Explore every episode of the podcast The Experimental Leader
| Title | Pub. Date | Duration | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leadership Through Connection with Jaime Mann | 28 Feb 2025 | 00:23:35 | |
This episode explores the power of connection in leadership, emphasizing the importance of civility, respect, and understanding impact. Through real-life stories and practical strategies, it highlights how a coaching approach can simplify leadership by focusing on outcomes and relationships rather than conflict details. Discover how fostering curiosity, navigating workplace dynamics, and experimenting with personal growth can transform leadership at every level. Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! Join The Experimental Leader community today: | |||
| Confidence and Mental Wellness in Leadership with Pat Broe | 14 Jan 2025 | 00:28:47 | |
In this episode of The Experimental Leader, we explore how leaders can balance empathy and accountability while supporting mental wellness in the workplace. We discuss practical strategies for creating a compassionate and resilient environment for teams, navigating mental health challenges, and leading with authenticity. Packed with actionable takeaways, this episode offers valuable insights for any leader looking to foster a healthier, more supportive workplace while maintaining strong leadership. Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! Join The Experimental Leader community today: | |||
| Experimenting with Learning about Sexuality with Dr. Kim Alexander | 12 Mar 2024 | 00:29:11 | |
Join us on The Experimental Leader as we delve into uncharted territories with Dr. Kim Alexander in an episode that redefines leadership and sexual health education. From navigating leadership transitions to unraveling the complexities of sexual education, we explore the intersections and implications for personal growth and organizational dynamics. Tune in for enlightening conversations that challenge the status quo and inspire change! Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! Join The Experimental Leader community today: | |||
| EB Sanders On Pursuing A Career Change The Right Way | 15 Apr 2021 | 00:25:24 | |
It is not that easy to do a career change, especially when pivoting to a completely different industry. What does it take in terms of skills and mindset for you to be successful in such a huge shift in life? Career coach EB Sanders works with creative individuals who need guidance in this regard. She talks with Melanie Parish about her work on career development, which is now mainly done through virtual platforms due to the pandemic. EB also emphasizes the challenges faced by women, people of color, and members of the marginalized sector regarding career opportunities which, despite the increasing awareness, continue to be a problem in modern society. Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! Join The Experimental Leader community today: | |||
| Dan Pelino On The Right Ingredients That Make Up Healthcare Leadership | 08 Apr 2021 | 00:31:10 | |
Healthcare is not only in need of skilled practitioners but responsible leaders as well. With the right healthcare leadership in place, treatments and procedures can be rolled out quickly and safely. Delving this topic with Melanie Parish is Dan Pelino of Everyone Matters, Inc., discussing the right attitude and mindset every leader in this industry must possess to cause real change and impact. He also talks about how women leaders can think and act differently than men, the right approach to race and gender diversity in healthcare, and how he dealt with the scars of his career. Melanie and Dan also compare the healthcare systems of Canada and the US, dissecting their advantages and challenges. Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! Join The Experimental Leader community today: | |||
| Empowering Women Leaders In The Business Scene With Johanna Pagonis | 01 Apr 2021 | 00:35:36 | |
Despite the advanced thinking and newfound ideals of society, women leaders still struggle to break out of stereotypical thinking and discrimination within the business sector. They are still seen as inferior to men, tend to decide based on emotions alone, and are always judged based on their looks. Johanna Pagonis of Sinogap Solutions is on a mission to change all of these by empowering fellow women leaders to step up, get out of their comfort zones, and start doing something that will shake male-dominated realms. She sits down with Melanie Parish to discuss how keeping an authentic self, refusing to stay quiet most of the time, and striving to be a role model to others are the first essential steps towards bigger things for women in leadership. The two also share their own challenging experiences as businesswomen, particularly in the consulting industry. Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! Join The Experimental Leader community today: | |||
| Unlocking The Power Of Flower Remedy With Katie Hess | 25 Mar 2021 | 00:31:12 | |
In today's world of competing ideas, one unique healing and relaxation process arises - the flower remedy. Using the natural bloom, essence, and aroma of these elegant plants, emotional and psychological treatments are provided in an interesting way. Delving into this industry with Melanie Parish is the Creator of LOTUSWEI, Katie Hess. Katie shares the benefits of their available products, the leadership style that keeps her team working together, and why she welcomes skepticism with all her heart. To understand the art of flower remedy even more, Melanie takes Katie's online flower quiz, helping the host understand how the plants she chose mirrors her personality and can help elevate her. Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! Join The Experimental Leader community today: | |||
