and SaaS companies 

    • Led a team of 10-15 serving Fortune 500 software companies

    • Team leader for $2.5M+ book of business covering 16 Tier-1 Private Equity / Venture Capital firms; achieved 104% wallet retention  

    • Rolled out lean operations and continuous improvement initiatives as part of cross-functional change management team; accelerated KPIs and speed of service

CONSULTING FOR PERFORMANCE OPTIMIZATION

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In this 30-minute consultation, we’ll explore your goals, challenges, and what support might look like. This is a mutual opportunity to assess fit and alignment. 

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