Melissa Clarice
5.0
(10)
Career and Performance Coaching for Growth, Transition, and Promotion
Studied at University of Texas at Austin
Worked at Bespoke Partners
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Available tomorrow at 4:30 PM UTC
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Melissa's Coaching Offerings
Custom hourly · $175/hr
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Melissa’s free events
Live interactive sessions you can join for free.
How to Position Yourself for Promotion: What Leaders Actually Look For
Apr 14 at 11:00 PM UTC
19 people going
Train Like an Athlete for Your Career: Focus, Energy, Performance
Apr 22 at 11:00 PM UTC
18 people going
Melissa’s Career Coaching Qualifications
Coaches professionally
Experience level: Director
20+ people coached for Career Coaching
I help high-performing professionals gain clarity, confidence, and direction as they navigate career transitions, promotion readiness, and moments where success no longer feels fully aligned. I am an experienced career coach with a deep background in talent development, leadership, and performance. Over the course of my work, I have coached 25+ individuals through career transitions, performance challenges, and preparation for increased responsibility, supporting them in building momentum toward meaningful professional outcomes. Before coaching professionally, I spent 12+ years in corporate professional services and executive search, where I led high-performing teams and partnered closely with senior leaders and stakeholders. My experience includes supporting performance improvement, promotion readiness, navigating complex stakeholder dynamics, and strengthening executive presence and decision-making under pressure. My coaching blends self-awareness with practical strategy. Together, we clarify direction, build confidence in how you show up, manage competing demands, and translate insight into grounded action. I am especially passionate about supporting capable professionals who feel stretched, underutilized, or ready for more and want thoughtful support navigating what comes next with intention and focus. I’m best suited for mid-career to senior professionals in consulting, tech, finance, or professional services who are navigating growth, transition, or increased leadership expectations.
Melissa can help with:
Leadership
General Exploration
Professional Networking
Skill Building
Job Search Strategies
Networking Strategy
Career Planning
Personal Branding
Resume Review
About Melissa
I’m a career and performance coach with a deep background in talent development, leadership, and professional services. Before coaching professionally, I spent over 12 years in corporate environments and executive search, where I led high-performing teams, partnered closely with senior leaders, and worked at the center of promotion decisions, performance challenges, and organizational change. Throughout my career, I’ve supported professionals navigating transitions, promotion readiness, and increased scope, often in fast-paced, demanding environments. I’ve seen firsthand that advancement is rarely limited by capability alone. More often, it’s shaped by focus, confidence under pressure, and the ability to adapt how one operates as expectations increase. My coaching blends self-awareness with practical strategy. I help clients clarify what matters most, reduce reactivity, strengthen confidence in their decisions, and translate insight into grounded action. Clients often describe feeling clearer, calmer, and more steady after our sessions, with tools and perspective they can immediately apply in their work. I’m best suited for mid-career to senior professionals in consulting, tech, finance, or professional services who are navigating growth, transition, or increased leadership expectations.
Why do I coach?
I coach because I’ve seen how powerful the right support can be in helping people achieve meaningful growth, both professionally and personally. Throughout my career, I’ve watched capable, high-performing professionals work incredibly hard, yet still feel stuck, stretched, or uncertain about what would actually move the needle. I’ve experienced this myself. Coaching has been one of the most impactful investments in my own life, helping me build clarity, confidence, and practical tools to achieve what matters most to me. That experience, combined with years spent leading teams and developing talent, shaped my belief that sustainable success comes from the right blend of focus, practical strategy, steady support, and the inner work required to support external change. What I love most about coaching is the one-on-one partnership. I find it deeply rewarding to help people unlock what they’re capable of, whether that’s preparing for a promotion, navigating a demanding dynamic, building a more sustainable way of working, or strengthening how they lead and decide. Over time, clients often achieve meaningful results while also feeling more grounded, confident, and clear in how they show up. At its core, my approach is about helping people work smarter, build consistency, and create momentum toward goals that truly matter, with tools, perspective, and support they can rely on as they grow.
Work Experience
Founder and Coach
Melissa Clarice Coaching
November 2025 - Present
Helping people achieve incredible things in their lives, their careers, and their organizations. Led by the vision that every individual can feel inspired, safe, and fulfilled each day. Guided by the belief that courageous acts create meaningful change, and that growth is the best return on investment anyone can make. melissaclaricecoaching.com
Senior Vice President, Integrated Talent Management
Bespoke Partners
January 2024 - June 2025
Bespoke Partners is the largest firm focused exclusively on executive recruiting and leadership advisory services for software and SaaS companies in the United States. Bespoke-placed executives have orchestrated exits and more than 425 acquisitions by their companies, totaling up to $130 billion in value. The firm is the leadership talent partner of choice for public, private, private equity and venture backed software and SaaS companies. Bespoke has executed more than 1,000 leadership searches including CEOs, CFOs, CROs, CMOs, CPOs, CTOs, CIOs, CHROs, Board Members, Operating Partners and many more. The firm’s unique, data-driven services complete searches in typically half the industry average time with a 99% placement success rate. The firm’s unique methodology cuts the risk of C-suite mis-hiring and identifies leaders who will accelerate growth.
Vice President, Integrated Talent Management
Bespoke Partners
January 2023 - December 2023
Vice President of Talent
Bespoke Partners
January 2022 - December 2022
Director of Talent
Bespoke Partners
July 2020 - January 2022
Principal
Bespoke Partners
May 2019 - June 2020
Vice President, Corporate Markets Research
GLG
April 2018 - April 2019
GLG’s mission is to transform the way top professionals share expertise and learn. We are the world’s largest platform for professional learning, comprising more than 600,000 thought leaders and practitioners, including business leaders, scientists, academics, former public sector leaders, and the foremost subject matter specialists. We serve users at more than 1,400 client companies in 40 countries. These clients include Fortune 500 companies in nearly every sector and the leading professional services firms and financial institutions.
Senior Engagement Team Leader, Private Equity & Venture Capital
GLG
February 2016 - March 2018
Senior Research Manager, Tech, Media & Telecom (TMT)
GLG
July 2015 - January 2016
Education
University of Texas at Austin
BS, Public Relations
2008 - 2012
Grade: 3.9 Activities and societies: Public Relations Student Society of America, Texas Belles, Texas Lonestars Summa Cum Laude Deans List 2008-2012
10 Reviews
Overall Rating
5.0
Melissa has helped Leland clients get into Bespoke Partners