Expertise

With her main focus on leadership selection and organizational/leadership development, understanding and assessing company needs is what Melissa does best through conducting psychological assessments within the context of leadership development, succession, team integration, and selection. She is an expert at efficiently leading assessment processes and evaluating quantitative and qualitative results. Her professional interpretation of data analysis allows her to administer, analyze, and provide constructive feedback using a variety of tools including personality, cognitive, role-play simulation, in-basket, development readiness, and 360 assessments.

As a leadership coach, Melissa aids organizations of all sizes achieve goals within a variety of business functions including sales, operations, marketing, logistics, and technology across limitless levels from individual contributors to senior executives and entrepreneurs. Her flexibility allows her to tailor the coaching process to the needs and preferences of any business. Backed by neuroscience, psychology, and business, the purpose of her goal-oriented and client-driven approach is to help leaders become more successful and change behaviour in areas including but not limited to, strategic thinking, innovation, and emotional intelligence. 

As a true advocate for diversity, she industriously guides students and organizations towards increased awareness in fairness and inclusion in the world of business. She introduces ways to leverage and celebrate diversity, focusing heavily on uncovering biases and underlying issues to shed light on all sides of a problem in a professional manner. 

While actively teaching organizational behaviour, training and development, and introduction to human resources, Melissa's role as a facilitator doesn't stop at the academic level. Including 2000 hours of conducted facilitation, she also brings her corporate experience and applicable knowledge by using strategic planning across the areas of leadership development, job design, and selection in various sectors. Melissa is a Certified Functional Job Analyst, and has lead the operation of leadership development sessions in the areas of delegation, time management, communication, and change management. Her unique style of delivery is direct but empathetic, establishing realistic objectives from a place of trust. During training and facilitation evaluation, it's crucial to always measure outcomes against pre-established goals.