| Forget Normal, Embrace Your Weird With Debrah Mowlem | 18 Mar 2021 | 00:12:24 | |
How can you find growth when the world has already dictated what you should become? For many women, this is a common dilemma. There is an on-going struggle to fit within the so-called standards of the world that we bury what it is that makes us happy. Debrah Mowlem, the founder of Business Ladies Forum, inspires women to forget being normal and just embrace their weird. In this episode, she joins Melanie Parish to share what is behind that philosophy and what she is currently working on to help support women enjoy life, be happy, and live their purpose. Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! Join The Experimental Leader community today: | |||
| Making The Most Out Of Today's Digital Interaction With Liz Kislik | 11 Mar 2021 | 00:29:41 | |
As the pandemic continues to loom over the entire world, everyone continues to depend on social media and online calls to talk with each other and even hold entire conferences. Despite this digital interaction, the connection between individuals seems to suffer and becomes less important as time goes by. Sitting down with Melanie Parish is management consultant and executive coach Liz Kislik to discuss how to make every Zoom meeting and long-distance calls meaningful and fruitful. Liz shares valuable tips on how to achieve genuine human connection in the digital setting, especially when reading the room is pretty challenging, if not impossible. They also touch upon the importance of feedback loops which is becoming rare in today's online setup. Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! Join The Experimental Leader community today: | |||
| Embracing Vulnerability And Building Connections With Susan Drumm | 25 Feb 2021 | 00:19:24 | |
It is hard to accept our weaknesses and failures, and as a result, our personal growth is hindered and our relationships suffer. By embracing vulnerability within ourselves, we can walk away from our past mistakes and discover our inner strengths that are yet to be showcased. Joining Melanie Parish is a leadership coach and the CEO of Meritage Leadership, Susan Drumm, to discuss how to get rid of imposter syndrome and how unlocking your full potential can open up your heart for better relationships. Susan also shares some advice on hiring coaches and the real reason you should do so and how to avoid unprofessional and uncertified ones. Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! Join The Experimental Leader community today: | |||
| Christina Eanes On How Escape Rooms Can Hone Your Competitive Spirit | 18 Feb 2021 | 00:18:40 | |
Escape Rooms are one of the most exciting and immersive puzzle games ever conceptualized, pitting participants in challenges that tickle their minds, reflexes, and intuition. For Christina Eanes, these fun games can be utilized to improve your strategies and skills when it comes to the most stressful situations and competitive areas. The author of Life is an Escape Room joins Melanie Parish to share her discoveries on experimenting in escape rooms, offering helpful insights for team-building strategies and even couple empowerment. She also shares some tips on finding virtual escape rooms in this time of pandemic, her self-care routine, and her current leadership challenges. Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! Join The Experimental Leader community today: | |||
| Playing At Work With Jeff Harry | 11 Feb 2021 | 00:33:00 | |
According to studies, promoting play in the work environment can make employees less stressed, more engaged, creative, and productive. Joining Melanie Parish on today’s show is Jeff Harry, an international speaker who has worked with Google, Microsoft, Southwest Airlines, Adobe, the NFL, Amazon, and Facebook, helping their staff to infuse more play into the day-to-day. He explains the importance and benefits of playing or having fun at work, particularly in this period of isolation and virtual communication. Start unleashing your inner child as Jeff explains how play fits into work, leadership, and life. Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! Join The Experimental Leader community today: | |||
| How Elite Organizations Approach The Practice Of Leadership With Daniel Edds | 04 Feb 2021 | 00:19:35 | |
No leadership is ever the same. They vary according to the organization, the people, the goals, and more. In this episode, Melanie Parish takes us into the world of a different kind of leadership. She sits down with Daniel Edds, a Practicing Management Consultant, to talk about his books, Transformation Management and Leveraging the Genetics of Leadership, where he looks at how elite organizations approach the practice of leadership. He lays down how they differ from what the average organization is doing and how you, too, can apply some of their strategies and practices to help you improve your leadership skills. Follow along with Daniel in this conversation as he shows how he is trying to radically transform leadership and more. Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! Join The Experimental Leader community today: | |||
