Melita Long
Professional Summary
Melita is an experienced executive and career coach with more than 20 years working across Australia, New Zealand and Europe. She has coached over 3,500 individuals, helping senior executives, professionals and MBA students reconnect with their strengths, refine their direction and develop sustainable approaches to work and leadership.
Her coaching is person-centred and evidence-based, blending positive psychology, strengths-focused approaches and behavioural insight. Melita helps clients explore values, shift limiting patterns and take meaningful, achievable steps forward. She creates calm, supportive spaces where clients feel heard and encouraged.
Melita has extensive experience in leadership development, neurodiversity coaching and wellbeing. She supports individuals navigating career transition, redundancy, identity shifts and self-doubt, helping them build confidence, find clarity and move forward with purpose. Clients describe her as thoughtful, intuitive and practical.
Focus Areas
- Executive and career development
- Career transition and identity rebuilding
- Neurodiversity and strengths-based coaching
- Leadership capability and confidence
- Wellbeing, resilience and self-regulation
- Cultural and gender inclusion
- Navigating change and uncertainty
Experience Supporting
- Leaders and professionals navigating progression, change or uncertainty
- Individuals seeking confidence, clarity and career direction
- Neurodivergent clients seeking strengths-based support
- MBA students, early-career leaders and executives
- Organisations seeking inclusive, reflective and development-focused coaching
- Women in leadership and culturally diverse professionals
Sectors Experienced In
• Federal, State and Local Government
• Defence
• Education and Training
• Health and Aged Care
• Finance and Insurance
• Technology and Digital Services
• Corporate and Not-for-Profit Sectors
Qualifications & Accreditation
- Level 2 (Senior Coach) – Career Development Association of Australia
- Bachelor of Commerce (Marketing & Management)
- Bachelor of Arts (German & Spanish)
- Graduate Certificate in Career Development & Education
- Certificate IV in Training & Assessment
- Accredited in Harrison Assessments, Strong Interest Inventory & Multi-Brain Integration Technique (mBIT)
- Fluent in German; advanced Spanish; intermediate French
Frequently asked questions
Yes. All ASPL coaches hold recognised coaching credentials, such as ICF or equivalent, and meet professional standards for ethical practice and ongoing development.
Coaching involves confidential one-on-one sessions. The focus, pace and frequency are shaped around what you want to work on and what feels most helpful for you.
Yes. Coaching conversations are confidential and handled with care and respect.
Coaching is available both online and in person. We will work with you to find the format that feels most accessible and supportive for you.
We offer executive, leadership and career coaching, as well as coaching tosupport confidence, decision making, change and transitions at work and inlife.
Our coaches are experienced practitioners with backgrounds in leadership andcoaching. They are carefully selected and aligned with ASPL’s trauma-informed, evidence-based approach.
