Melanie Beirne
Coach list: People and thought leaders
Email: melanie@wsfnz.co.nz
Phone: 021 388 687
Website: womenstepforward.co.nz
Location: Porirua, Wellington
Face to face delivery: Locations without disbursements: Greater Wellington region
Virtual delivery: Zoom
Melanie is passionate about equipping the next generation of women leaders to succeed and is driven to ensure women take part in leadership and their voices are heard. She is a Gallup-Certified Strengths leadership coach and founder of Women Step Forward - Wāhine Mā Rere Ki Runga, a platform designed to empower and prepare women with the confidence and expertise to become high-performing leaders no matter what job title they hold.
Melanie has significant experience helping women kick imposter syndrome to the kerb, address limiting self-beliefs, and empower women who have experienced immense transformation, including taking on more significant leadership roles. She runs women-only leadership workouts and programmes, including a Career Navigation Programme and Know Your Value: Mastering Negotiation for Women.
She started her career as a young women people leader and has 25 years’ of leadership experience advising and delivering to chief executives and senior leaders in the public service.
Melanie’s experience spans both New Zealand and the United Kingdom. She is both Pākehā and Māori descent (Ngāi Tahu) and a mother of two young daughters.
Note Melanie is a Leadership Development Centre (LDC) facilitator for leadership programmes across the public service and was accredited in LSP 360 in 2019.