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Are you a business owner, executive, leader, team leader, aspiring future leader, leadership junkie, a scientist, a design thinker, or simply the leader of your own life? If you are, then you are a leader, and as such, you should be experimenting!

Welcome to The Experimental Leader, a podcast where we tackle the ways leaders are experimenting in their own work. Hosted by Melanie Parish and Dr. Mel Rutherford, we dive into the most interesting questions about leaders and get into real-life conversations about how people might be experimenting with their leadership. What they are trying? How they are leading and managing their flow of work and throughput? How are they managing bottlenecks, mission, vision, strategic, operational, and tactical intents? How do they organize experiments? How do they succeed? How do they fail? How do they collect data?

The loneliness of leadership can be overwhelming, especially when a leader gets promoted and doesn’t have a roadmap for how to lead. They might feel like they are supposed to have the answers, and yet they have to figure out what that really means. The hardest part can be not having anyone to talk to about their leadership journey.

2nd Anniversary Episode with Marita Fridjhon: What Does Systems Inspired Leadership Bring To Us Today? And What Has Changed Since Our Last Interview?

  The show’s guest in this episode is Marita Fridjhon. She is a highly sought-after global speaker and is the lead author of the article “Relationship Systems Intelligence: Transforming the Face of Leadership” and co-author of the book “Creating Intelligent Teams” and “Systems Inspired Leadership”. —     Listen to the podcast here What Does Systems Inspired Leadership Bring To Us Today? And What Has Changed Since Our Last Interview? Hello, it is so great to be here live with you today. I’m super excited because I’ve been doing this podcast for two years. It’s like, wow, I, you know,Read More

Building Confident Leaders and Healthy Teams with Todd Long

  The show’s guest in this episode is Todd Long. He is a business owner, leadership strategists, facilitator, executive coach, author, and team energizer. He is passionate about helping people become more confident and mindful leaders. —     Listen to the podcast here Building Confident Leaders and Healthy Teams with Todd Long Hey, it’s really great to be here live with you today. I’m Melanie Parish and I have been thinking about my own life, my own leadership. And I had a conversation with a really great coach today who asked me the question, Who do you want toRead More

The Future of Where Remote Work is Going with Liam Martin

  The show’s guest in this episode is Liam Martin. He is from Running Remote, the largest conference on building and scaling remote teams. He’s been working remotely for almost 20 years with team members in 43 different countries and he’s going to talk to us today about how almost everyone who started working remotely during the pandemic have done it wrong. —     Listen to the podcast here The Future of Where Remote Work is Going with Liam Martin Hello, it’s great to be here with you live today on the experimental leader Podcast. I’m Melanie Parrish andRead More

Using Academic Theory and Applying it to the Corporate Setting to Achieve Business Results with Steve Yacovelli

  The show’s guest in this episode is Dr. Steve Yacovelli (a.k.a. “The Gay Leadership Dude®”). He is is an expert in diversity and inclusion, change management, and leadership. He’s worked internal for folx like The Walt Disney Company, IBM, Tupperware Brands, and several universities before starting his own consulting firm, TopDog Learning Group in 2008. TopDog works with both Fortune 500s and not-for-profit organizations to bring about a more inclusive and effective workplace through on-site workshops, virtual or face-to-face keynotes, 1:1 and group coaching sessions, and custom learning solutions. Steve’s also an award-winning author, speaker, and catalyst. His latestRead More

Eliminating Self Doubt, Anxiety & Mental Blocks with Adrian Moreno

  The show’s guest in this episode is Adrian Moreno. He is a mindset expert, speaker, and also known as, “The Business Hypnotist” Adrian Moreno. He is a leading hypnotherapist for entrepreneurs, CEO’s and executives. He helps them up-level their performance, impact and happiness. —     Listen to the podcast here Eliminating Self Doubt, Anxiety & Mental Blocks with Adrian Moreno Hey, it’s great to be here live with you today. And I just love being here with you. Since we since I was on last I’ve migrated back to Canada, which is fun. It’s nice to be home.Read More

Experimenting with Being ALL of Who You Are as a Leader with Bryna Haynes

  The show’s guest in this episode is Bryna Haynes. She’s the founder and CEO of World Changers Media, a boutique publishing company focused on delivering quality transformational nonfiction by, and for, the next generation of thought leaders. She is located in Rhode Island, is a mom of two impetuous fairy-princess-dragon-tamers, and has a slightly dangerous obsession with kickass boots. —     Listen to the podcast here Experimenting with Being ALL of Who You Are as a Leader with Bryna Haynes Hello, and Happy International Women’s Day. It is great to be here live with you on the experimentalRead More

Achieve Excellence by Doing Ordinary Things Extraordinarily Well with Dave McKeown

  The show’s guest in this episode is Dave McKeown. He is the CEO of Outfield Leadership and author of The Self-Evolved Leader – Elevate Your Focus and Develop Your People in a World That Refuses to Slow Down. Dave McKeown helps individuals, teams, and organizations achieve excellence by doing the ordinary things extraordinarily well. —     Listen to the podcast here Achieve Excellence by Doing Ordinary Things Extraordinarily Well with Dave McKeown Hello, it’s so nice to be here with you live today on the experimental leader Podcast. I’m Melanie Parrish. And I’ve been thinking about experimenting inRead More

Reputation Management for Leaders with Bant Breen

  The show’s guest in this episode is Bant Breen.Bant is a successful global marketing and media executive, entrepreneur, and academic. He is the Executive Chairman and Founder of Qnary, an award-winning executive reputation management and talent branding solutions company. —     Listen to the podcast here Reputation Management for Leaders with Bant Breen Hey, it’s great to be here live with you today. Super fun to be here. I’ve been thinking about my own leadership. And I’ve been thinking about where I try to remove bottlenecks. And, you know, I have people I work with and people IRead More

Learning How to Find, Bid, and Win Profitable Contracts with Kizzy Parks

  The show’s guest in this episode is Kizzy Parks. She’s a GUINNESS WORLD RECORD title holder and she’s a serial entrepreneur. —     Listen to the podcast here Learning How to Find, Bid, and Win Profitable Contracts with Kizzy Parks Hey, everybody. It’s great to be here with you live on the experimental leader Podcast. I’m super excited to be here today. And I’ve been thinking about bottlenecks. I love thinking about bottlenecks. I think they’re super interesting. And I wanted to tell you a story about my son. So my son’s a competitive swimmer, his name’s Emerson.Read More

Experimenting with conflict with Sean Castrina

  The show’s guest in this episode Sean Castrina. He’s a best selling author. He’s a serial entrepreneur. And he’s the host of the 10 Minute Entrepreneur Podcast. And he started his first company at the age of 23. And he has not stopped since his book came out last April called Developing The Entrepreneur Within. —     Listen to the podcast here Experimenting with conflict with Sean Castrina Hey, it’s great to be here with you live on the experimental leader podcast today. I always want to give you a copy of my book. And I’m going toRead More

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