Lead Through Uncertainty
Fuel it with Hope.
Deliver Results.
I spent two decades at BBC News in war zones and disaster zones, being with people on the hardest days of their lives. I learned something counterintuitive. Proximity to chaos can grow optimism. Not the naïve kind. The strategic kind.
Today I tell stories that show leaders and teams how to see in the dark, act with accidental bravery, and turn fear into forward motion. Walk away with a practical system for when the stakes are high, and the confidence to step forward when the path is unclear.
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Kind Words
from clients and colleagues
As a speaker -
...Mel is a uniquely entertaining and engaging communicator, bringing a warm and playful energy to any environment she steps into.
Both emotionally and intellectually sharp, she’s able to tailor her sessions in-the-moment to whoever she has in the room, capturing imaginations, easing fears, and leaving her participants feeling lighter, clearer, and more confident to tackle whatever lies ahead.
Natasha Stanley,
Head Coach/Experience Designer, Careershifters
As a coach -
Every session with Mel is uplifting and perspective-shifting. She brings compassion, creativity, deep presence, and humor to every interaction and has helped me to become clearer about my truest needs and desires, as well as how to live into them.
Lisa J.,
On Wild Ground
As a filmmaker -
Melanie Marshall is one of the most talented filmmakers I have ever worked with.
Melanie has a terrific eye for a great story, how to structure it, tell it. She has very clear and creative ideas and pursues them with passion and resolve. She also has a wonderful commitment to the quirky and humorous too.
As one of our best camera persons put it “she has that rare skill to have the entire film already worked out in her head."
Lyse Doucet,
Chief International Correspondent, BBC News