BUILT FOR WOMEN WHO THINK IN DECADES, NOT JUST QUARTERS
Lead with the executive altitude your role demands.
You’re brilliant. Strategic. But leadership at this level can be isolating. Influence is the only C-suite mastermind that blends strategic execution with inner leadership mastery—led by two former CEOs who’ve coached hundreds to lead with clarity, confidence, and calm.
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You’re the one they turn to. The calm in chaos.
The brain that gets borrowed.
Your calendar? Full. Your brain? Pushed. Your decisions? Never small.
But here’s the thing no one sees:
You’re thinking through every move with zero room to think for yourself.
You’ve outgrown your podcast queue.
You’ve reworked the org chart in your head (again).
You’ve read the leadership books, joined the networking groups, maybe even worked with a coach or two.
Still, as smart as you are, you’re finding that you’re the bottleneck.
After all, you’re the visionary, the integrator, the crisis clean-up crew.
And you’re starting to realise…
Just because you can lead at this level alone doesn’t mean you should.
WHAT’S HAPPENING IS THIS:
You climbed fast. But no one told you leadership
would get quieter the higher you go.
More eyes on you. Less air to breathe.
Your team looks to you.
Your board depends on you.
Your family counts on you.
But who sees you?
You’ve been overfunctioning for everyone but yourself.
You make the calls, hold the line, and keep the culture afloat—while wondering why no one’s holding you.
Your brilliance isn’t the issue.
Your isolation is.
So no wonder the thought creeps in:
"I've trusted my gut this far. Why would I ask for help now?"
You’re strategic. Self-aware. You’ve built something remarkable.
But thinking about the business isn’t the same as thinking at the level it demands.
And being the decision-maker doesn’t mean you don’t deserve a sounding board.
Strategic spaciousness isn’t indulgent. It’s the difference between sustaining your success and white-knuckling your way through it.
So let’s ask the real question: What do you actually want?
Because we’re guessing what you really crave
isn’t just a bigger team or a cleaner org chart.
It’s not another high-stakes decision that only you can make.
You want space.
You want stillness.
You want strength—without the emotional cost.
- 🧭 To trust yourself again—fully—without overthinking every decision
- ⛅️ To finally exhale, knowing you don’t have to hold it all alone
- ✨ To lead with clarity—not second-guessing, emotional whiplash, or “too much” energy
It’s about leading like the version of you who’s already arrived—
and having the support to stay there.
Because when you finally feel seen, sharpened, and supported?
That’s when influence multiplies.
WHAT’S HAPPENING IS THIS:
Only 1 in 4 C-suite roles are held by women. And women in those seats are 15–20% more likely to step down than men.
Why? Because most of them got there by overworking, overachieving, and overextending.
Coaching helps rewire the success strategy—so they can lead with clarity, not just cope with chaos.
But because at this level, leadership costs more than anyone admits … and it's lonely at the top.
Here’s another way to think about it—
Would Serena Williams go into a Grand Slam without a coach?
You know the answer. And it’s not because she’s lacking—because she’s elite.
Elite players don’t need a coach to function.
Elite players choose a coach to win.
Same here.
High-performance c-suite leaders don’t reach for coaching because they’re lost.
They do it to optimise. To stay sharp when the stakes are highest.
The problem with most leadership support?
Most coaching slaps on tactics or mindset reframes.
It treats symptoms instead of solving for the system.
But at this level? You don’t need hype. You don’t need another strategy session, self-help book, or advice circle with people who don’t sit where you sit.
You need a pressure-tested container that strengthens the four make-or-break domains of a high-performance exec.
You need harmony between four core competencies:
🧭 Inner Leadership
The ability to regulate yourself, hold conviction in uncertain moments, and lead with emotional clarity—especially when no one’s clapping.
This is how you become your own trusted source.
📈 Strategic Execution
You don’t have a time problem. You have a prioritisation gap. Influence helps you cut through complexity and execute with elegant precision.
This is how you make sharper decisions—faster.
🗣️ Influential Communication
The way you communicate drives culture, clarity, and confidence. Here, we’ll fine-tune how you command a room, navigate conflict, and cast vision that moves people.