| White People Work: Anti-Racism Work for White People | 13 Feb 2024 | 00:33:59 | |
In this podcast episode, Melanie Parish and Beverly Horton navigate the complexities of leadership, mental health, and workplace inclusivity. They introduce an eye-opening anti-racism program, shedding light on the internal journey for individuals. The conversation delves into the challenges of fostering dialogue and self-reflection on race and identity. Tune in for a thought-provoking discussion on breaking down barriers and promoting growth in this transformative course. Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! Join The Experimental Leader community today: | |||
| Jehaan Illyas On Defeating Imposter Syndrome | 28 Jan 2021 | 00:26:06 | |
Sometimes, growth is hindered by a lack of self-support and confidence. Such is the root of imposter syndrome, acting as if a wall that hinders us from achieving our full potential. Talking about defeating these limiting thoughts with Melanie Parish is Jehaan Illyas, the Lead Psychiatrist at the Hamilton Family Health Team. Together, they discuss how to get rid of self-doubt, how each gender handles imposter syndrome, and why rising beyond your incompetence can lead to a better self. They also talk about the adjustments of the medical industry in virtual consultations and some self-care tips. Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! Join The Experimental Leader community today: | |||
| Accelerating A New Breed Of Meaningful Leadership With Jayson Krause | 21 Jan 2021 | 00:20:17 | |
Leadership should be driven with purpose and meaning. It is not just about leading for the sake of it. It should be the foundation that puts the business and the people within it to success. In this episode, Jayson Krause, the founder of Level 52, shares with us how he is working to help organizations disrupt and accelerate a new breed of meaningful leadership. He shares the unique points of the company and how they are experimenting with work these days. Jayson then lets us in on his upcoming book, The Science Behind Success: What Every Leader Needs to Know About Mindset, Influence, Culture, & Performance, where he dives into the four elements of science to create actionable tools for leaders to make a bigger difference and deliver better value. Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! Join The Experimental Leader community today: | |||
| “French Chat” And Other Experiments In Online Learning With Mary Clements Of Les Petites Pommes | 03 Dec 2020 | 00:22:07 | |
How does one teach language to kids from an online setting and still be fun and engaging? It would seem impossible until you see what Les Petites Pommes is doing. Founded by Mary Clements in 2009, the award-winning Canadian company specializes in creating programs that help children learn French. The CEO herself joins Melanie Parish in today’s episode to share what the pivot looked like for their company when COVID-19 forced them to shift everything online. An artist by heart, Mary led her company to thrive in the midst of the pandemic through willful experimentation and trailblazing. Listen to the episode to learn more about this beautiful pivot story. Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! Join The Experimental Leader community today: | |||
| The Resilience Way: Navigating Through Uncertainty With Kelly Ann McKnight | 26 Nov 2020 | 00:25:25 | |
The pandemic has pushed many of us to experiment with the ways we lead our businesses and organizations. What we’re used to in the past does not anymore apply today. One area that is undeniably transformed is that of face to face interactions with people. This episode’s guest, Kelly Ann McKnight, the founder of Stone Ridge Consulting, has been doing quite the experiment. She has shifted her focus from just face-to-face consulting and facilitation to the learning journeys by building online learning. Here, she sits down with Melanie Parish to share how she is navigating through this uncertainty and, with her book called The Resilience Way, helping others do the same and come out of the other side better than ever. Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! Join The Experimental Leader community today: | |||
| Breaking The Imposter Syndrome With Angel Ribo | 19 Nov 2020 | 00:24:37 | |
Believing in yourself is a common mantra we hear for motivation, but it is easier said than done. Going past all of the self-doubts, worries, and fears due to imposter syndrome is hard, but we can definitely gain a well-deserved self-trust by seeing our uniqueness despite our flaws. Melanie Parish is joined by public speaker and philanthropist Angel Ribo to discuss how to embrace your true self and let it out for everyone to see. After all, we must not be dictated by our surroundings but by what lies inside ourselves. Angel also shares what kind of fears keep him awake at night, some tips regarding self-care, and experimenting in the middle of the pandemic. Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! Join The Experimental Leader community today: | |||
| Triple Bottom Line: The Place Of Compassion In Business With Dr. Bruno Cignacco | 12 Nov 2020 | 00:19:33 | |
