About Melior Esse
Melior Esse exists to raise the standard of leadership, because leadership shapes everything that follows. When leadership is steady, people perform well, decisions land, and standards hold under pressure. When it is not, even strong businesses start to feel harder to run than they should.
The company is led by Vince Hannant. Vince has spent 25 years working at board level in SMEs and has a further 15 years’ experience running leadership training businesses. Across that time, he has had the privilege of seeing leadership up close, including the full range of leadership styles and cultures, and the many different approaches used by coaches, facilitators, and people development organisations. He has also participated in multi-million-pound people development programmes and coached many aspiring leaders.
That experience shaped a clear view of what creates real progress. The organisations that change in a meaningful way are the ones that stay close to the work and take ownership of the journey. They build a supportive coaching culture, they commit to developing leaders from within, and they treat development as something that strengthens the business, rather than something outsourced to fix a problem.
Melior Esse is built for that kind of partnership. Our work is always calm and considered, but it is not passive and it requires you to get stuck in. We combine clarity, structured insight, and practical action so leaders develop stronger judgement, teams build shared ownership and performance becomes more consistent.
What Melior Esse stands for
Ownership
Progress requires follow through, so our work focuses on what changes in practice, not simply what becomes clearer in theory.
Rigour
Our work is grounded in evidence and patterns, because leaders need the truth and a clear route forward.
Service
The point is to make a genuine difference, so every decision is shaped around what will help your organisation improve.
Authenticity
Leadership has to be credible, which is why our work focuses on consistency and real behaviour change rather than performance.
Courage
Fear is an expensive decision maker, so leaders are supported to act with confidence and hold the line on standards.
How our work is designed
Every programme is bespoke because every organisation is different, and every organisation is made up of individuals. Bespoke means the work can evolve as our insight grows. There are no assumptions, and the destination is agreed together, with a route that fits the reality of your organisation.