This is how you expand your leadership without adding more to your plate.
🧠 Peer Intelligence
You weren’t meant to build in a vacuum.
You’ll work alongside vetted peers who think like you do—and want to get better.
Not louder.
This is where you calibrate in real time, not in hindsight.
It’s what we’ve called The Influence Framework—honed by two experienced CEOs, pressure-tested inside boardrooms and taught to dozens of scaling businesses.
Because you don’t need more content. You need a leadership environment designed for where you’re actually headed.
This is the architecture that helps top-tier leaders go from overfunctioning in every direction … to operating from deep, grounded authority.
It’s not just coaching.
It’s the scaffolding that makes your next level sustainable.
That’s exactly why we created Influence.
A 6-month strategic mastermind for senior-level women carrying the full weight of leadership—and are ready to step into the clarity, confidence, and calibrated leadership their role demands.
You don’t need another DIY leadership course or networking circle.
You need strategic pattern interruption, curated counsel, and a trusted executive recalibration system that keeps pace with your thinking.
It’s time to stop doing everything—
and start doing fewer things better … with great influence.
Because when you’re the one everyone turns to, you deserve a place to turn, too.
Inside Influence, you’ll:
- 🧭 Refine your strategy with our Influence Framework™—the 4-pillar method that aligns your Inner Leadership, Strategic Execution, Influential Communication, and Peer Intelligence.
- 🧠 Calibrate decisions in real-time with Melissa, Kelli, and your cohort—so you have a sounding board to pressure test thinking.
- 🤝 Step into a high-trust circle of women who lead with authenticity. No posturing. No masks. Just clarity, support, and strategic elevation.
What You Get Inside Influence:
You’re not buying content. You’re enrolling in a high-performance leadership program engineered for senior women leaders—one that delivers the exact blend of feedback, frameworks, and executive perspective you need to make confident, CEO-level decisions without isolation or overwhelm.
Here’s what’s included:
01
Immediate Access to the Circle
You’ll …
- Get immediate access to your circle at program kick-off.
- Pre-load your calendar with all sessions so it’s protected before life fills it.
- Receive the Personal Success Architecture to start triaging priorities now.
02
1:1 Access to Executive Coaches (Melissa + Kelli)
You’re not left to "wait for the next call"—real leaders need real-time, ongoing access and input.
You’ll enjoy …
- Private DMs for midweek moments, wins, or messes.
- Monthly 1:1 coaching calls, tailored to holistically support your personal leadership goals. Expect decision clarity, steady momentum, and expert mentorship.
- Asynchronous feedback for quick calibration on strategic docs, decks, or high-stakes dilemmas that can’t wait.
03
Cohort Mastermind Calls
Monthly 120-minute sessions engineered for pressure-testing, not posturing.
You’ll get access to …
- Strategic intensives (120 minutes monthly), to get you applied frameworks that translate complex leadership challenges into executable strategies—no fluff, just traction.
- Live peer consulting and real-time decision support from fellow CEOs and senior leaders—workshop real issues, not hypotheticals.
- Between-session implementation & accountability, with tight follow-up cycles to ensure insights become action—and that action moves the needle.
- Expert-curated prep materials, like pre-session videos, tools, and articles to prime your thinking—so every session hits the ground running.
- Optional “Board of Brains” partner pairing, if you’d like to opt into a thinking partnership for deeper perspective, sharper ideas, and built-in accountability.
04
Leadership Framework Toolkit
Because a great idea is useless if you can’t operationalise it. Practical models (like the Business Model Canvas & Leadership Puzzle) you can reuse with your team, making you not just a stronger leader, but a multiplier for your organisation.
You’ll get access to …
- CEO Rhythms Template to rebuild your week for clarity + control.
- The Organisational Productivity Scorecard, to get a clear, year-on-year read on where your team's productivity stands—plus the levers you can pull to improve it.
- The Stakeholder Intelligence Framework—you’ll lead sharper conversations with a strategic tool designed to surface blind spots, mitigate risks, and uncover hidden opportunities across your business.
5
Guest Expert Intensives
Expand your lens with minds outside your echo chamber—listen in as former high-profile experts share their brilliance.
