What's It Like To
Work With Melisa?
In these short, quick-hitting testimonials, you'll
- Hear first-hand what it's like to work with Melisa
- Learn about the business goals you'll accomplish by working with a coach
- Understand the ROI of working with Melisa
- Listen to other independent consultants share their decision-making processes - to work with Melisa, to work with other coaches, or to do it on their own
- Uncover the types of results (expected and unexpected) that your fellow independent consultants achieved when working with Melisa

Testimonials
Nicola K.
Nicola describes how she re-launched her independent consulting business after she'd learned several hard lessons in her first independent consulting business.
When Nicola was ready to restart her IC business, she knew she wanted to set her business off "right from the beginning" to avoid the mistakes she had made the first time around.
She describes why she decided to hire Melisa, what the experience was like, and how she was able to transform her business into one that's predictable and systematized.
You can hear more of Nicola's experience on Episode 065 of the Grow Your Independent Consulting Business podcast.
LeAnne L.
When LeAnne decided to transition out of a consulting partnership into an independent consulting practice, LeAnne decided to hire Melisa to help launch her solo business.
LeAnne shares why she knew that hiring a private coach was important and what it was like to work with Melisa. She describes the individualized help from Melisa, who's "been there and done that as a consultant" and also how Melisa uses her intuition to recognize (and call out) the patterns that were getting LeAnne stuck.
You can hear more of LeAnne's story in episode 071 of the Grow Your Independent Consulting Business podcast.
Jennifer L.
Jennifer shares why she chose to hire Melisa, and why she's grateful she didn't wait and try to figure out her business on her own.
Jennifer describes her experience and how she now has the tools, both soft skills and tangible strategies, that have propelled her forward and strengthened her confidence as both a consultant and as a business owner.
You can hear more of Jennifer's story in Episode 076 of the Grow Your Independent Consulting Business podcast.
Jim C.
Jim shares how he hired Melisa when he decided to leverage his 25 years as an internal consultant into running his own consulting business.
Jim describes how his coaching engagement with Melisa was far beyond the strategy and tactics of running a consulting business. He reveals what was most valuable for him, and the long-term benefits of Melisa's approach to coaching, that have set him up for long-term success.
Rodney S.
Rodney describes how his consulting business was "going okay" but that it wasn't growing at the pace he wanted to grow. He had tried reading all the well-known books and implementing their frameworks but that approach made him feel overwhelmed and stuck in analysis paralysis.
Rodney shares Melisa's combination of tough love, accountability, and expertise helped him create serious growth in his business and as a business owner.
Dr. Amy B.
Amy describes how she had reached a crossroads in her consulting business of 15 years. She was ready to make significant changes to her business model so that it's more profitable and sustainable.
Amy shares how our work together led her to clarity about the business model, the action plan to transition her business, and guidance and a "thought partner" as she implemented the changes and experienced the resistance, second-guessing, and fear that comes with making this type of change to a business model.
Maria BT
Maria shares how working with Melisa helped her uncover the "world of possibilities" for her business, the potential she never realized was available to her.
She had been unknowningly replicating her past experiences into her business, and limiting her income and flexibility as a result.
Maria shares how her work with Melisa provided the systems, the mindset and the insight to make running her business easy and to break through the ceilings she'd hit in her business.
You can hear more of Maria's story in Episode 082 of the Grow Your Independent Consulting Business podcast.
Esperanza L.
Esperanza confidently left corporate, landed her 1st big client, and raised her prices.
Through coaching, Esperanza has shifted from "sloppy" to "certain and confident", she's charging 2x to 3x what she was less than a year ago.
She describes how she fully stepped away from corporate into her business and gained "priceless" mindset shifts that benefit her on both a personal and professional level.
Prema G.
Prema rebounded from a setback to land two corporate clients and restore her confidence and clarity of purpose.
She walks us through her decision to work with a coach and how the investment has paid off.
She also explains how every marketing professional needs help with marketing for themselves.
Richard K.
When Richard re-started his consulting practice after a brief return to corporate, he decided that getting support from a coach was key to his success.
Richard describes how he found Melisa's podcast and why he chose to work with her.
He describes how he and Melisa approached coaching together and how impactful (and surprising) the business owner mindset work was for him and his business.