Unlock Your Potential, Shuck Life's Opportunities
At Oyster Shucking Empowerment Coaching, we believe in the transformative power of honest, gritty, and transformative coaching. Our mission is clear: to provide you with a path to self-actualization and activation, guiding you to show up as your most empowered and healed self, ready to positively impact the world around you.
Discover Your Unique Tools for Success
Navigate Your Human Experience with Confidence
Meaningful Discovery
Showing up to the conversation with curiosity, ready to creatively dive into the foundational challenges is where we'll start. You'll gain a clear understanding of the landscape you are currently working within. We don't solve situationally, we dig into the important sh*t right out of the gate to make the most of your energy and time.
Intentional Building
Together, we'll build out effective, consumable pathways that will lead you to the next level of success. We will tap into the potential that inherently exists within you to create a path forward, with opportunities to immediately engage in your most effective tools. You'll walk away from each session with more clarity and ways to put new practices into action.
Impactful Results
What do you want to achieve? What results matter to you? Here's your opportunity to really make it all count. With a finite number of days to create impact, with limited time to accomplish the things that matter most, dialing into results is key. Whether your goal is to authentically lead a team, have more effective conversations, or lay the foundation for incredible impact multiplication, you will possess what you need in order to get it done.
Meet Melinda Buchmann, Your Empowerment Coach
I focus on uncovering the unique tools an individual possesses and engaging and developing new tools. When those tools are identified, we can use them to shuck the oysters of opportunity, creating a more intentional, connected, and fulfilled life. Oyster Shucking Empowerment Coaching provides accessible, approachable, no-nonsense empowerment coaching.
Curiosity driven learning and connecting with people on a deeper level are two of my main drivers. Throughout my life, I've looked for ways to do both, typically in an unconventional way. While my style and way of thinking has brought me traditional success, I spent many years feeling restless, and as though I didn't quite fit in. So I stopped trying.
I realized that the more I was authentically me and provided space for others to do the same, the more we all flourished. The more I asked the right questions and fought for what was right for the whole human, the more fulfilled I felt. I started realizing that I didn't NEED to fit in. I belonged, and that was far more impactful.
Life has not been easy, and I've shucked my fair share of oysters...some have had gorgeous pearls inside; others, not so much. But I started to see that the more I leaned into the process, picking up the right tools and really getting into it, I was getting better outcomes. Learning better lessons. Tapping into my true potential.
Self actualization never stops. The more you grow, the more you understand you have more to learn...so you can grow more.
I want to share in that human experience with others, empowering people to pick up the tools and get into it. I promise, it's worth it.
Most great ideas come in the shower or when I wake up in the middle of the night, and this was no exception. I jolted awake with the words "oyster shucking" on my mind and couldn't shake it. The next morning after a few cups of coffee it clicked...that was the perfect visual of what the process of impactful coaching looks like. Navigating life requires the right tools used the right way to shuck the oysters of opportunity. Those opportunities aren't always pretty on the outside, and shucking takes practice and hard work, but the process is so worth it
Oyster Shucking isn't a methodology, it's how we approach life and everything within it. Our value pillars are simple, but impactful, and drive everything we do:
Tenacity - we lean into the hard stuff
Authenticity - we show up as whole humans, right where we are
Curiosity - we never stop learning about the world around us
Growth - we take every opportunity to grow and become better versions of ourselves
Taking a "whole human" approach, we work together to tackle the most important aspects of your life, both professional and personal, to ensure meaningful growth. Life and humans are complex, and I believe in leaning into the hard conversations, exploring the uncomfortable space, and uncovering the untapped tools each individual possesses. We have finite time, and I believe it's up to each of us to make the most of that time to ensure we are multiplying our impact and living a life most fulfilled.
For 20 years, I lived the corporate life. I honed my skills as a people leader, coach, teacher, and speaker and agnostically moved throughout various industries. At some point I realized that honest, gritty, and empowering coaching wasn't common, but was very much needed. I began to infuse that style into how I lead teams.
Certified Grief educator
Certified Leadership Coach
Predictive Index Certified Partner
Certified DiSC Facilitator
Cognitive Behavioral Therapist
Raw, Transformative Coaching
You won't find phrases like "three easy steps to being fulfilled" or "fast track to happiness and empowerment" here. Life and humans are complex, and more than ever, we want what is real. Through our coaching conversations, we shuck open the hard stuff, knowing the effort is always worth the outcomes.