You’ll …
- Hear from futurists, health coaches, strategists, and high-profile CEOs.
- Learn tools and insights that apply across industries—so you can apply insights that will give you an edge.
- Stay on the edge of what’s next in leadership, culture, and systems design.
06
End-of-Program Strategy Roadmap & Resource Library Access
Leave with a 6–12 month roadmap, distilled from your one-on-one coaching and group work — not just inspiration, but a concrete leadership plan.
You’ll get …
- Your custom 6–12 month roadmap, co-created with Melissa + Kelli.
- Your CEO Influence Plan, a personalised, executive-level strategy that helps you articulate your leadership value, identify game-changing moves to stay ahead of disruption, define 3 critical initiatives that drive long-term impact, and map your continued growth—aligned to your own definition of success in both business and life.
- Feedback on your personalised roadmap from a group of talented executives invested in your success who get you and your business.
- Access to all online materials for 6 months after the program—and downloadable actuals, so you can use them forever.
07
Influence Alumni Connection
Stay plugged into the Influence network even after your 6 months are up. Graduates often become long-term allies, collaborators, or even board-level advocates.
You’ll get…
- Ongoing access to private alumni events + invites to select guest sessions.
- Long-term relationships that evolve into true peer advisory.
Because Influence was built for women like you—
Women who lead with vision, but crave a space where they don’t have to filter,
put on a facade, or carry the weight without a sounding board.
And once you’re in the room?
There’s no going back.
Six Months inside an Influence Coaching Cohort:
HERE’S EXACTLY WHAT WE’LL FOCUS ON—MONTH BY MONTH.
✅ Month 1
- Innovation Unlocked
Transform insight into strategy.
✔ Diagnose what’s working and what’s not using proven tools like the Business Model Canvas
✔ Turn observations into leverage points for growth, culture, and team clarity
✔ Position your company for smart adaptation in a fast-moving market
✅ Month 2
- Precision Focus
Where attention goes, strategy follows.
✔ Zoom in on the one priority that creates a domino effect on everything else
✔ Clarify what you should be doing vs. what you’re tolerating
✔ Set a quarterly vision that your team can actually act on
✅ Month 3
- Productivity Powerhouse
Fix the operational leaks.
✔ Identify the real drivers of drag inside your org (it's not what you think)
✔ Spot friction patterns in meetings, metrics, and morale
✔ Create execution rhythms that work—without working you into the ground
✅ Month 4
- World-Class Leadership
Multiply your executive impact.
✔ Audit your leadership style against best-in-class models (no fluff, just frameworks)
✔ Learn how to delegate without abdicating
✔ Activate your exec team as true decision-makers, not just doers
✅ Month 5
- Aligned Vision
Rally your team around what matters.
✔ Build buy-in around the 3–5 priorities that will move the needle
✔ Elevate team accountability without micromanaging
✔ Create a culture where ownership and initiative thrive
✅ Month 6
- The External Advantage
Make decisions like a market-savvy CEO.
✔ Turn customer, investor, and board feedback into competitive intel
✔ Master the art of external communication that builds trust and authority
✔ Leave with a calibrated 6–12 month roadmap based on your unique leadership blueprint
UNLOCK THESE BONUSES WHEN YOU JOIN NOW
Let’s Sweeten the Deal: Here’s What Else You’re Getting
[For all sign-ups by 30th October Enrolment Period]
Strategic Blindspot Checker
12 Monthly CEO Reality Checks to Spot What Others Miss
Your competitive edge doesn’t come from what you know internally—it’s what you catch externally that others overlook. Each month, you’ll explore a new external intel source to pressure-test assumptions and reveal market realities your team might not see coming.
CEO Productivity Leak Test
A 45-Minute Diagnostic to Quantify What’s Quietly Draining Your Capacity
Your biggest liability isn’t what’s broken—it’s what’s invisibly draining your time, energy, and impact. This assessment reveals the true cost of misaligned CEO priorities, unproductive meetings, and organisational drag—and pinpoints the highest-leverage shifts to recover strategic bandwidth.
The Executive Delegation Gap
A 90-Minute Diagnostic on the Strategic Work You're Trading Away for Tactical Control
The work you're still holding onto is costing you strategic capacity. This diagnostic reveals where you're leaking leadership bandwidth and gives you the framework to delegate ownership—reclaiming 10-15 hours per week for work only you can do.