Most of us have grown up with the idea that business should always be about the bottomline – profits, revenue, growth – but there is a rising trend of redefining that bottomline to include compassion, empathy, support, care and camaraderie. International business consultant, international speaker, lecturer, and best-selling author, Dr. Bruno Cignacco elevates this line of thinking into a full-blown business philosophy with his latest book, The Art of Compassionate Business. Joining Melanie Parish in this episode, he explains what compassion means in business and why we need to shift our attention to striking a balance between the quantitative and qualitative aspects of business. As Albert Einstein once said, “Not everything that can be counted counts. Not everything that counts can be counted.” This is the long version of that. Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! Join The Experimental Leader community today: | |||
| TikTok For Podcasts, The Blue Ocean, And The COVID-19 Pandemic With Bernardo de la Vega | 05 Nov 2020 | 00:22:02 | |
What does it take to go from being broke and living out in a hostel for five months to becoming a serial tech entrepreneur and building two multimillion-dollar companies? Bernardo de la Vega, the host of The Next Big Pivot podcast and the man behind the app, Fiesta, sits down with Melanie Parish to share with us his journey. He gives us a view of how he is creating the TikTok for podcasts and how, as a leader, he is going after the blue ocean and facing challenges during the uncertain COVID-19 world. Having been working with podcasts, Bernardo then shares his opinions on what makes a good podcaster. Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! Join The Experimental Leader community today: | |||
| The Role Of Experimentation In Change Management With Phil Buckley | 29 Oct 2020 | 00:29:54 | |
If we are going to experience change at all (which we’re bound to, whether we like it or not), we might as well change confidently. Senior change management professional, Phil Buckley drives this message loud and clear in his award-winning book, Change with Confidence. Having managed 32 large-scale change projects all over the Anglo-American world, Phil inspires leaders to embrace change as an opportunity to grow. In this conversation with Melanie Parish, he discusses the role of experimentation in managing change, especially in these fascinating times. He also discusses the value of feedback and co-creation in effective leadership. Phil is making a new book set to come out next year as well. Find out what to expect from it! Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! Join The Experimental Leader community today: | |||
| Create The Life Of Your Dreams Doing What You Love With Laura DiBenedetto | 22 Oct 2020 | 00:18:57 | |
Many of us miss out on living the life of our dreams because we’re so caught up with work that does not fulfill us anymore. Teaching you how to create the life of our dreams without sacrificing what we love, Melanie Parish interviews TEDx speaker and Life Mastery Coach, Laura DiBenedetto. Here, Laura talks about leadership and the fine line between when a leader needs to be patient and when a leader needs to be a little bit impatient. She also discusses the imposter syndrome and how people can get out of it when it shows up. Not forgetting herself in the equation, Laura then shares the things she does to take care of herself and rejuvenate. Tune into this conversation as she shares more about her life and how she came back from retirement better than ever. Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! Join The Experimental Leader community today: | |||
| Taking The Moment For Self-Care With Tony Loyd | 15 Oct 2020 | 00:23:37 | |
There's a myth that says if your work is meaningful enough, you don't need to practice self-care. That is a complete lie. We're all serving one another. As such, it's really important for people who are serving clients to take that moment for self-care. On today’s show, Melanie Parish chats with leadership development expert Tony Loyd about self-care and how to increase it. They also touch on the imposter syndrome and how we can reinforce our own value as human beings. Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! Join The Experimental Leader community today: | |||
| Healing and Transformation: Unveiling the Power Within with Gul Sonmez | 09 Jan 2024 | 00:29:08 | |
Explore leadership, self-care, and equitable assignments. Dive into mindfulness tools, meditation, and unique perspectives on personal growth. Discover the transformative power of psychic abilities in trauma healing, individually and collectively. Uncover insights into coaching, authenticity, and the importance of tailored approaches. Join us for a brief yet impactful journey into healing and leadership evolution. Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! Join The Experimental Leader community today: | |||
| Starting Businesses: The Business Plan That Works With Sean Castrina | 08 Oct 2020 | 00:22:45 | |
Why do you want to start a business? Sean Castrina thinks understanding the why is absolutely important. Sean is a bestselling author, a serial entrepreneur, and the host of The Ten Minute Entrepreneur podcast. He started his first company at age 23 and has not stopped since. Today, he shares his model for starting businesses with Melanie Parish. One out of every two startups fail. Don’t want to be a part of the statistics? Tune in to this episode to help you discover your why and start motivating yourself to reach for your goals. Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! Join The Experimental Leader community today: | |||
| Afropreneurs: Shaping The Future Of Africa With Clarah Manuhwa | 01 Oct 2020 | 00:25:40 | |
