We help bring more ease, effectiveness, and enjoyment to work and life
unlocking your organization’s potential for performance, development, and growth
Are you a business owner or executive looking for more
EASE, EFFECTIVENESS, and ENJOYMENT?
We love helping people develop the thinking, skills, habits, and structures that support both people and performance to THRIVE.
We work with organizations that aspire to:
Reduce stress, conflict, and firefighting
Lead change more easily and effectively
Remove hidden barriers to performance and growth
Build a leadership system that supports success
Curious about our THRIVE Business Owner Experience?
The Reality Organizations Face
Organizations often hit an invisible ceiling where:
• Firefighting, conflict, and stress get in the way of results
• Improvement and change efforts are met with resistance and stall
• Leaders stay tangled in the day-to-day
• Performance is falling short of what’s possible
• Growth and development become limited — often without anyone realizing it
Some accept stress and resistance as the norm. Others try common fixes — training, software, trying harder — that treat the symptoms, not the actual barriers, so the problems persist and grow.
What We Do
We help organizations uncover and address the hidden human and systemic barriers that limit them, allowing them to break through the invisible ceiling and achieve results they didn’t realize were possible.
We work as a trusted thought partner and development guide, supporting organizations to build the thinking, skills, habits, and structures that help people and performance thrive.
We don’t just solve today’s problems for you. We help build your organization’s capability to uncover and address root causes on its own — paving the way for ongoing growth, development, and improved performance.
Together, We Close the Organizational Effectiveness GapTM
— the space between what an organization could achieve and what it currently does
Moving from:
Firefighting, problems, and stress that drain results
to focus, collaboration, and solutions that drive results
Change efforts that meet resistance and stall
to changes that take hold and stick
Leaders bottlenecked in the day-to-day
to leaders leading, with teams trusted to deliver
Performance falling short of its potential
to performance that reaches what’s possible
Growth and development quietly limited
to growth and development with more ease, effectiveness, and enjoyment
Why We Do This Work
We Know There’s a Better Way
— that work and life can genuinely be easier, more effective, and more enjoyable. That even when it’s great, it can be greater.
It troubles us to see how much time, energy, and money organizations pour into ineffective solutions that keep them stuck, leave people stressed, and limit what they could become.
Our aim is simple: workplaces where both people and performance thrive — as the norm, not the exception.
What Makes Us Unique
We only work with owners and executive leaders that are reflective, growth-minded, and committed to continuous improvement — those seeking more effective ways to achieve their vision and a highly effective combination of challenge and support.
Every engagement starts with THRIVE: A Leadership Journey, our proven program that helps leaders replace the patterns that create friction and stress with practices that build trust, alignment, and accountability — and make leading change easier, more effective, and more enjoyable.
Melanie Taylor brings an unusual mix to this work: an engineering education, organizational development expertise, and lived experience as a leader and business owner. It’s what lets us help leaders see past the surface symptoms, find the root causes others miss, and make change that lasts.
LEARN MOREOur Process: From First Conversation to Lasting Change
Real change is built together. Here’s how we move from your current reality to the results you’re after:
INITIAL DISCOVERY (NO COST)
We begin with a series of conversations to build a clear, shared understanding of the current situation — exploring strengths, challenges, and desired outcomes — captured in a Discovery Report.
If we both see a good fit and a way we can provide value, we co-create a Working Agreement that defines the methodology, the path forward, and the investment required to deliver results — so we move ahead with genuine alignment, not assumptions.
PHASE 1 – THRIVE: A LEADERSHIP JOURNEY
We first work with the organization’s most senior leaders to develop the mindset, skillset, and habits that support a strong leadership and organizational system, applying the learning directly to real-time challenges and developing ideas, observations, and objectives to take into Phase 2.
We offer private, in-house THRIVE programs and our THRIVE Experiences for owners and executive leaders.
PHASE 2 – ORGANIZATIONAL EFFECTIVENESS PLANNING AND EXECUTION
We use the learning and development from Phase 1 to determine, together, what comes next. It may be data collection, strategic planning, change initiatives, developing the next level of leaders, advisory support, coordinating with other specialists as needed, or something else.
learn more about our servicesAre you an owner or executive who wants more ease, effectiveness, and enjoyment?
Our THRIVE Experiences offer a powerful first step in transforming how your organization thinks, works, and grows.
Rooted in systems thinking, behavioural science, and leadership practices that meet today’s challenges, these peer-based conversational learning programs help you reshape systems and lead change with greater clarity while gaining insights from like-minded peers.
Prefer a private, in-house experience for your senior team? That’s an option too.
The THRIVE Business Owner Experience
For owners of small to medium-sized businesses who want to establish the thinking, structures, and leadership practices that take their business to the next level of success.
learn more about the Business Owner ExperienceThe THRIVE CEO Experience
For improvement-driven Presidents and CEOs who want to increase strategic ease, reduce friction and frustration, and unlock the potential that lies within their organization.
learn more about the CEO ExperienceThe THRIVE Municipal CAO Experience
For Chief Administrative Officers and City Managers who want to strengthen alignment, improve organizational systems, and build culture with greater clarity, connection, and impact.
learn more about the CAO ExperienceWhat Our Clients are Saying:
Melanie understood our operations and naturally connected leadership concepts to the realities of our business. Her insights were never generic, they were tailored to who we are and how we work, which made it easy to apply what we learned right away.
We’ve seen major improvements in our ability to lead and implement change effectively.
Kevin Hucker
Co-Owner – Hucker Floor Coverings
Melanie has helped us to gain clarity about what we want for and from our business.
Our regular conversations help us think through challenges, hold ourselves accountable, and grow ourselves, our team, and our company in a direction we feel really positive about.
Carollyn and Matt Currie
Owners – Bath Fitter London, Sarnia & Windsor
A few months after completing the THRIVE program, it’s evident that our shared learning and discussions about organizational effectiveness have made a lasting impact.
“THRIVE” has seamlessly become part of our vocabulary and culture. We continue to work with Melanie as a valued partner in cultivating and sustaining a culture that supports us in achieving our ambitious goals.
Jeff Hansen
President and CEO – Canduct Group
THRIVE: A Leadership Journey has been life-changing, positively impacting both my work and home life.
I gained new awareness, and I began seeing blind spots, problems arising because of system breakdowns, people struggling, etc. I could apply what I had learned, being empathetic and asking questions to understand what is going on and find the root cause. It has led to some great conversations with my team and an eagerness for people to contribute to making improvements.
Andrew Kaikkonen
Co-Owner – atWork Office Furniture
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LET’S TALKHave an HR / OD Manager or Team?
We help your HR and Organizational Development teams move from transactional to transformational work. Through our unique program, we instill an organizational development mindset in your leaders, making it easier for your HR and OD teams to create, implement, and support initiatives that elevate human capability, well-being, and performance.
