Melissa Leland, MS
Melissa leads human capital consulting and change management partnerships with expertise in culture transformation, elevating and aligning performance, identifying root causes of performance stagnation and comprehensive strategies for performance and competitive advantage catapults, designing structures for scalability, compensation strategy rollout, and developing leaders for high-performing teams, engaging staff, and prioritizing career development. She also designs and implements change management strategies for coordinated and engaging change experiences required for successful project execution and sustained results both for consulting and contracting engagements. Melissa blends strategic alignment, data analysis and people intelligence to deliver impactful plans and programs with practical execution that bring others on the journey, not just meets them at the destination.
Relevant Projects
- Organizational Assessment
- Organizational Design
- Leader Effectiveness
- Team Effectiveness
- Culture on Purpose
- Change Strategy and Leadership
- Performance Management Strategy
- Onboarding Program Design
- Employer Brand and EVP
- Assessments (DiSC, MBTI, Competency)
- People Data Analytics
- Teaching HRBPs to Become Strategic Consultants
- New Leader Assimilation
- Process Optimization
Industries
- Healthcare
- Manufacturing
- Local & State
- Government
- Higher Education
- Food Service
- Law Enforcement
- Community Health
- Investment Services
- Sports & Entertainment
- Gas & Oil
- Public Utilities
- Commercial Banking
Clients
- Chick-fil-A
- Yamaha
- FirstBank
- U.S. Center for SafeSport
- Learfield
- ConocoPhillips (Crestone)
- Platte River Power Authority
- Walker Engineering
- CK Technologies
- Wetherby Asset Management
- City of Loveland
- City of Greeley
- City of Fort Collins
- Boulder County
- Gilpin County
- State of Colorado
- Department of Local Affairs
- Colorado State University
- University of Colorado
- Children’s Hospital Colorado
- Legacy Community Health
- Project Access
Education
- Master of Science (MS), Organizational Leadership, Leadership and Management, Graduated with Honors, Regis University
- Bachelor of Arts (BA), Organizational Comm and Psych, Western Colorado University
Travels from: Denver, Colorado
Areas of Expertise
- Change Management
- Communication Skills
- Conflict Resolution
- DiSC® Training
- Leadership Development
- Onboarding Programs
- Organizational Development
- Performance Management
- Team Development
Assessments / Certifications
- Everything DiSC®
- Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI)
- Emergenetics
- Burke Learning Agility Inventory