Hello!
Here’s how I can help…
Facilitation
Facilitating conversations that move people and business forward…
Training team-members to contribute to your business bottom line…
Coaching to invigorate and activate…
Cultivating inclusive Executive Leaders and Teams…
Relationship Brokering
Commission-based B2B sales, especially in the water & environmental sectors.
Commission-based investment support for start-ups.
Fee-based referrals for technical, PM, leadership, and Advisory/Board team members for businesses in STEM fields.
Independent Offerings
Facilitation, Training, Keynotes +
Design Thinking Workshops
Brainstorming Sessions
Leadership Development
Feedback & Communications training for Leaders
Consulting 101 for Technical Professionals (a.k.a. Real Onboarding for engineers & technologists), a corporate offering
Job Hunting Course for Recent Engineering Grads
Facilitating Her Network and the Hard Tech Accelerator at StartingBlock Madison
Lead to Soar
Advisory, Training, Coaching
Inclusive Leadership Training for Senior & Executive Leaders
Holistic Leadership Development and Training for Cohorts of Women (multiple offerings spanning various aspects of Business Intelligence, Emotional Intelligence, Social Intelligence, Communications, Feedback, etc.)
The Lead to Soar Virtual Network for Women
The Lead to Soar Podcast - a free resource
🗓️ Upcoming Events
April 24
Mel facilitating Women in Water Learning Exchange at the AZ Water Association’s Annual Conference
Phoenix, AZ
May 16
Mel facilitating Her Network at StartingBlock | Guest Business Woman: Victoria Thayer
Madison, WI
About Mel…
Bio
Mel Butcher is a Facilitator and Creator with over 15 years of professional experience. Mel speaks and provides training on workplace leadership, engagement, and self-leadership, particularly in AEC/STEM spaces.
Mel is co-President of Lead to Soar, an organization with a mission to close the leadership gender gap using research-backed methods. As part of Lead to Soar, Mel consults directly to organizational leaders on closing the gender leadership gap. She also facilitates courses focused on equipping women with what they most need to advance and earn leadership positions, namely — business, strategic, and financial acumen.
In prior lives, Mel has served as a technical consultant for clients in the US and abroad, providing advisory across leadership, business management, environmental/water risk, and corporate sustainability. Mel holds a BS and MS in Engineering and a BA in Language.