All posts by: Melanie Parish

How Employee Engagement Will Improve the Results of your Organization with Paul ter Wal

The show’s guest in this episode is Paul ter Wal. He is a speaker, writer, consultant and engagement explorer. He is based in the Netherlands. He speaks 3 languages and has been president of three speakers associations. —   Listen to the podcast here How Employee Engagement Will Improve the Results of your Organization with Paul ter Wal Hi, I’m Melanie Parish and I am the host of the experimental leader Podcast. I’m so excited to be here with you today. And I’ve been thinking a lot about authenticity. And also like, what parts of myself I might bring to...... Read More

Know Thyself: Clarify Your Picture, Create Balance, and Live the Life of Your Dreams with Lee Davy

  The show’s guest in this episode is Lee Davy. He is a Life Long seeker, comprehensivist, health and consciousness enthusiast. —   Listen to the podcast here Know Thyself: Clarify Your Picture, Create Balance, and Live the Life of Your Dreams with Lee Davy Hi, everybody, I’m Melanie Parish, it’s great to be here with you live today, I am super excited to be here with you. And I’ve been thinking about sort of roles and ways of leading. And I’ve been thinking about, like, when would you want to be a dictatorship, sort of when would you want...... Read More

Leading the Way with Music with Jeffrey Pollock

The show’s guest in this episode is Jeffrey Pollock. He was chosen by the League of American Orchestras as a featured conductor for their prestigious National Conductor Preview. He is known for his musical versatility, his innovative concert programming, and for his ability to make connections with audiences. —   Listen to the podcast here Leading the Way with Music with Jeffrey Pollock Hi, I’m Melanie Parish and I’m thrilled to be here with you today. I think there’s some things that we really get wrong about leadership. I think that one of them is that I think that when...... Read More

Better Conversations for Stronger Relationships: Insights from an Experimental Leader

  —   Listen to the podcast here Better Conversations for Stronger Relationships: Insights from an Experimental Leader Hi, everybody. I’m Melanie Parish, the host of the experimental leader podcast. I am excited to be here with you today. And this is going to be a really short podcast. Today, I just wanted to share some thoughts I’ve been having about relationships, I had a relationship with, I have a relationship with a vendor, and I got an A text because I text people because I’m busy. And they know they can find me on text. And they wanted to...... Read More

Helping Managers to Lead Better with Lori Michele Leavitt

The show’s guest in this episode is Lori Michele Leavitt, “The Pivot Catalyst.” Lori and her books guide leaders in generating a ripple of positive influence throughout their organizations, to strengthen alignment and catalyze momentum. —   Listen to the podcast here Helping Managers to Lead Better with Lori Michele Leavitt Hello, it’s so nice to be here with you today. I’m Melanie Parish, I’m your host for the experimental leader podcast. And I’ve been working in my business lately, sort of, if I think about the metaphor of rolling up my sleeves, and, you know, sort of getting into...... Read More

Strategic Narrative with Guillaume Wiatr

  The show’s guest in this episode is Guillaume Wiatr. He is the author of Strategic Narrative: A Simple Method That Business Leaders Can Use to Help Everyone Understand Their Business, Get Behind it and Believe In It. —   Listen to the podcast here Strategic Narrative with Guillaume Wiatr Hello, I’m Melanie Parish, it’s so great to be here with you live today. I’ve been thinking about my own leadership, and today is Valentine’s Day. And I have this lovely box of chocolates that my husband gave me. And I was thinking about relationships and how relationships are kind...... Read More

Let’s Talk About Silence with Leigh Marz

The show’s guest in this episode is Leigh Marz. She is the co-author of GOLDEN: The Power of Silence in a World of Noise and leadership and collaboration consultant. —   Listen to the podcast here script async data-type=”track” data-hash=”5QJgJbLgX3″ data-track=”115″ src=”https://app.fusebox.fm/embed/player.js”> Let’s Talk About Silence with Leigh Marz Hey there, it’s great to be with you today. I’m super excited about today’s show. And I was I’ve been thinking a lot about impostor syndrome, mostly because we’re going to start doing some cool webinars about that. And I had this moment today that I thought was super interesting. So...... Read More

The Loneliness of Leadership

  —   Listen to the podcast here The Loneliness of Leadership Hello, everyone. Welcome to the Experimental Leader Podcast. I’m Melanie Parish. And it’s nice to be with you here live today. I’m super excited to be here with you. And our guest was ill today. So I’m here alone. And I thought I might share sort of my own thoughts about how I think what I’m thinking about right now. It’s a little lonely when my guest doesn’t show up. And so here I am. And I’m thinking about the loneliness of leadership, which I know is a...... Read More

Embrace the Power of You with Tricia Timm

The show’s guest in this episode is Tricia Timm. She is is a first-generation Latina that has attained the triple achievement of reaching the C-suite, joining the boardroom and cracking the venture capital ceiling. She just wrote her first book, Embrace the Power of You, and she hopes to inspire anyone who has ever felt like an “other” in the workplace to embrace their true selves, own their identity and achieve success and fulfillment in their life and career. —   Listen to the podcast here Embrace the Power of You with Tricia Timm Hi, everybody, it’s Melanie Parish, and...... Read More

When Your Career Starts to Itch, Ya Gotta Scratch with Randi Roberts

  The show’s guest in this episode is Randi Roberts. She is an executive and career-life coach of Randi Roberts Coaching and a former C-Suite Executive now helping fellow leaders and executives navigate their careers. —   Listen to the podcast here When Your Career Starts to Itch, Ya Gotta Scratch with Randi Roberts Hello, it’s so exciting to be with you here live today. I’ve been thinking a lot about how leaders present themselves to the world. I have clients who come to me because they want to up their game, probably because they want to change jobs, make...... Read More