Melanie DePaoli, or Mel, as she is known by her clients and friends,has spent the better part of the last decade working with companies, schools, government clients and individuals on various aspects of organizational culture, branding and operations.
Her mission is to illustrate how those characteristics intersect and can impact a company's bottom line. And she strives to be a catalyst for change by providing anecdotal and research-based information unique to each client, which enables them to understand how subtle changes can be implemented to ensure long-term business success.
Most recently, DePaoli has taken up the challenges facing the construction industry. After completing several years of surveys and intense interviews with a cross section of some of the nation's most successful general contracting and commercial construction operations, she published a book called "Contractors: Doing it Right, Not Just Getting it Done."
The first in a series of books for contractors and consumers about the industry, it was designed, as she says, to help put contractors on the right path as they work to maintain market share and financial viability during the global recession.
DePaoli is also the author of Contagious Think Pad, which along with CONTRACTORS: Doing it Right Not Just Getting it Done, is available on Amazon.
She resides in the Seattle, Washington with her loving husband and their three, four-legged children: Charlie, a mini chocolate poodle, Autumn, a long haired calico cat and Aly, a dark grey tiger cat. All of the 'kids' are rescues and top the list of the most spoiled animals in the country! In her free-time she loves to read, cook, try new things and go hiking.