As an executive coach, Melissa Eisler partners with senior leaders to develop their systems thinking, resilience, productive communication skills, emotional intelligence, and team dynamics to reach individual, team, and organizational goals. Her work includes coaching executives, co-founders, and teams – and facilitating offsites, workshops, and 360 feedback. Her clients cite her as a trusted and empowering coach, strategic and creative advisor, and direct and compassionate communicator. She is told she has a warm way of challenging clients and holding them accountable for addressing “undiscussables” and designing and sustaining meaningful change.
Before becoming a coach, Melissa spent 15 years in corporate leadership straddling content, product, and marketing roles reporting to C-suite, where she led large teams to surpass goals during high-growth phases. She has led teams during IPOs, mergers, acquisitions, and many phases of organizational change. Her experience with her executive coach led to a coach training with the goal of working on her leadership. It wound up launching a new career.
Melissa earned her MA in Organizational Leadership from University of San Diego, BA in Journalism/Communication from Lehigh University, and is a certified coach through Newfield Network and the ICF (PCC). Her work is influenced by a range of modalities and methodologies, including Tavistock group dynamic processes, NLP, and her certifications as an instructor in both yoga and meditation.Melissa is also certified in a suite of workplace assessments: EQi-2.0/360, Enneagram IEQ9, Workplace Big Five, Leadership Versatility Index, DiSC, and Positive Intelligence. She is working on publishing her second book, about Building a Culture of Feedback. She is a registered mentor coach and enjoys mentoring new coaches.
Melissa is an East Coaster at heart but adores her San Diego life. When she’s not working, you can find her hiking, traveling, cooking, playing guitar, and enjoying time outdoors with her husband and son.