After 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 so they can clearly see where they want to go and the best way to get there. That clarity of vision allows for focused action.

She is a certified coach (ACC level) through the International Coaching Federation (ICF) and holds SHRM and HRCI certifications. 

She has had the opportunity to work on talent challenges across consulting, outsourcing, software, and managed services teams in global, corporate environments. In addition to her corporate experiences, she has served as a board member at a non-profit, leveraging her experience in leading organizations as they focused on their growth agenda and provides people advisory support to local non-profits.