Driven by the need to help Africa prosper and develop, Clarah Manuhwa has created a platform for young Africans with the aim of connecting Africans to work together. Clarah is a young Zimbabwean entrepreneur and engineer. Today on the podcast, she sits down with Melanie Parish to explain what drove her to start the foundation and share how she’s motivating, empowering, and engaging young African women to do the best for themselves. Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! Join The Experimental Leader community today: | |||
| What Self-Care Looks Like To A Cancer Advocate With Andrea Wilson Woods | 24 Sep 2020 | 00:18:13 | |
Being a cancer advocate is a profession that carries a lot of heavy emotional labor, especially when you’re personally invested in it. Having had the experience of caring for her younger sister until the latter succumbed to liver cancer, the fight against cancer is a personal one for Andrea Wilson Woods, so much so that she is up to her elbows running a two-pronged war against cancer through her nonprofit, Blue Faery: The Adrienne Wilson Liver Cancer Association and her for-profit health technology company, Cancer University. At the same time, she is actively promoting her award-winning bestselling memoir, Better of Bald. How does she stay in peak mental, physical and emotional shape in the middle of this flurry of activity? Listen in as she shares some of her self-care routines with Melanie Parish on the podcast. Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! Join The Experimental Leader community today: | |||
| Constructing Your Career With Elinor Moshe | 17 Sep 2020 | 00:17:06 | |
One of the most booming industries globally, the construction industry is, without exception, fraught with many challenges. It’s a long-term game, and that is why it’s essential to work alongside people who understand the process and see the results. Joining Melanie Parish on the show today is Elinor Moshe, a mentor, speaker, and the host of the podcast called Constructing You. Elinor shares how industry professionals and future leaders can construct their careers in construction to achieve more recognition, higher compensation, and faster career progression. Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! Join The Experimental Leader community today:
| |||
| The Agile Philosophy, CareerGig And The Agile World With Greg Kihlstrom | 03 Sep 2020 | 00:21:42 | |
We live in an agile world and we need to be agile if we are to thrive in it. Whether you’re applying it to your business, marketing or any other endeavor, agility allows you to be scientific and methodical about upping your game and achieving strategic pivots in a shorter amount of time. This is a very timely conversation to make as we make our way through this terrible social experiment that is COVID-19. Join Melanie Parish and Greg Kihlstrom as they talk about this in this interview. Greg is the founder of CareerGig which is, in itself, an agile freelancing platform that uniquely eliminates the traditional tradeoff between career flexibility and employment benefits that freelancers traditionally have to make – something that many potential freelancers and companies can benefit from as we all go through a radical shift in the way we hire employees. Greg is also a bestselling author and host of The Agile World Podcast. Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! Join The Experimental Leader community today:
| |||
| Operationalizing Compassion Mindset Into An Organization’s Culture With Nate Regier | 27 Aug 2020 | 00:16:35 | |
The COVID-19 pandemic has thrust many of us into being our experimental selves. What we’re all used to is now far from the current environment’s vocabulary of social distancing, isolation, and remote work. For many businesses, this poses a number of challenges on the leadership front, especially with how you can maintain the connection with your people and, more importantly, reach out with more compassion. Bringing in an expert around that, Melanie Parish talks to Nate Regier, PhD, the CEO and founding owner of Next Element. Nate helps us understand what compassion mindset is all about, how it helps people in a different way than emotional intelligence, and how it can be built into the culture of an organization. Join him in this conversation to learn more and where he also discusses compassion fatigue versus empathy fatigue. Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! Join The Experimental Leader community today:
| |||
| The Essentials Of Consulting Success: How To Thrive During Uncertain Times With Michael Zipursky | 20 Aug 2020 | 00:23:53 | |
Businesses in different industries are facing unprecedented challenges during this time of pandemic and consulting is no exception. How can professionals in the industry pivot their services and products so that they can continue to thrive and reap success in the midst of all the uncertainty? This is the theme of Michael Zipursky’s latest book, Act Now, which he talks about in this interview with Melanie Parish. Michael is the host of Consulting Success Podcast, where he interviews thought leaders in the industry, and author of Amazon bestsellers, The Elite Consulting Mind and Consulting Success. Now is a good time to rethink your consulting business so that you can thrive in these uncertain times. Learn about what Michael can offer you to help plus his personal insights on being an experimental leader. Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! Join The Experimental Leader community today:
| |||
| How To Present Yourself As A Thought Leader With Elizabeth Bachman | 13 Aug 2020 | 00:25:34 | |
