Leadership Team Development
Building a high-performance senior leadership team is complex. It requires a strong commitment by members of the team and an experienced leadership practitioner to offer insights and strategies and a continuous focus on development and growth.
Melanie works closely with clients holding Tier 1, 2 and 3 positions, their leadership teams, and a wider cohort of leaders, enhancing leadership at all levels in the organisation.
What does this programme offer
your leadership team?
A tried and tested formula that ensures a leadership team focuses on the right things and achieves results. Melanie’s secret sauce is tailoring her response to fit the needs of her clients, the development stage of their team and any necessary areas of focus.
All sessions are designed to develop better leaders and a highly functional Leadership Team.
Tailored leadership team away days
Melanie will take the leadership team on a journey together that will strengthen whanaunatanga, teamwork, and ways of working as a leadership team. A team that shows vulnerability, deals with conflict and is built on a solid foundation of trust. A team that is results-focused and accountable to each other for collective success.
Client engagement
Melanie will closely collaborate with you to understand and address the developmental requirements of both you and your team. She will design the sessions for your approval, facilitate an impactful session and produce session deliverables.
Kick-start team
A Clifton strengths-based team session is an excellent way to kickstart the leadership team’s development programme. This session can help the team members understand each other better and identify ways to utilise each other’s strengths to enhance teamwork, performance, and overall organisational impact.
Tailored leadership tools
Melanie offers a range of tools to improve the experience, including one-on-one interviews with leaders, leadership questionnaires, and 360-degree processes. Melanie is an accredited LSP 360° practitioner.
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.”
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”.
If you are ready to develop a high-performing leadership team, contact Melanie for a free no-obligation chat.