Our Collaborators
Aurora Meliora was founded on the business principles of simplicity, creativity, responsiveness and collaboration. We are a small business with a big heart, seeking to create big impact for our clients and the communities they serve.
When the complexity, size or creativity demands of a project require it, we will partner up with carefully selected consultants to meet your needs. They are a great bunch of incredibly skilled consultants, who share our values, compliment our strengths and are a lot of fun to work with. We know you’ll love them as much as we do.
Check out their own websites to discover more about them, by clicking on the logos below.
Simon Oats Storyteller
“I needed to design an on-line training course for organisational leaders to work with stories and storytelling. I was anxious about pulling this off, because applying my craft to the culture and leadership space was new ground for me. Working with Tanya was fun and confidence-boosting. She is a rare being who manages to combine a high level of creativity, sharp intellect, deep emotional intelligence, humility, deep listening and clear process to serve the potential of her clients and co-designers. I am so proud of what we co-designed and how much value it created for participants. If you have the opportunity to work with Tanya, jump at it!”
Matt Cesaro, LeadersHP
“In early 2020, Tanya and I were part way through delivering an emerging leaders program when COVID restrictions on travel and face-to-face gatherings created huge uncertainty around our ability to complete this program, and offer future planned programs. We met to explore options, and I really valued Tanya’s perspective on how to successfully pivot to delivering a high-impact program on-line. Her creativity, playfulness, pragmatism and support was so valuable. In a time of high uncertainty, it was so refreshing to know Tanya and I would find a way together. I have the highest trust, respect and appreciation for Tanya, both the person she is and the quality of work she delivers.”
Dana Carman Integral Consulting
“I met Tanya ten years ago when she was an executive for South Australia Health. We have had multiple professional relationships over the years–first, I was the coach and she was the client; second, she went through a year-long leadership development program that I facilitated, and third was when she was the Internal Consultant and Project Director on a cultural transformation project for a healthcare system. We’ve also worked as colleagues, so I know Tanya in all these capacities.
Tanya is the epitome of a servant leader, as she will play whatever role is necessary to serve the greater good. What has been constant through the decade that I’ve known her is her capacity to collaborate at a high level – she can lead and she can follow. She is willing to take strong stands and also drop them in a moment when she hears a better idea.
Tanya is generous, warm, passionate, and incredibly funny and fun to work with. She is the most skilled consultant I’ve come across in my 35 years of global work at turning complex ideas and models into simple, understandable, and actionable tools. Throughout our changing professional contexts these qualities I’ve listed have been constant. Tanya always gives 110% and she’ll take responsibility for anything that doesn’t work and learn from it.
What I’ve seen change and evolve over this last decade is her trust in herself and her capacities has grown exponentially– without growing any hubris along with it. She has learned to pace herself and grow into living a more balanced life. Her willingness to say the difficult thing that no one else will say, with respect and humility, is extraordinarily valuable and demonstrates both courage and compassion for her clients. Tanya is in great demand and if you get the opportunity to work with her, jump at it!”
Matt Linnegar, CEO Australian Rural Leadership Foundation
“The Australian Rural Leadership Foundation is seeking to expand our impact, through growing a network of Associates who can contribute to our work of developing leaders in rural and regional Australia. As an alumni of the Australian Rural Leadership Program, Tanya has a lived experience of the work we do, and I knew she would bring a professional and deeply human approach to working with diverse groups of people. We appointed Tanya as State Lead of the Drought Resilience Leaders Development Program for South Australia, and she successfully delivered programs in the Eyre Peninsula and Murraylands. Tanya has excellent people skills, energy, enthusiasm, behavioural and social intelligence, and I am delighted with the impact she has had in a short space of time. I wouldn’t hesitate to recommend her to anyone.”
Jayne Dunn, CulturAlchemy
“As a new consultancy back in 2019, we were experiencing an increased demand for large scale culture work and needed a talented team around us to deliver great services for our clients. We knew we had outgrown our existing approach and it was time for a change. So, we were looking for a talented consultant who could facilitate systems wide culture change with clients and build the capability in leaders to facilitate this change. We were also looking for someone who could assist us to further develop our methodology. Tanya was a brilliant addition to our team. I watched her work artfully with clients to achieve significant impacts, and her contributions to our team and business strategy were wonderful. Tanya has a brilliant mind, a way of seeing and leveraging possibilities, and a heart that impacts everyone she connects with. Her coaching skills are amazing. If you want someone to assist you to create real impact in your organisation, you won’t regret spending time with Tanya. She has amazing gifts, broad experience, and determination which she shares so generously.”