Includes: The 5-step CLEAR Method for executive-level delegation + immediate implementation guidance
All this... PLUS a bonus exec strategy session with Melissa (value $1800)
Here’s how you’ll transform how you lead inside Influence—
During your 6 months inside our 4 pillars and integrated coaching, you’ll fully work through The Executive Altitude Method:
01 | Step Out of the Noise
Clear the mental clutter that’s
clouding your leadership.
You’ll slow down, pause, and get strategic—mapping the real challenges on your plate and cutting through the distractions. From day one, you get a safe sounding board and external intelligence that helps you see the forest, not just the trees.
02 | Calibrate Your Leadership Identity
Rewire how you show up at the top.
Through frameworks, personal operating systems, reflections, and self care you will optimise your leadership reputation and brand, values and effectiveness to maximise your cut through and impact. No more second-guessing or worrying desired outcomes will take years to develop.
03 | Lead at Executive Altitude
Operate with clarity and confidence at the level you’ve earned.
With performance optimisation tools, tailored feedback, and Melissa’s trusted methodology, you’ll learn to navigate high-stakes decisions with ease, reclaim spaciousness in your schedule, and influence with conviction—so your organisation (and your life) scales sustainably.
Welcome to life at executive altitude: sharper decisions, a stronger identity, and the freedom to lead without carrying it all alone.
I'M READY TO INFLUENCE: APPLY NOWFrom the CEOs themselves...
“The insights shared by Melissa and Kelli, who have CEO experience themselves, were particularly valuable in unlocking the specific actions and mindsets required in the role of CEO."
- Elise
"INFLUENCE gave me an easy-to-use framework for organising information and creating concise summaries tailored to different audiences—something I could keep on a one-pager for quick reference.
The biggest win was the consistency it brought to my messaging and team communication, plus sharpening my storytelling skills to better frame my professional narrative. This helped me elevate beyond day-to-day tasks into higher-level strategic thinking. If you're dealing with imposter syndrome—especially as a woman at any career stage—this program's strategic tools and supportive structure are a game-changer. It's an essential investment in yourself, but only if you're ready to commit the effort."
- Tara B
"Starting my business from scratch with no formal education, I had no clue how to actually be a CEO—I was self-taught and lacked any real structure. INFLUENCE changed that: Melissa's course taught me a framework to analyse any business, break it down into parts, and turn it into a solid plan, no matter the industry.
“It hit hard on personal balance too—reminding me I need to be okay myself to lead effectively—and revealed the 'frightening' financial cost of wasting CEO time on the wrong things. I gleaned exactly what a CEO should (and shouldn't) spend time on, plus broader analysis for smarter decisions. If you're self-funding this and up for the university-style group discussions, it's invaluable. But if your company's paying or you're intimidated by exposing gaps in a cohort, it might not click."
- A Allen
The frameworks around strategic planning and inclusive change management completely transformed how I approached team buy-in. I learned how to ask questions that brought my team into the decision-making process, not just execution. The biggest win was turning strategic planning from something I did to them into something we built together—and my team actually wanted to be part of the decision and outcome. If you're tired of pushing strategy uphill, this gives you the structure to make genuine engagement happen."
- M Webb
So let’s talk about the investment.
Every month you wait, you burn currency you can’t earn back:
→ Time.
→ Energy.
→ Credibility.
Your team pays the price —spinning on 77 initiatives instead of aligning on the 3 that move the needle.
Your board pays the price —becoming a pressure point instead of a strategic lever.
And you pay the price —shouldering it all alone while second-guessing decisions that shouldn’t rest solely on you.
Burnout doesn’t wait politely.
Neither should your next move.
Here’s the hard truth: Inaction compounds. Clarity doesn’t.
You could keep trying to outwork the altitude.
Or…
💼 Six months from now, you could walk into your boardroom confident, calibrated, and clear—with a cohort of executive women at your back, and a roadmap that honors both your vision and your bandwidth.
