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About Everyday Leaders
“It’s not what you do in a day, it’s what you do every day that matters.”
Everyday Leaders Professional Coaching and Consulting programs will challenge you to grow every day. You’ll create momentum in every area of your life and career, get clear on your goals, connect to your purpose, and make a bigger impact. We believe in developing cultures, people, and processes.
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Meet the people behind Everyday Leaders
Melahni Ake
Leadership Coach & CEO · [email protected]
Melahni Ake was born a servant leader, shaped by mentors including Dr. John Maxwell, Walt Disney, Simon Sinek, her grandparents, and her tenacious mom. After more than 25 years in medical device sales, sales training, and sales leadership, she brings a passion for improving outcomes to everything she does. She is an inspirational speaker, 8× best-selling author, podcast host, and UIndy alumna with degrees in Business Administration, Organizational Leadership, and Psychology.
Everyday Leaders was inspired by her certification with the John Maxwell Leadership Team as a speaker, coach, and trainer in 2016. She created the Everyday Leaders 50in50 Podcast, interviewing hundreds of thought leaders, including Disney VP Lee Cockerell and Traci Morrow. She has coached hundreds of entrepreneurs and corporate leaders, serving corporations, healthcare, executives, the military, entrepreneurs, and non-profits.
She leads a morning leadership devotional every day at 7:30 AM, started October 1, 2019, and celebrated over 2,000 days of consistency in March 2025. She serves on several boards, is Director of Programming and Marketing for Top Floor Women, and was named Woman Leader of the Year in 2024 by Aspire Johnson County.
Joe Ake
Business Media Consultant · JoeAkeStudios, LLC · [email protected]
Joe has spent his life learning the power and influence of media and marketing. His family owned Recommended TV and Appliances on the south side of Indianapolis for over 40 years, a business his father started with a cardboard cigar box, a replacement tube, and a screwdriver.
Joe Ake Studios offers business owners specialized audio, video, and media services, helping organizations create media brands and platforms and learn to start, host, and monetize their own podcasts. His work supports Everyday Leaders, SCALE for Women, Top Floor Women, Pass The Torch For Women Foundation, Franciscan Alliance, Honeywell, Cook Medical, and more.
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