What people
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Client testimonials
“As the leader of our enterprise leadership development activities, part of my responsibility is discovering, evaluating, and partnering with external coaches to support our business. In this way, I have had the privilege of working with Melissa Stack for several years. What sets Melissa apart is a combination of her strong relationship building, thoughtful insight, in her ability to translate strategic intent into tactical actions and recommendations. She is easy to work with and her numerous coaching clients here comment on her ability to understand them as a person and challenge them towards success. I would highly recommend leveraging Melissa for her expertise in leadership development, organizational development, and coaching—we certainly will continue to do so."
Kris Nunn, Director of Leadership Development
Asurion
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"As the Chief Human Resources Officer at Supply Source Enterprises, I was tasked with creating and implementing a Performance Management program for the organization. As a part of the work, my team and I had to create several manager training sessions to teach our leaders how to use the performance management process correctly. I hired Melissa Stack at Beacon Hill Training to create the performance management leadership training for my organization. It was a true joy to work with Melissa. She spent a couple of sessions meeting with me and my team to get a full understanding of our training needs, and checked in multiple times during the process to make sure that she was on track. Not only was the process managed wonderfully, on-budget and delivered on time, but the quality of the customized training was excellent. Melissa facilitated a session with our executive team, including the CEO, and the feedback was outstanding. Finally, Melissa also took the time to work directly with my team to train them on how to effectively facilitate the learning sessions. Melissa’s ability to quickly understand our business and our leadership needs is second to none.
Sharling Grummon, Chief Human Resources Officer
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"Melissa came highly recommended by a colleague of hers and now I know why. Although we partnered with her on short notice, she was very well prepared and enthusiastically commanded our group mixed with volunteers and executive-level professionals. She took our board to the next level as she facilitated us through strategic planning and identifying our priorities as we kick off a new year of work. I plan to call on her for future facilitation opportunities and would recommend her to lead any group."
Leigh Williams, Director of Development,
Williamson Medical Center Foundation
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“Melissa supported Unite Us' first official leadership offsite meetings and was able to easily understand our complex business, rapid growth and proactive team needs to build a custom program, leveraging her experience that worked best for us. The team was taken through an interactive, organized and solutions-driven program that allowed our team to discuss business items open and honestly while making decisions. Unite Us strongly recommends Melissa and Beaconhill if you are looking for a dynamic and custom approach to your team needs! We look forward to future sessions!“
Kelly Binder, Chief of Staff,
Unite Us
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“Melissa designed and delivered programming for us for the first time and in a virtual setting no less. Throughout the design process, Melissa checked and asked for feedback to insure that her work met our requirements and expectations. She is a great facilitator as she incorporated tools like polling and chat function in Zoom to engage and interact with participants. Moreover, she has amazing patience with participants giving them enough “silence or pause” to process information and respond to questions which is more challenging to do when facilitating virtually. Her overall openness to feedback and willingness to incorporate our “customer voice” certainly made it easy and a pleasure to partner and work with. I highly recommend Melissa.“
Emiko Baldwin, Senior Manager,
Leadership Development Program Vanderbilt University
Partner testimonials
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“I have had the pleasure of partnering with Melissa for the past eight years. Melissa is the consummate professional and leverages her deep and broad expertise to design impactful solutions for her clients. Leadership programs, Career Development, Vision and Mission alignment and Executive Coaching are
just a few of her strengths. Any company would benefit from Melissa’s impactful and influential partnership.”
