OUR COACHES

Hailing from a wide variety of backgrounds, our coaches are here to support your leadership journey.

Meet the

Coaches

This isn’t a team of theorists. Our coaches are hands-on leaders who’ve built high-performing teams, steered organisations through change, and delivered when it counted.

Every coach brings hard-earned insight from the front lines of leadership, translating real-world experience into practical strategies that actually work.

When we say we’ve been there, we mean it.

Melissa Bardsley

Based in the US, Melissa has more than 20 years of experience focused in 3 industries; banking & finance, industrial automation & manufacturing, and Healthcare IT (SaaS). She has focused on making improvements to customer support, call center metrics, and customer satisfaction, working to exceed customer expectations. This experience became the foundation for her unique coaching and mentoring style.

David French

David French

David is a leadership development and business strategy expert. He served for 21 years in the Australian Army as an Infantry Officer where he led and worked with Australian soldiers on operations in Timor Leste, Iraq and Afghanistan.

Since his discharge, David has worked extensively as a consultant and business leader in Health, Defence and National Security with a focus on people operations.

Drawn from lessons learned in the military, and in business, we make leadership principles tangible and relatable through real-world examples, personal anecdotes, and case studies.

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