From Running Red-Hot to Building Sustainable Leadership Capacity | Melissa Decker

On paper, Forward Ability Support was thriving. But behind the metrics, people were exhausted.

CEO Melissa Decker knew success isn’t just hitting targets: it’s sustaining energy, focus, and wellbeing. Mel shares how a 5-month Leadership Capacity Program with Performance Intelligence helped her team recharge, regain resilience, and perform at their best without burning out.

This is the story of real people, with real pressure, and real transformation.

In this episode Andrew, Ange and Melissa discuss:

1:50 The challenges the FAS team were facing after running red hot for a long period of time.

6:20 What is Leadership Capacity and the program Performance Intelligence ran to increase the Leadership Capacity of FAS staff.

11:35 Tapping in to the competitive spirit of the staff to increase their daily physical movement.

14:30 The work that FAS does to change lives and how Mel found herself as the CEO of such a purpose driven company.

20:00 The results the FAS leadership team achieved and what some of the key leaders had to say about the program.

32:20 What Mel would recommend others in her situation do and what Mel thinks her teams key takeaways were.

36:40 How to keep the post-program momentum going.

Find out more about Forward Ability Support: https://fas.org.au/
You can find Mel at her LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cataniamelissa/

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