Lisa Gaither, Director, Human Resources—Asurion
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“I’ve had the opportunity to work with Melissa in several capacities over the years, and I have the upmost respect for her both as a person and as a consummate organizational development professional. She knows her stuff – she is always thinking ahead and learning, with an eye towards emerging trends and
novel applications of core leadership principles. I trust Melissa to always provide sound advice, I highly value her opinion and perspective—she’s not afraid to share a differing viewpoint and often causes me to reconsider my own thinking. She never loses sight of the big picture and knows how to guide teams effectively to accomplish the overall goal. She is also very practical in her approach and knows at the end of the day, getting results is what matters. As a coach, she brings out the best in others and helps them succeed by recognizing and realizing their potential.“
Paul Terry, Leadership & Career Development Coach
and Consultant, Paul Terry Consulting Group
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“I had the pleasure of working with Melissa Stack while I was the HR Manager at Heidelberg Web Systems in Dover, NH. By far, she is the best HR professional I have ever worked with. If your organization is looking for assistance in the areas of Learning and Development, Team Effectiveness or Coaching, I recommend you contact Melissa Stack.“
Ken Treece, Attorney & E-Discovery Specialist,
Warner Norcross & Judd
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“I have worked with Melissa Stack for over 6 years in the Organizational Development and Training space as part of the Human Resources function. I can only speak highly of Melissa. Melissa is an excellent facilitator, coach and just a great person to work with. Melissa listens and always ask for feedback to
improve herself. Melissa is also one of the best people I know at giving feedback, both positive & constructive. Melissa has helped me professionally as a trainer and coach. Melissa will be an asset to any business that works with her.“
Todd Stevens, Director, Leadership & Development, Asurion-Asia
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“I have been fortunate enough to have worked directly for Melissa for several years in a high stress environment. During that time, she was the Senior Leader that everyone would go to for guidance and moral support to help us deal with the challenges we were confronted with. Her knowledge, compassion and human instinct to do the right thing has made her one of the most amazing leaders,
mentor and most importantly a lifelong friend. She challenges you in every aspect to make you the best person and leader you can be. I highly recommend Melissa to any business that uses her skillset to develop their employees, not only to be better employees, but to be better human beings.“
Casey Campbell, Human Resources Manager,
City of North Kansas City
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COACHEE testimonials
“I worked with Melissa on two separate occasions over the last 5 years. Both times she helped me develop a clear action plan, set concrete goals, discover my unique (attributable) strengths and determine what I wanted out of the next phase of my career/life. Melissa is a true pleasure to work with. She is extremely knowledgeable, is always prepared and ensures each engagement is highly productive. I found tremendous value in her approach and she really enabled me to get the most out of our sessions. Melissa is passionate and kind and I really enjoy talking to her. She clearly loves the work she does and brings nothing but professionalism to her craft. I can only say positive things about Melissa and personally recommend her.“
SVP, Head of Media
​Multinational Transportation Company
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“I had the pleasure of working with Melissa for a 4-month coaching engagement. Melissa was great about setting the tone and structure for the engagement and to ensure we had clear goals for the time we spent together. She was quick to add value by asking insightful questions and helping me to think through options and alternatives to current methods of thinking. I found Melissa’s style to be friendly, welcoming of discussions and supportive of new ideas. She was a valuable resource to me and I highly recommend her for future coaching engagements.“
Sr. Director, Human Resources
Global Technology Company
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“Melissa is my first professional coach in my career spanning 21 years. After coaching with her for over 8 months, I can now proudly say that Melissa had a mighty impact and a 180 degree shift on my professional/personal attitude and general perspective. The way she drives the coaching sessions are inspirational as she can clearly articulate your weakness and strengths and then drive the conversations to achieve the desired result, in this case ‘a clear mind”. I always walk away from her sessions with a crystal clear mind and concrete objectives. I now have clear personal and professional goals set that defines me as next generation leader and a better human. Her coaching sessions are always inspiring, reliving, insightful and refreshing as she carries tons of experience coming across various mentees. The best part of these sessions were that you end up taking your own decisions after she guides you with a clear path. I have come to regard Melissa as an invaluable friend and individual. Thank You Melissa.“
Senior Director, Asurion APAC Technology
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“Melissa’s business experience and warm coaching style has brought me on a self-discovery journey. Right from the start, we were able to build a trusting relationship which enabled me to provide an open and honest assessment of my strengths and weaknesses, which in turn made me a better leader. Melissa has an effective, natural way of guiding you to your answers through her open questions. As a result, I developed a sharper focus on my situational leadership style and have become a better listener. I highly recommend Melissa for her personalized coaching and effective mentoring skills, which have benefited me both personally and professionally.“
Finance Director, Asurion
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“From a coachee perspective, Melissa has been very helpful in assisting me define goals for my future career development. She has been particularly helpful in identifying opportunities to grow in my current environment that will serve me well in the future. If you need assistance defining your career path I'd highly recommend talking with Melissa.“
john, Coachee