Canopy Strategies
For CEOs, Founders, and Leaders who believe talent is the key to organizational impact.
Improving your competitive advantage by building confidence and achieving clarity.
You know that your competitive advantage is tied to people and leadership. Talent is what defines and differentiates your sales, your innovations, your customer service, and your bottom line. It is an absolute priority that:
Your team has the right people on it.
You are getting the best out of each of those people individually.
You’ve created an environment that makes those people want to stay and do their best work.
If you can’t confidently state that you have these locked in, it’s time to zoom out and map a new course. Though your organization’s day-to-day needs are critical, this strategic work will make or break your organization’s growth and impact.
Canopy Strategies is here to make that possible.
Offerings
In any engagement with Canopy Strategies, we supply expertise in
leadership coaching,
HR advisory, and
talent strategies.
Our offerings tailor these skills to a one-on-one or group setting.
1:1 Support
The Compass Solution
Group Support
Founded by Melissa Carson
After more than 20 years working in corporate HR, Melissa Carson noticed a pattern:
Intentional leadership and powerful people strategies made a business stronger from top to bottom
Leadership focused on how it's always been done and not optimizing for employee strengths led to poor employee experiences—and missed opportunities
Melissa founded Canopy Strategies because she knows how to help business owners and leaders like you orient yourself and your organization around better people strategies.
Melissa helps clients zoom out above the canopy to clearly see where they want to go and the best way to get there. That clarity of vision allows for focused action, increased confidence, and organizational gains.
By increasing your clarity and confidence as a leader, we’ll close the gap between you and the competitive advantage you need.
Melissa delivers specific and practical leadership strategies that help you overcome sticking points and growing pains. She tailors everything to your and your organization’s particular goals, intentions, and style, so that the changes you make will really stick.
What Clients Are Saying
“Melissa was engaged to conduct a talent and culture review for a medium-sized (< 50 people) global non-profit. She worked with leadership to develop a project approach, led the review process using a number of engagement techniques including surveys, focus group discussions, and 1:1 interviews, and analyzed the findings for leadership consideration. At the end of the project, she facilitated a Board-level workshop to develop recommendations for how to evolve the NPO’s talent and culture strategy.
One of Melissa’s key strengths for this project was her ability to quickly take the pulse of the organization and adapt an approach that was appropriate to how the team had previously operated while respecting the mood of the team. In a matter of weeks, she emerged as a trusted advisor to NPO leadership on how to handle individual and group dynamics. Her insights into how to engage the Board were particularly helpful as we sought to bring the Board more directly into the conversation about how talent and culture strategy affect the future of the NPO.”
— Global Non-Profit Board Member