Melanie Benson Strick
President and Founder, Success Connections, Corporation
The Big Idea Catalyst
Melanie Benson Strick the Big Idea Catalyst, helps thought leaders get liberated from the daily grind so they can uncover the biggest way to unleash their brilliance. With over 12 years in corporate America and eight years as a business owner, Melanie works exclusively with big thinking, heart-based entrepreneurs who are frustrated trying to run a successful business.
Melanie combines her extensive traditional education (she holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Management and a Master’s Degree in Organizational Management) with multiple advanced certifications in Project Management, Results Coaching, Neuro-Linguistic Programming and even a license as a Spiritual Counselor to get her clients past their obstacles and into impacting the world in a fulfilling, and profitable, way.
Integrating creativity with a honed “facts and data” approach has resulted in some of the most comprehensive business growth systems on the planet including the Get Out of Overwhelm audio program, Build Your Dream Team Coaching Program and the new Big Idea Incubator live training program.
Melanie is co-author of Entrepreneur.com’s “Start Up Guide to an Information Marketing Business” and “Visionary Women Inspiring the Word.” She also serves as faculty member for StomperNet, the world’s leading online marketing and ecommerce training company. Melanie has a solid reputation for authentic but direct training and mentoring on 6 figure plus business success.
Melanie speaks for many entrepreneurial audiences across the globe both live and using webinars and telephone-based seminars, has been a regularly featured expert on radio shows and in media publications such as Women’s Day and Female Entrepreneur Magazine.
Melanie lives in the Los Angeles area so she can be close to her nieces and the ideal So Cal living! As an avid lifestyle enthusiast she spends her free time in search of the best spas and beaches in the world.
More on Melanie’s Background and Accomplishments
Melanie formed Success Connections, Inc in 2001 and after struggling for 2 ½ years broke her first six figures in 2004. Since then she’s coached thousands of entrepreneurs into breaking six and seven figures in their own businesses. Melanie was nominated for the prestigious 40-Under-40 Award in 2005.
Past co-chair of the Small Business Coaching Task Force for the International Coach Federation, with a charter to promote the value of coaching to small business owners world-wide and to provide community for other coaches who serve this niche.
In 2003, launched the LA chapter of the Shared Vision Network, a professional organization for entrepreneurs and small business owners. Melanie is known as an extraordinary connector and thrives in networking, collaborative marketing partnerships and connecting the right people with the right resources – at the right time!
From 2001 to 2003, Melanie served in leadership positions including President of the International Coach Federation Los Angeles. Under her leadership, the chapter grew from a 10-person living-room meeting to a 50+ regular monthly professional dinner meeting.
From 1991 to 2001 Melanie worked for Motorola, Inc., a Fortune 500 company, in the Communications Division located in San Diego, CA. Her career included being a business analyst and trade show manager to Quality Systems Manager. She won two awards for innovative ideas and presentations in Motorola’s Total Customer Satisfaction program; spent three years managing multi-million dollar projects for state and local government dispatch centers; and traveled the country training teams how to meet customer’s satisfaction needs.
Melanie believes in continual learning and is advancing her education with a minimum investment of $15,000 a year. In addition to multiple business trainings in systems, marketing and advanced success strategies, Melanie is also certified in Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) and Hypnosis, Master NLP Trainer, is a Licensed Spiritual Counselor, a graduate of Coach U, and has an accreditation as an Insights Discovery System™ Facilitator. Melanie also holds a Masters of Arts in Organizational Management and a Bachelors of Science in Business Management.
