'We are at our very best and we are happiest, when we are fully engaged in work we enjoy on the journey towards the goal we've established for ourselves.'

EARL NIGHTINGALE

'The great leaders are like the best conductors they reach beyond the notes to reach the magic in the players.'

BLAINE LEE

'Everyone is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.'

ALBERT EINSTIEN

Do You Understand Your Organisation’s DNA?

If we were to ask you to describe your organisation’s DNA, would you be able to do it? And if you were, would you feel truly connected and engaged with what you were saying? Possibly, although in our experience, probably not.

At Fish Climb Trees our passion is organisations’ DNA, our term for describing their purpose and their values, their reason for being if you like. Just like human DNA, organisational DNA is unique. We believe that once an organisation understands its DNA and commits to bringing it to life, the rest is easy; whether its defining a five year growth strategy, creating a new cross functional team, or improving leadership capabilities.

We help Universities, the wider education sector and charities uncover their DNA and bring it to life.

Call us today for your own free DNA assessment.

OUR SERVICES

Your success, we believe, comes from understanding your DNA and bringing it to life. Your DNA is unique and therefore so are our solutions. Using a blended mix of consultancy, coaching, training and facilitation we offer a range of services to help you achieve your goals.

YOUR DNA
DEFINED

As a business you may know what your DNA is but if not we can help you uncover it and bring them to life for everyone involved in your organisation.

Strategic
planning

We can help with your strategic planning, involving your team from the outset so there is never a disconnect between what you want to achieve and what your people are doing.

EMPLOYEE
ENGAGEMENT

This is at the heart of any of our solutions and we never leave home without it, the possibilities are endless.

Leadership
development

Are your leaders leading? Are your managers managing? If they are then great but if not we can help you turn this around.

Team
performance

We believe that whilst individuals can be successful, it is teams that can achieve the impossible. We create environments that make this happen.

Coaching, team
and individual

Coaching someone who doesn’t see the need or want to try it on for size is a recipe for failure so we only use it at the right times.

As human beings, we are all unique and bring to the table a wonderful mix of skills and experience. We create environments that harness these talents by encouraging every individual to engage with your goals whilst realising their own potential.

It’s our recipe for success.

OUR SUCCESS STORIES

Featured

A CATERING TEAM

A MARKETING DESIGN AGENCY

A UNIVERSITY MAINTENANCE TEAM

A FRANCHISE OWNER

Hello my name is Melanie Loizou and I am the founder of Fish Climb Trees. Talking about yourself is never comfortable but if I put myself in your shoes, I would want to know more...

I have always been fascinated by people and what drives us to do what we do, so it’s no surprise that over the past twenty years, I have focussed on helping individuals, teams and businesses realise their potential.

I started out in the hospitality industry focussing on sales and marketing. From there I moved into the University sector running commercial operations with responsibility for 600 people and 21 different business functions. I then joined an IT software company with the remit of transforming this organically grown business into one that could sustain long-term growth.

During this time, I also undertook a Masters degree in Marketing and became a master practitioner of NLP.

Like most people my journey has been a bit of a roller coaster and it was during the times of greatest challenge that I realised whilst individuals can be successful, it is teams that deliver amazing results.

My friends and colleagues will tell you I am incredibly determined. I look forward to providing you with the same level of determination to get the results you want.

"Melanie is an inspirational character and a dynamic and engaging public speaker. We invited her to speak at our spring Higher Education Client Forum and she delivered a wonderful verbal, interactive presentation that was exactly what we'd hoped for. She had our clients captivated as well as emotionally and intellectually engaged thanks to her extraordinary communication skills and ability to put people at ease."

"Working with Mel we were able to improve the income of our £6 million catering operation by 35% during one of the toughest recessions this country has ever seen. Not only that, for the first time ever we started to make a profit. With hindsight I can see that we weren’t just addressing the immediate issue of poor financial performance but creating long term cultural shift that would make us more financially robust for years to come."

"Mel is a rare combination in the business world. An experienced detailed process oriented operations director but one who also understands the importance of people, and has the gift to get people to embrace and drive their own improvement."

“Mel helped me to grasp what I can do and achieve and what is yet possible.”

"I found Melanie's coaching meetings very inspirational, motivational and creative. Thanks to her training we discovered that most of our personal values were also representing the ethos of our agency, helping us to set up goals and achieve these efficiently as individuals and, most importantly, as a team."

"Mel is passionate about what she does. She brings a combination of enthusiasm, drive and insight into her work and uses this blend to make a real difference. She is able to clearly pinpoint problems and opportunities then develop the strategy and plan to get there."

“Mel absolutely revolutionized a whole area of the business with her project to create a company vision, mission and set of values. The whole workforce bought into it, and this was absolutely instrumental in helping us continue on the journey from a small to a medium sized business.”

"Mel is a confident, enthusiastic and effervescent speaker with a clear passion for organisational culture and strategic change management. She's bold and engaging."

"Mel came to our business for a values workshop, and I found it to be both very insightful and incredibly useful. A must-experience workshop for any company looking to set its values down on paper."

“Mel opened our member event in July with a pre-dinner session, looking at Organisational DNA. Mel’s background in hospitality enabled her to deliver a great session tailored to our audience, addressing employee engagement on every level to achieve and deliver the ‘Excellence’ our customers come to expect. With such a lively and passionate approach to the session, Mel was warmly received and it was a pleasure working with her.”

"Our organisation has already experienced a huge amount of change and I wanted to bring someone in who could bring us back together as a team with a shared vision. Melanie was amazing. I have always known we have a great staff team, but to have someone like Melanie come in and help you affirm what I thought helped me to take things to the next level. I would strongly recommend Melanie, she is a fantastically personable individual"

"I'm a coach and an experienced one too so I liked to think I know what great coaching feels like .. Mel's coaching is truly great! I felt thoroughly inspired and held through our sessions. Her insights and ability to really hear, her warmth and authentic style made the whole process very safe and powerful . Thank you Mel! I learnt heaps too!"