CHOOSE YOUR EXPERIENCE & FULL SIX MONTHS INSIDE INFLUENCE
Enrolment is now open for our December 9th Cohort. Fast Action closes on October 30th and Applications close on November 19th. Please note seats are limited - by design.
Here’s the truth:
You don’t need another year of whiteboarding.
You don’t need another book club, cohort, or playbook that forgets you’re already at the top.
What you need is a strategic leadership program—
→ where you can think at the altitude your role demands,
→ pressure-test high-stakes moves in real-time,
→ and finally stop second-guessing the decisions no one else can make for you.
Because waiting isn’t neutral.
It costs you traction, team buy-in, and strategic energy.
This is the room for women who are ready for more.
Not eventually. Not “after Q4.”
Now.
APPLY TO INFLUENCETake us up on The Influence Fit Guarantee
Influence isn’t a mass-market leadership course—it’s a high-trust, high-calibre room curated for women operating at the highest levels. Every seat is intentional, and you’ll feel the difference immediately.
Still, if in your first month (after your first group and first individual coaching session), you decide this isn’t the right fit, we’ll release you with no further obligation. No awkwardness, no strings attached.
Because at this altitude, the right fit isn’t optional … it’s essential.
We know exactly what it feels like to sit in the big chair … and still wonder if you're leading it right.
We’re Melissa and Kelli—two former global CEOs who’ve led organisations, sat in the CEO seat, and coached C-suite women across industries. Today, we mentor senior executives for greater influence and impact—because leading as a senior female is different. And that’s a powerful advantage.
We kept seeing the same thing: Brilliant, competent women who had made it—yet still didn’t feel held.
Women we saw were …
- Carrying entire cultures on their back
- Taking meetings they couldn’t afford to zone out in
- Holding everyone else’s emotions while quietly questioning their own decisions
We started Influence because there wasn’t a space that met those women at their level. Not therapy. Not another mastermind full of branding worksheets. But a room that matched their depth and pace—a place for executive women to think, speak, and grow without putting on a corporate mask or pretending to “have it all together.”
What started as a question—
"Why is no one talking about this part of leadership?"—became a framework, then a circle, then a movement.
We built Influence for the kind of woman we’ve been.
And the kind we coach every day.
Because you don’t need to be told how to lead.
You just need a room that can hold your brilliance … and it’d be our honour to have you inside Influence.
FAQS
“I don’t have the time for another commitment—how will I fit this in?”
“I’ve always felt like I should be able to figure this out on my own—how do I know I need coaching?”
“This is expensive. Is this worth the cost?”
“Will I actually fit in here?”
“What if this is just another fluffy leadership program?”
So if you’ve scrolled this far?
Chances are, something hit. A mirror moment.
That quiet knowing: “This is the support I didn’t realise I needed—but now I can’t unsee it.”
And still, you could close this tab.
Tell yourself you’ll figure it out “after Q4,”
after the next hire,
after the next leadership retreat…
But every quarter you delay, your blind spots widen, your energy dips,
and the window for bold bets narrows.
Because the danger isn’t burnout. It’s erosion.
High-functioning women rarely crash.
They “quiet quit.”
Coasting. Competently. Invisibly.
Until the cost of doing it all alone is just too high to ignore.
This isn’t about fixing a leadership gap.
It’s about recognising the leader you already are—
and making sure your calendar, team, and mindset reflect it.
Let’s stop solving this in isolation.
When you join Influence, you don’t just get a coaching program.
You get two executive coaches—Melissa and Kelli—who’ve sat in the big seat, and know exactly what it takes to lead with clarity, without cost. And? You step into a vetted cohort of high-calibre women who think like you do—and aren’t afraid to sharpen one another.
This is the sounding board your current circle can’t give you.
This is the architecture behind sustainable leadership.
This is the room that gets it.
Because here’s the truth:
🧭 You weren’t meant to white-knuckle your way through vision.
🧭 You weren’t meant to carry the emotional labour and the bottom line.
🧭 And you sure as hell weren’t meant to lead without support.
This isn’t about adding more to your plate. It’s about finally clearing the table.
Your clarity call is waiting. Your cohort is forming.
Your next level is ready when you are.
Applications reviewed on a rolling basis. Please note seats are limited—by design.