Up to this day, women leaders continue to be underrated as strategic thinkers and thought leaders in their organizations. Many women may have reached the C-suite level but still have that DIY tendency and self-effacing attitude that often prevents them from having a real seat at the table. How can women unleash their true potential as strategic thinkers and thought leaders? In this conversation with Melanie Parish, sought-after speaker, strategist, podcast host and presentation skills trainer, Elizabeth Bachman shares some tips on how to present yourself as a real thought leader in your sphere and start having a real impact. Also on this episode, learn how you can try little steps over time to create incremental change plus some tips on presenting yourself and creating engagement online. Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! Join The Experimental Leader community today:
| |||
| Building A Breakthrough Leadership Team With Mike Goldman | 06 Aug 2020 | 00:26:54 | |
As your business grows, you need to pass on a lot of your responsibility to others, essentially building a leadership team that serves as your organization’s brains. With host Melanie Parish, Mike Goldman introduces us to the Breakthrough Leadership Team, the critical factor you need to focus on as you scale your business in these uncertain times. Mike is a nationally recognized speaker, author, leadership team coach, and the Founder of Performance Breakthrough, where he works with midsize companies to build their leadership teams and achieve dramatic business growth. In this episode, he teaches us the importance of getting the right people into your organization’s leadership positions, as well as leading yourself in order to better lead others. His incredible grasp of leadership team development is a product of his three decades’ worth of experience working with clients ranging from local entrepreneurs to Fortune 500 companies. Don’t miss this opportunity to latch on as Melanie picks his brain! Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! Join The Experimental Leader community today:
| |||
| Leadership: Getting Clear About What You’re Driving Towards With Adam Kreek | 30 Jul 2020 | 00:23:59 | |
Leadership is both a gift and a challenge. As a leader, you are constantly pushed to your breaking point. You have to be disciplined, calculated, focused, determined, and find ways to break through the blockages. Adam Kreek, one of North America’s top executive business coaches, joins Melanie Parish to talk about leadership and what people should be thinking about their own leadership right now. He also highlights the importance of getting clear about your leadership goals – what you’re driving towards. Adam founded KreekSpeak Business Solutions in 2008 and have been coaching, writing, speaking, and training ever since. His bestselling business book, The Responsibility Ethic, teaches us the “how” of self-leadership, driving personal and professional results in individuals and organizations. Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! Join The Experimental Leader community today:
| |||
| Transitioning in the Workplace with Hannah Howard | 27 Dec 2023 | 00:40:36 | |
Embark on a journey of positivity and inclusivity in this episode of The Experimental Leader. From overcoming challenges with grace to embracing the power of Kanban boards in gender identity transitions, discover the uplifting impact of effective communication and self-actualization. Personal anecdotes shed light on the joyous moments of navigating gender identity and pronouns. Join the uplifting conversation on fostering positive work environments and celebrating diverse perspectives in this insightful episode. Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! Join The Experimental Leader community today: | |||
| Brand Alignment: Brand Success Through Storytelling And Authenticity With Janel Dyan | 23 Jul 2020 | 00:25:19 | |
Creating a successful brand is all about building trust and authenticity. When you’re authentic and in alignment with your brand, you’re able to draw people in and lead them. Janel Dyan joins Melanie Parish to discuss about brand alignment and how storytelling and being authentic is very important in building trust with your audience, consumers, and employees. Janel is an executive brand strategist aimed towards leadership success. Listen in as she talks more about brand alignment, authenticity, and consumer trust. Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! Join The Experimental Leader community today:
| |||
| Becoming Better Leaders Through Group Coaching With Glain Roberts-McCabe | 16 Jul 2020 | 00:31:24 | |
As a leader, you’re constantly faced with change, disruption, and growth. The question is, how do you navigate through that? Glain Roberts-McCabe joins Melanie Parish to share how her company is helping leaders build the skills and behaviors they need to be successful, not just now but down the road through their group coaching approach. Glain and her team at The Roundtable develop coaching programs that involve redefining change and disruption – things that can help build success. Listen in as Glain and Melanie talk about leadership and how coaching groups like The Roundtable can help leaders become better at what they do. Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! Join The Experimental Leader community today:
| |||
| Adapting To Disruptions Caused By COVID-19 With Jesse Finkelstein | 09 Jul 2020 | 00:39:02 | |
