“I bring a working lifetime of leadership, the wisdom from listening and the resilience built from the tenacity to overcome struggle and loss to my work with change makers. It’s a unique perspective deeply informed by my courageous journey in life and ancestral principals of Respect, Truth, Wisdom, Love, Humility, Integrity and Bravery.
I work deeply with those who have been historically excluded to reframe the margins of what is possible, personally, professionally and systemically. Innovators, rebels and new thinkers, but also those excluded from spaces due to gender, race or indigeneity.”
Based on the island of lutruwita/Tasmania, Kath Melbourne works across Australia and internationally, enabling companies, government and individuals to better achieve their goals, communicate ideas, reach audiences, embed imagination and resilience, generate income and transform their thinking at all levels.
Her clients laud her for her deep and diverse knowledge and skills, clear thinking smarts, holistic approach, trustworthiness and integrity. Together they consider the cross-roads as well as the possibilities that come with the question “what if we?” Kath’s processes and the outcomes she creates with her clients are notable for their grounding in respect, resilience, imagination, originality and pragmatism.
The Values That Guide the Work
Curiosity
I relish multilayered projects, engaging meaningfully with complexity and getting to the heart of what you want to achieve, providing you with a way forward.
Integrity
This work is often sensitive, coming at a time of profound change or crisis, sometimes both simultaneously. Your trust is important, and the information you share is confidential.
Adventure
Adventure is ripe with possibility, imagination and creativity. Each new strategy is a new story, a new set of possibilities. Budgets, data and financial modelling can be adventurous too, because it makes goals and aspirations concrete!
Mutual Respect
I work with staff and boards and not against them. Our engagement is about solving problems and working together to plot a path forward in a mutually respectful way.
Systems and Complexity Thinking
It’s very seldom that there is a singular solution to multi layered challenges. We take a holistic approach to each individual or organisation we work with. Together we couple pragmatic fiscal and design thinking with the infinite possibilities that come with thinking ‘what if?’
Kindness
Sometimes change can be challenging, sometimes things don’t work out the way we want them to. I’m the type of consultancy that challenges gently, meets you where you are, nurtures where needed and is kind when you’re not coping.