Melissa is an insightful and inspiring coach. She is a great listener who follows up with insightful questions. She doesn’t shy away from challenging me and my assumptions, and in the process helps me clarify my needs and goals. She pushes me to create action plans and stick to those in order to advance myself both personally and professionally. I highly recommend Melissa as a coach!

Melissa’s coaching has helped me think about how to expand and elevate my DEIJ goals from a very individual workflow to reaching out through thought leadership opportunities to have more impact on organizational and division goals down the line. Melissa is a really good listener who probes where she thinks there is a focus area for growth without forcing the agenda away from self-discovery – this all makes the process feel self-driven vs. guided by coaching objectives. I have gotten so much out of having an objective thought and accountability partner to run ideas by, discover hidden biases and more effective next steps. Her attention to where I need to think thoroughly through an idea is largely by encouraging me to more clearly articulate a goal or potential action and understand where there are gaps in my approach.

I have learned so much from coaching with Melissa. I have been able to dig deeper into my skills, strengths, weaknesses, and how to enhance and better my skills and/or fears. I have really benefited from having a coach who is non-white. It has been helpful to share my experiences and be vulnerable with where I am at in my learning journey.