Leadership & Career Coaching to Bolster Your Capacity, Resiliency, Impact & Ability to Thrive
Empowering People & Community
SERVICES
GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS & COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT CONSULTING
With over 20 years of experience driving national, state and local level advocacy efforts and programs, Melody provides expert government affairs and community engagement consulting services that can help you reach and surpass your goals. She is especially passionate about helping organizations drive policy advances, pursue and secure funding, build coalitions and enhance opportunities for stronger communities. Our tailored strategies empower organizations and their teams to navigate complex landscapes, achieve their goals, and make a lasting impact. With a focus on collaboration and innovation, Hope and Power strategies also has access to a dedicated network of consultants and strategists focused on fostering positive change and sustainable growth. Let us be your partner in creating a brighter future for all.
GROUP WORKSHOPS
As a highly experienced executive and leadership coach, I know how to build a program and facilitate interactive leadership keynotes, courses, workshops or leadership development experiences that provide exactly what you and your team need for success. We can integrate themes and activities specific to your group's interests.
Group programs can also be designed to incorporate a blend of a group workshops plus individual coaching sessions for your team members.
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Rates vary based on the customized workshop/coaching experience for your group.
Online Programs & Classes
Stay tuned for updates on my latest programs and soon-to-be launched on-demand library where you can watch a recording of my leadership and yoga classes whenever you like. You'll be able to take individual classes or sign up for a package so you can watch several class recordings of leadership workshops and/or yoga classes you can take from the comfort of your own home.
INDIVIDUAL COACHING
Through confidential video and/or phone coaching sessions conducted in a one-on-one setting, you can explore how to achieve new levels of performance and happiness.
Single individual coaching sessions can be helpful for interview prep, resume reviews and brief check-ins to strategize around a specific, immediate situation you're looking to respond to.
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For more in-depth progress, I recommend a series of 6+ sessions, held every week or every other week. This can be a helpful way to start noticing progress around your personal and leadership development.
Yoga & Leadership Retreats
As a certified yoga instructor, I also offer group leadership coaching workshops blended with yoga. You'll flow through a custom-designed yoga sequence then learn about leadership tools, participate in open-space group coaching based on attendees' interests, and have a space to reflect on your own goals so you can shine as the resilient leader you need and want to be right now. I've led yoga and leadership retreats for women working in progressive, racial justice and Democratic political campaign roles; nonprofit boards; leadership teams and employee resource groups.
My Approach to Coaching
My role as coach is to help you draw out your inner wisdom, courage and reflection through inquisitive, curious, challenging, bold and direct questions, conversations and behavioral practices.
Executive leadership coaching is a partnership between the client and coach. I coach from the perspective that my clients are highly knowledgeable about the nature of their own personal and professional development. As a leader, you know best what improvements you need to make, what’s holding you back, what helps you excel and what solutions or practices will make the impact you want to make.
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I have trained, coached, mentored and advised mid-level to senior level leaders working in career and presidential positions in the Federal government; the U.S. Congress; political and legal organizations; private sector and Fortune 500 companies; philanthropic and nonprofit advocacy organizations; and institutions of higher education. I also enjoy coaching junior to mid-level employees in the earlier phases of establishing their career and leadership trajectories.
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The powerful thing I’ve come to appreciate about engaging in leadership coaching is that it is a journey unique to you. It is what you make of it.
The intent of this work is to help you let go of what no longer serves you and stretch into the stronger and more fulfilled leader and person you want to be.
Benefits of Leadership Coaching
​I coach high-achievers like you to build the capacity, resiliency, strength, behaviors and beliefs you need to spark impact and thrive as the authentic leader our world needs today.
Through the coaching process of Hope & Power Strategies, LLC, you can discover the potential you have to make a real impact on yourself, your team and your community. While you may come to coaching with an interest in resolving some technical or more tactical issues, which we can definitely work on, the process of executive leadership coaching focuses on the whole person. It guides you to take a more holistic view and better understanding of how you are influenced by your physical, emotional, cognitive, and spiritual lives as well as organizational cultures and systems.
Benefits from a series of coaching sessions could include some of these elements.
LEVERAGING YOUR STRENGTHS
Bolster your capacity and resiliency to lead in complex organizations and situations
IMPROVING SELF-REFLECTION STRATEGIES FOR SOLUTIONS THAT STICK
Strengthen self-awareness, confidence, communication, listening skills and ability to ground yourself
CULTIVATINGÂ YOUR LEADERSHIP STYLE
Design strategies to help you foster healthier and more effective work and personal relationships
SHIFTING YOUR LIMITING BELIEFS
Learn to better notice the key behaviors and beliefs you need to start, stop, continue or tweak o increase your effectiveness as a leader and advance towards your goals
NAVIGATING CAREER TRANSITIONS
Prepare to pursue a new job. Map out a plan to succeed in your new job. Gear up for a promotion.
REACHING YOUR GOALS
Determine what you need to succeed in attaining the professional and personal goals -- and lifestyle/quality of live -- that you dream of.
What to Expect in Your Coaching Session
Initial Session
In our first meeting, I'll work with you to identify your top 3 or so priorities that you want to focus on through your series of executive leadership coaching sessions.
You set the agenda
In each 60-minute session that follows, we'll debrief on what has happened since our last meeting. I'll work with you to identify the topic you want to focus on for the session and what you'd like to walk away with at the end of that day's session.
During the session
I'll ask questions, and share insights or tools, to help you explore what shifts you may want to make or actions you want to take to address the issue/goal of the day's session.
Closing the session
As we near the end of the session we'll talk through what new or shifting ideas are coming to you as a result of the day's conversation. We'll then co-design homework, or next steps, for you to do before the next session and talk about the support you need to do that work before our next session.
CAREER STRATEGY SESSION
Need some quick help with your resume, interview prep or job-hunting strategy?
Email me your resume in an editable word doc format along with a description of the job you're applying for, interview you're gearing up for or next career steps you're trying to map out. During our session together I can share real-time resume feedback and work with you to co-design your next steps in your search to land that next dream job.
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A career strategy session could be something we cover in a single one-hour session, or integrated into your package of 6+ sessions.
Resume & Cover Letter Review
Interview Prep
Job-Hunting Tips
I'm regularly updating a list of some of my favorite leadership and personal development books, apps, trainers and thought-leaders that I think you may find valuable.
Take a look at my resources page.