Client Testimonials

Melissa’s guidance and training have elevated our agency’s effectiveness and efficiency. By introducing distributed leadership principles and practices, she equipped us with the tools to create a more dynamic and responsive work environment. We’ve streamlined decision-making across all levels, and our meetings are shorter, more productive, and more rewarding for everyone involved.

With Melissa’s support, we used Holaspirit to take distributed leadership from a concept to a practical reality. We clarify roles and accountabilities, hold more effective meetings, and facilitate informed decision-making at all levels. This has been especially noticeable with challenging situations, which occur often when working with families in an emergency shelter… Beyond her wealth of knowledge around the Holaspirit platform and distributed leadership, Melissa is a wonderful trainer and teacher. Her training, facilitation, and communication style is gentle yet firm, and she set a marvelous example each time she led our group.

We recommend Melissa to anyone seeking to embrace this operating model and unlock their staff’s potential. Her impact has been transformative.

After our collaborative went into a hiatus due to the pandemic, Melissajoy’s services were instrumental in accelerating the efforts in re-imagining and relaunching the collaborative. Work that would have probably taken us over a year to do was accomplished in a few weeks. Melissa is skilled in bringing diverse thoughts into coherent, shared ideas through expert facilitation, training and consulting. The speed with which she is able to do so whilst cultivating and maintaining collaborative relationships and spirit within the group is refreshing.

Our company marketing was fumbling in the dark until we found Melissa. Melissa’s consultation shed a bright light on how to best express what we did and who we were. She is so competent, so easy to work with, and a master at coaxing out the heart and soul of a business. I would highly recommend Melissa to any company looking to increase their brand presence in competitive markets.

Melissa can help turn challenges into strengths. Her strategic approach and strong design and communication expertise have been invaluable in revitalizing our organization’s purpose, brand, and communications. Her excellent work set a strong foundation for continued evolution and success for years to come.

After a consult with Melissa, the energy is wild! Our creative and positive juices are flowing, and we feel affirmed. She’s an expert at providing seamless guidance that naturally allows us to expand and is strategic in offering next steps that keep us focused on our strengths and not overwhelmed.

Melissa has a gift for asking questions that reveal the deepest purpose of whatever it is you are doing. Her process is deeply collaborative, open-ended, and organic. Melissa recently helped us with the design of a new website. With a few questions, she got to the heart of what our purpose was — like finding a north star. With her help, decisions became easy, and the process became fun. She is a joy to work with.

Melissa has a gift for hearing the essence of what wants to be known. When I have an important issue and am in a muddle of the forest and the trees, I work with Melissa and emerge with a grounded clarity that shines through.

Melissa sees and accentuates strengths and positive qualities and will help you build from that foundation. She is a resourceful strategic thinker who encourages and facilitates creative thinking and has an exceptional ability to conceptualize and guide the exploration of new ideas.

Melissa brings a totally different perspective than that of typical consultants. She takes everything to the next level.