Listen in as Melanie Parish talks to co-founder and principal at Page Two Books, Jesse Finkelstein, about adapting to disruptions in regards to the COVID-19 pandemic. Page Two Books is a publishing company aimed at helping authors of non-fiction books. Jesse discusses how the company focuses on getting the message across from authors to the readers despite the current pandemic. Aspects of physical distancing are also talked about in this episode. Specifically, on how her team works on bringing on years of expertise while maintaining safety during the current circumstances. Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! Join The Experimental Leader community today:
| |||
| Achieving Maximum Happiness With Andrew Hallam | 02 Jul 2020 | 00:33:03 | |
Prioritizing our needs and wants can lead to achieving a feeling of fulfillment. On today’s show, listen in as Melanie Parish interviews Andrew Hallam about achieving gratification by doing precisely this. Andrew is a financial wellness speaker who has delivered more than 150 talks on investing, happiness, and money. He discusses the concept of maximum happiness and introduces his book called Millionaire Teacher: The Nine Rules of Wealth You Should Have Learned in School, which talks about the details of the financial services industry. Learn more as Andrew talks about prioritization, money, and gratification in today’s episode. Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! Join The Experimental Leader community today:
| |||
| Modeling Accountable Leadership In Your Organization With Dr. Vince Molinaro | 25 Jun 2020 | 00:30:33 | |
How important is a culture of accountability in an organization? What role do leaders have to play to foster this accountability? What does accountable leadership mean for the performance of a company? Vince Molinaro, Ph.D., the Founder and CEO of Leadership Contract Inc., answers these questions as he joins Melanie Parish on the show. A successful author, speaker, leadership adviser, and researcher, Vince has helped create one of the leading brands in the human capital industry. He has recently released his latest book, Accountable Leaders, which he and Melanie dissect in this conversation. Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! Join The Experimental Leader community today:
| |||
| Mindfulness Revolution For Leaders And First Responders In This COVID-19 Environment With Libby Robinson | 18 Jun 2020 | 00:24:44 | |
Nothing is ever the same in this current COVID-19 pandemic environment. For leaders, that means having to find more experimental ways to really reach out to their team and keep the organization afloat. In this episode, Melanie Parsh interviews someone who perfectly captures the experimental leader. She brings over the Managing Partner of Integral Leadership & Coaching, Libby Robinson, who has worked for 26 years with senior leaders globally, helping to bring more mindfulness, resilience, and greater capacity to brilliant and ambitious leaders. Here, Libby shares how she is experimenting in her work, life, and business, giving us a peek into the novel ways she has been helping leaders and first responders who have been under pressure. She then discusses the idea of stockpile and pro bono coaching hours before letting us in on her latest venture, BackFeed+, a new app that helps individuals and organizations get better, faster feedback. Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! Join The Experimental Leader community today:
| |||
| Finding Your True North With Melinda Harrison | 11 Jun 2020 | 00:25:22 | |
There’s value to having something to strive for. All of us need to be striving toward something, and that vision comes from our values about what we want in our lives and what has meaning. When we have that vision, we can set a target and move toward it. Joining Melanie Parish on the show today is Melinda Harrison, a former Olympic swimmer and a professional certified ICF PCC Level Executive Coach with an extensive experience in goal discovery and pathways to attainment. Melinda tackles the challenges that competitive athletes struggle with in finding their true North. She also touches on the concept of athlete autopilot, self-measurement, and the messy middle of change. Join Melanie and Melinda in this insightful conversation about the importance of asking the question of why we’re driven to succeed. Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! Join The Experimental Leader community today:
| |||
| The Relationship Systems Model With Marita Fridjhon | 04 Jun 2020 | 00:24:53 | |
There is always something in somebody that is valuable and that you can learn from regardless of how different we all are. With the current pandemic, humanity has rediscovered that relationships matter and that leadership lives in everybody, not just in the designated leader. On today’s show, Melanie Parish talks with Marita Fridjhon about relationship systems and how they impact everything that we do. They also dive into how you can integrate the voice of the novice into your solutions, acknowledging that the novice sometimes has information that isn’t available to those who are in an organization. Marita is the CEO and Cofounder of CRR Global and a mentor to an ever-growing community of practitioners in the field of relationship systems work. Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! Join The Experimental Leader community today:
| |||
| The Experimental Leader Online Book Launch | 28 May 2020 | 00:21:52 | |