Empowerment Coaching Services
Together, we'll get into the root of the target topics by:
1:1 Personal Acceleration Coaching
Acceleration Coaching is a series of exclusive coaching conversations, aimed to uncover the core challenges that are holding you back from making your biggest impact. Sessions are targeted toward executives, individual contributors, entrepreneurs and leaders who are ready to explore fulfilling, future state potential. During our sessions, we'll address the whole human experience, not just aim to situationally solve in a way that feels inauthentic to you. You'll gain confidence, identify your unique skill set, and develop your most authentic approach to the world around you. You want to do sh*t that matters, so let's get to work.
Over the course of 8 weekly one hour sessions, we will engage in targeted conversations, focused on your individual needs. With curiosity and tenacity as our guides, you will identify the YOU factor - what you uniquely bring to the world, and how to use it effectively. You'll understand what has been holding you back, and how to authentically build the balanced life you crave.
We formally kick off with a 30 minute discovery conversation to begin mapping your specific goals for the program
1 hour sessions over the course of 8 weeks, where you'll do the work to shuck open the questions, opportunities, and next steps all in support of your desired future state
Topic reinforcement activities between sessions
A goal mapping exercise that lays out the "what's next" beyond our time together
One additional 1 hour coaching session will be included at no cost to be use within 30 days after our final session together
The option to continue coaching sessions on a month to month basis for continued personal and professional acceleration is available for established clients
The 90 day Immersion Program is for those that are ready to take their human experience to the next level. With targeted exercises that are crafted to specifically meet each client's needs and an expanded coaching timeframe, the Immersion Program will provide you with the opportunity to shatter ceilings and create ultimate impact.
We formally kick off with a 30 minute discovery conversation to begin mapping your specific goals for the program
1 hour sessions over the course of 12 weeks, where you'll do the work to shuck open the questions, opportunities, and next steps all in support of your desired future state
A goal mapping exercise that lays out the "what's next" beyond our time together
Customized, targeted exercises to compliment coaching sessions
Project mapping on the topic of your choosing; topic examples may include building training programs, delivering annual reviews, planning for your promotion, and more
3 month check in following our final program session
Email and text support between sessions
The option to continue coaching sessions on a month to month basis for continued personal and professional acceleration is available for established clients
There are no barriers here, no tiptoeing around the hard conversations. Your commitment to getting real and crafting the space you want thrive in is all you need to get started. You can expect to:
Build and maintain energy for the work you engage in, the conversations you have, and the impact you make.
Gain clarity on who you are and how you most effectively interact with others; it's all about authenticity.
Define your values and what matters most, and how to leverage that to lead your most fulfilled life.
Team Acceleration
Team cohesion and talent acceleration often take a backseat to KPIs, metrics, meetings, and client needs. We know by the research though, that a more cohesive, emotionally intelligent team creates better outcomes, including improved employee and client retention, more meaningful outcomes, and higher performance.
A custom experience to fit the needs of your team. Let's cut through the corporate lingo and the typical team building exercises, and get into the work that will address the inherent skills of team members, accelerate their ability to leverage those skills, and build out their toolkits to forge more impactful relationships with greater outcomes. Looking for someone to drone on about LinkedIn and conversion rates? It's not me. Want to authentically build the EQ of your team and empower people at a human level that is transformative? Let's chat.
A 30 minute team discovery/focus session is hosted, and outputs are mapped on a whiteboard, as well as a 30 minute leadership discovery session
From there, teams will engage in three 1 hour sessions, with a 4th wrap and go forward session, hosted for 30 minutes.
Additional 1 hour add on sessions for individuals may be purchased ad hoc, to be scheduled 2 weeks in advance for up to 2 months following the final team session.
During our time together, we will challenge reality, uncover root causes, and map out solutions and next steps to growth and engagement.
More engaged conversations with better outcomes
Higher team cohesion
Accelerated EQ
Increased strategic thinking
A better understanding of their unique skills and how that fits into the overall landscape
Speaking Opportunities
At 18 years old, someone handed me a microphone and said, "There are 3,000 high schoolers out there waiting. You have 30 minutes, and you better go out and make a difference". No prep, no warning. An hour later, I was crying in the bathroom. Not because I failed, or I was terrified. Just the opposite...I was given an opportunity to step into an untapped strength. Had that person not done that for me, I believe I would be in a much different place today.
I've had the privilege to engage with groups from all over the globe, across industries. From leading patient experience workshops with clinical professionals, to motivating those within the hard working service industry, my goal is always to meet people right where they are and uncover what's next. It is an absolute honor to be trusted with the space to stand in front of a group of humans gathered to be inspired, to learn, to grow, and to share what is on my heart and mind, with the intent to make a difference.
Available upon request. Please reach out for more information.
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