Melissa O'Mara

Melissa O’Mara is a systems change catalyst, transformation coach, and trusted strategic partner to leaders navigating complexity, constraint, and the urgent call to act with integrity in an unstable world.

As founder of The Leaders Co-Lab, Melissa works with purpose-driven executives, sustainability professionals, and change agents across the built environment, helping them expand their capacity to lead wisely — and courageously — through disruption.

A former intrapreneur and executive at IBM, Andersen Consulting, and Schneider Electric, Melissa has spent over three decades at the intersection of innovation, systems thinking, and leadership development. She has shaped multi-sector initiatives in smart cities, green buildings, and cross-functional culture change — and knows firsthand how organizational silos, incentive structures, and leadership misalignment quietly sabotage even the boldest goals.

Today, Melissa partners with leaders and teams to move beyond performative sustainability toward deep alignment, shared ownership, and regenerative impact. Her work integrates strategic clarity with inner development — helping clients build the resilience, awareness, and relational strength required to lead lasting change under pressure.

Known for her depth, honesty, and ability to surface what truly matters, Melissa is committed to helping conscious leaders become unshakeable forces for good — not through force, but through coherence.

She is a Certified Professional Co-Active Coach (CPCC), PQ Coach, Integrative Enneagram Practitioner, and a trained facilitator in Appreciative Inquiry, The Bigger Game, Theory U, and the XCHANGE Approach.