In times like this when leadership is being challenged in all fronts, the experimental leader rises to the forefront, armed with a team imbued with a culture of adaptability and innovation. No other time is more apt than now to propagate the message of a new kind of leadership that harnesses the potential of the team to the fullest. Melanie Parish succinctly describes this kind of leadership in her talk during the April 28th, 2020 online book launch of her book, The Experimental Leader: Be a New Kind of Boss to Cultivate an Organization of Innovators. Melanie firmly believes that experimentation in leadership opens up to the possibility of change everywhere. Listen in and start to unleash the creative energy of your team! Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! Join The Experimental Leader community today:
| |||
| Allowing Yourself To Be Vulnerable With Joanna Davis | 22 May 2020 | 00:25:23 | |
There are many kindnesses that we must let ourselves learn over time, and one of these kindnesses is allowing vulnerability into our lives. Allowing vulnerability opens a new door of possibility in the various ways you interact with the world, and with this kindness, you attain a new degree of freedom. Joanna Davis, MCC has over a decade of experience as a certified coach. She joins Melanie Parish to talk about allowing vulnerability into your interactions with yourself and others. Together with Joanna and Melanie, attain this new freedom by allowing yourself to be vulnerable. Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! Join The Experimental Leader community today:
| |||
| Unleashing Youth Champions: Empowering with Chris Romulo | 27 Nov 2023 | 00:30:09 | |
Embark on a journey of empowerment and resilience in this episode of The Experimental Leader. Muay Thai champion Chris Romulo shares his transformative story, from conquering self-doubt to becoming a youth advocate. Discover the keys to decision-making, overcoming obstacles, and championing positive change. Gain insights into Chris's vision for empowering youth and dismantling the barriers to success. Join the conversation on leadership, innovation, and the profound impact of shaping the leaders of tomorrow. Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! Join The Experimental Leader community today: | |||
| Community Shared Agriculture: Achieving Food Sovereignty In Crisis Times With Alvaro Venturelli Luchsinger | 08 May 2020 | 00:22:58 | |
It is the people in the food supply chain that are really the unsung heroes who keep us going as we wait out the COVID-19 crisis in isolation. With community shared agriculture, people can assure themselves of food sovereignty by relying on locally-farmed produce as border closures make it hard to secure food from big, cross-country suppliers. Alvaro Venturelli Luchsinger joins Melanie Parish to talk about how Plan B Organic Farms manages to support its community of 750 families as the current crisis makes it hard for consumers to procure food conventionally. Alvaro’s story is a touching narrative of a person who genuinely cares for his community and uses his abilities and resources to be proactive in the midst of crisis. Make sure to stick to the end and hear about Alvaro’s favorite vegetable! Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! Join The Experimental Leader community today:
| |||
| Improving Metabolism In This Pandemic With Haylie Pomroy | 01 May 2020 | 00:23:20 | |
When we think of metabolism, our initial reaction is thinking of weight loss. However, more than that, our metabolism plays a very important part of our health and affects every aspect of our lives. Joining Melanie Parish to shed light on the topic is Haylie Pomroy, a #1 New York Times bestselling author, leading health and wellness entrepreneur, celebrity nutritionist, and motivational speaker whose “Food is Medicine” philosophy resonates deeply with her fans. Through her latest book, Cooking for a Fast Metabolism, Haylie helps us understand the metabolic pathways that make the body tick and offers some great advice to improve our food choices. She also addresses the current global health crisis by sharing some of her biggest challenges as a leader now and how she is experimenting in her business. Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! Join The Experimental Leader community today:
| |||
| Brand Shifting: Experimenting With Helpfulness In This Time Of Great Need With Jeremy Miller | 01 May 2020 | 00:21:35 | |
There probably is no greater time to be more creative and innovative than now. Businesses are fighting for their survival, and if they do not step up and adapt to the current COVID-19 situation, then they may not stand a chance. One of the crucial areas that businesses can look at is their branding, assessing whether or not it mirrors the concerns of the people now at large. Helping you grapple with this challenge, host, Melanie Parish, invites Jeremy Miller, the president of Sticky Branding and a globally recognized branding expert and bestselling author. Here, Jeremy shifts our focus into helpfulness, looking deeper into how you can be helpful and generous at a time where the world needs you more than ever. He lays down necessary questions that will open up opportunities for you to serve better and do something remarkable. Learn more about branding shifting and marketing during this trying time through this great conversation. Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! Join The Experimental Leader community today:
| |||