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Coaching business leaders to achieve authentic, mindful and empowering leadership to drive personal, team and organisational success.
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"A leader is anyone who takes responsibility for finding the potential in people and processes, and who has the courage to develop that potential". - Brene Brown
What it takes to be a great leader - Rosalinde Torres
"the quality of the conversation drives the impact. At the moment of contact, conversations have the power to transform our lives" - Judith E. Glaser
Conversational Intelligence: How great leaders build trust, and achieve extraordinary leadership success - Judith E. Glaser
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Leadership Intelligence

Melanie Gowlland is the driving force behind Leadership Intelligence. Her business career background and exposure to leadership and management across many industry sectors in the banking & finance industry, prior to her career as a leadership specialist, has given her a passion for executive coaching and a keen understanding of leadership development within organisations. Her experience over the last 20 years as Executive Coach, Facilitator and most recently Coach Supervisor has provided her with over 5,000 hours of face to face interactions with many diverse organisational leaders. Over this time, she has utilised her considerable experience and expertise to assist executives in realising their career goals, to broaden individual leadership capabilities and to become high performance leaders in their chosen field. With every engagement, Melanie strives to help build clarity, to understand and motivate, and to create real hope and energy for greater performance and results. This focus resonates through every interaction with leaders and their teams.
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What Clients Say

  • “Melanie is highly professional, engaging and has the expertise to ensure all participants are engaged, contribute and get what they need in group leadership development. Melanie has the ability to tailor her programs and services to meet the needs of participants and the business.“
    ​​General Manager, Governance, Change and Culture
  • “I engaged Melanie Gowlland for coaching at a time I moved from a middle management to senior leadership position as part of the Executive Leadership Team. My requirement at the time was support transitioning into a more demanding and strategic role whilst not giving more of myself as I was already burning out. I was personally challenged to let go of supporting people in my team in a very time consuming manner and wanted to enable them to thrive with less of my time investment. I also wanted to focus on how to be an effective influencer in the more senior position given my role was change oriented. I chose Melanie, as she is a subtle but effective challenger and exactly the style that worked for me. Melanie and I would have deep intellectual discussions on the psychology of working relationships, my preferences and habits and bringing to the surface my intrinsic motivators and default behaviours. Bringing self-awareness on my actual behaviours verse ideal behaviours, Melanie was an incredible support over this transition. Melanie held me to account yet gave me the room to explore new ideas independently. In my own coaching and mentoring role I have shared many of the insights that Melanie brought during our coaching relationship. I would not hesitate in recommending Melanie to any leader or organisation that is seeking a highly respected and experienced coach.”
    Managing Director of a new design business, formerly Director Customer Experience & Innovation
  • “Melanie has helped me to understand what I do best and what I enjoy most and how I combine these to ensure the best results for the firm and for me personally. Melanie has also been able to act as an effective feedback mechanism and provide the perspective that can be difficult to get when management are in a different time zone. As a result of this coaching I believe I am more of an effective leader for the team in Australia and for my colleagues at head office in the USA and that my transition has enabled me to get to a point today where I can focus on getting results.”
    CEO of global finance group
  • “Have had the pleasure of working with Melanie for 4 months following my executive appointment to a Country Head role. In getting to know me, Melanie has shown a tremendous ability to observe, listen and quickly understand situations and then provide both an in-depth experience and valuable techniques to manage and develop myself in very different and sometimes complex leadership and people management situation scenarios. She gives clear and thought provoking feedback, which has built my confidence and allowed me to test myself and grow as a leader. This, in such a short period of time.”
    Country Head, international bank
  • “Just wanted to share some news Melanie, – I have just been promoted to Head of Finance Office & Logistics. I think that the work we did together over the last 18 months played a big part in giving me confidence and tools to improve my leadership skills and move forward in my career. I’d like to take this opportunity to say thank you again.”
    Senior Executive
  • “As a professional coach it is imperative for me to be around a strong coaching support network to be the best coach I can be. Melanie’s coaching supervision is an invaluable part of this support system. Melanie has the ability to deftly balance an energised and empowered style with kindness, empathy and humour. This combination really hit the mark for me, helping me stretch my thinking as a coach in a safe environment, thus deepening my coaching practice through the experience.”
    Executive Coach and Leadership Expert, ICF qualified PCC

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Melanie's focus first on client's self leadership builds clarity, to understand and motivate, and creates real hope and energy for greater performance and results. This approach fuels real leadership direction and change with all leaders and their teams. The whole organisation benefits from this laser focus on self and individual clarity and understanding.
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