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

Mel Butcher Facilitating in Chicago
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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

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May 16

Mel facilitating Her Network at StartingBlock | Guest Business Woman: Victoria Thayer
Madison, WI

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June 12

Keynote for Dubuque Chamber of Commerce
Dubuque, IA

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June 20

Mel facilitating Her Network at StartingBlock | Guest Business Woman: TBD
Madison, WI

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July 11

Mel facilitating Her Network at StartingBlock | Guest Business Woman: TBD
Madison, WI

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August 15

Mel facilitating Her Network at StartingBlock | Guest Business Woman: TBD
Madison, WI

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About Mel…

Bio

Headshot of Mel Butcher

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.