We support individuals, teams and leaders to crystallise their thinking, enhance their productivity to achieve their highest aspirations.
We’re a Leadership and Organisational Development Facilitation company based in New Zealand.
Real Leadership
Real Problems
Real Impact
The Leaders Creating Impact Programme is your path to becoming a more effective, impactful leader.
If you’re a business leader feeling stretched, reactive, or carrying too much…
You’re not alone.
Most Leadership programmes give you more to think about.
This one helps you solve what’s slowing you and your business down.
Melanie Moorcroft
Director, Business Strategies Ltd
BA (Hons, Economics), BCom (Accounting & Business Economics), MCom (Hons, HR)
About Melanie Moorcroft
We are told – and only need to look around to see for ourselves – that change is the only constant in business. It is also clear that while for some change has happened more quickly and more radically than for others, for everyone the pace of change is increasing all the time. To put it another way – change will never happen more slowly than it does now. Obviously then, managing change, and developing the skills that will help business leaders to anticipate, adjust and be resilient to change is an important focus for business.
Melanie has thirty years’ experience both as an employee, as an academic at tertiary level, and in her own business as an external consultant/ business coach advising and supporting future leaders, businesses, business leaders and their teams in:
- Capability & Leadership Development
- Organisational & Team Culture
- Executive & Team Coaching
- Change Leadership & Management
- Strategy Development & Planning
Aside from this extensive and broad-ranged practical experience Melanie has the academic qualifications across aspects of business, accounting and management, plus she is a certified Myers Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) practitioner and trained LEADR mediator. She has accreditations in a range of assessment processes and tools including the full set of Human Synergistics diagnostics.
[read more]Melanie is also a Master Instructor and Senior Consultant in change management solutions with Prosci, and regularly facilitates/presents in New Zealand and Australia the range of Prosci Change Management programmes, including the internationally recognised three-day Change Management Practitioners Programme – in both public and in-house courses for businesses and government.
In August 2017, after eight years at the University of Auckland, Melanie left her role – as Associate Director of Organisational Development. Her key responsibilities at the University included:
- Design and development of nine different leadership programmes
- Development and delivery of the annual staff Capability Development Programme of 200 workshops attended by approximately 9,000 registrations each year. Including IT workshops.
- Leadership development and support for senior leaders and Academic Heads
- Bi-annual Staff Engagement Survey
- Organisation of 360° assessments and external Executive Coaches for senior leaders
- Delivery of Prosci change management workshops for academic and professional staff; and
- Consulting work for departmental culture and leadership capability initiatives.
Prior to joining the University in 2009 – in her role as director of her company Business Strategies Limited – Melanie worked for 10 years helping large and small organisations in the public and private sectors with business planning and strategy implementation, including the design and implementation of quality management systems and performance frameworks.
She uses her extensive academic and professional networks and knowledge to help leader/managers and teams to improve their effectiveness by using a participative and design-thinking approach.
Melanie has a proven ability to communicate and relate to people from all backgrounds with empathy and authenticity. A lateral, systems-orientated thinker, she can explore strategic issues and translate these into sound plans and workable client-specific operational solutions to manage change.
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Read Melanie’s Book: “Transform your business by being a more effective leader.”
Delivering Value
We deliver value by providing practical strategies and resources to enable your desired outcomes and results.
Evidence-based Methodologies
We use internationally recognised evidence-based methodologies and tools to support initiatives at individual, team and organizational levels.
Collaborative Relationships
We encourage meaningful dialogue, relevant information and involvement to enhance the engagement and commitment of your talented people.
How we Work
As part of Business Strategies, Melanie has collaborated with other leadership experts to form Small Changes, Big Impact. The focus of Small Changes, Big Impact (SCBI) is to inspire and equip business leaders and entrepreneurs with leadership practices and skills that drive business success, personal fulfillment, and community impact.
Visit our website to explore toolkits, coaching, and capability development that supports leaders of small to medium enterprises to lead effectively and live fully.
Great leaders don’t just happen – they evolve.
Is it time for you to reflect on, refocus and optimize your leadership practices?
What’s working, what’s holding you back, and where should you focus your growth efforts?