Melanie Parish, MCC

Listen to the podcast here Barriers, Bottlenecks, and Breakdowns Hey, everybody, I am really excited to be here with you. And I want to talk about bottlenecks, barriers and breakdowns today. So, when I think about bottlenecks, I really think about Eliyahu Goldratt. And the Theory of Constraints. So Eliyahu Goldratt, was an Israeli physicist, and he worked a lot in manufacturing. And if you think about a factory floor, where you’re producing something like automobiles that flows through an assembly line, for example, then we think about throughput. And we think about the amount of work that is produced...... Read More

  Imagine a world where leaders feel and display deep regard for others’ dignity. That world is one where leader humility is present, driving leaders and how they interact with others. We discuss the topic of leader humility as our host, Melanie Parish, interviews scholar, teacher, trainer, and senior leader Marilyn Gist. Marilyn helps us examine how humility works and its impact on leaders and their followers alike. This is an episode you do not want to miss if you want to develop your leadership skills! — Listen to the podcast here The Impact And Importance Of Leader Humility With Marilyn...... Read More

Listen to the podcast here Experimenting With Self Care Hey, I’m super excited to be here with you. And I wanted to talk to you a little bit about self-care and how you can experiment with self-care. This week, I’ve had so many conversations with leaders who are feeling some burnout, especially people in Canada, with all the lockdowns. And it’s really hard to get outside and really hard to have kind of that feeling of a normal life. Burnout is a real risk for people and burnout can last a really long time. And I think many people I...... Read More

  The only way through a person’s inner thoughts and feelings is through their journal. This is what the President of Frame of Mind Coaching, Kim Ades believes in. Kim is a business coach that helps highly driven people reach their goals. One of the best ways to understand people’s motivations is through their minds, and one way through that is by journaling. Join your host Melanie Parish as she sits down with coach and fellow podcaster Kim Ades. Learn how Kim is using podcasting for her business and how she uses a unique coaching style for her clients.  — Listen to the...... Read More

  Listen to the podcast here Empathy Improves Productivity Hey, everybody, I’m super excited to be here with you today. I think it’s really important when we’re thinking about making our teams more productive, that we also think about empathy, that we also think about what our teams need what they’re experiencing at any given time that we respond to them first, as human beings. We don’t see them as machinery to extract value from, but real people who we can help find fulfilment, and help them have an excitement about the work they do to feel proud of the...... Read More

  Mental health issues are on the rise because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The show’s guest today is Heather Younger, the CEO, and Founder of Employee Fanatix and author of The Art of Caring Leadership. Employee Fanatix is a leadership development consulting and training firm that teaches you to achieve real business results through caring leadership. Heather chats with Melanie Parish on how we need to be more compassionate and empathetic in our workplace to uplift our organization. If you’ve built trust and shown care, your members will feel more empowered to take action. Tune in and learn more about the art of caring leadership!  — Listen to the...... Read More

Listen to the podcast here How To Pick Your Leadership Icons Hey, everybody, it’s great to be here with you today. And I’m super excited to talk to you about your leadership icons. It’s so interesting when we think about who we want to emulate when we become leaders, we want to think about, we want to think about choosing people to emulate who aren’t really our natural first choice. You see, we all have these personality types. So, someone who is more dominant might really love the idea of power in leadership, or someone who’s more of a charismatic...... Read More

  Emotional competency is so important to who we are and who we want to become as a leader. The show’s guest today is Dr. Keith Westman, the Chief Operating Officer at Otus. Otus is the first EdTech platform to centralize learning management, assessment, and data on one platform, reducing chaos for educators, students, and their families. Dr. Keith discusses with Melanie Parish how crucial it is to make space for the people we work with. We have to allow them to be human, have families, and have things they care about outside of work. Tune in and learn more about humanizing your...... Read More

Listen to the podcast here Three Tips For Leading A Team That Rocks Innovation Hey, everybody, I’m super excited to be here with you today. And I want to give you some tips that’ll help you. When you’re leading innovation. There’s something really hard about creating alchemy in a business or an organization when you’re trying to do something that’s never been done before. It can feel like a slog, it can feel like you’re kind of trying to push through sand or move fast through the water. It isn’t always apparent why it feels so hard, because you think,...... Read More

  Finding the right job for you and getting the salary you want is not that easy. One must master the art of negotiation and learn how to show up properly if they’re going to pull that off. Melanie Parish sits down with David Johnson, who aims to combine his professional experiences as a lawyer with design. He shares the most important strategies when chasing job opportunities on both entry-level and C-Suite ranks, focusing on showcasing your value and facing every challenge of ambiguity. David also talks about how one can hone and experiment with their negotiation skills just by...... Read More