Guest Cast: Dana Ross on Recruiting, Leadership as a Trans Person, and Star Trek!

Solo Cast: Creating Psychological Safety

In this episode Forest talks about creating psychological safety. She gave a related presentation at the Lesbians Who Tech and Allies Pride Summit. This episode gives tips of how to create psychological safety with examples.  Psychological safety is important in order to getting honest and accurate information.  It also improves retention and belonging. Forest discussed how to avoid group think, reduce conformity bias and reduce authority bias. She also gites tips for retrospectives and 1:1s. Music credits: * The opening music is Like a Prism by Miyagisama [https://pixabay.com/users/miyagisama-491779/] . * The closing song is Something About You by Marilyn Ford [https://pixabay.com/users/marilynford-32952032/] . Thanks for listening. Please rate, subscribe, and share. Join the conversation in the Practical Leadership Cast Discord server: https://discord.gg/ewhPY6akRF [https://discord.gg/ewhPY6akRF] This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.eastcoastgames.com/subscribe [https://www.eastcoastgames.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_2]

Solo Cast: Leadership Resources

Forest gives a brief review of all the podcasts and books she's read related to leadership. Here are links to all of the podcasts. For the detailed reviews and book list please listen to the audio or read the transcript: Podcasts: * HBR IdeaCast [https://hbr.org/2018/01/podcast-ideacast] - https://hbr.org/2018/01/podcast-ideacast [https://hbr.org/2018/01/podcast-ideacast] * Coaching Real Leaders w/ Muriel Wilkins [https://hbr.org/2020/12/podcast-coaching-real-leaders] - https://hbr.org/2020/12/podcast-coaching-real-leaders [https://hbr.org/2020/12/podcast-coaching-real-leaders] * > Code [https://www.greaterthancode.com/] - https://www.greaterthancode.com/ [https://www.greaterthancode.com/] * Dear HBR [https://hbr.org/2018/01/podcast-dear-hbr] - https://hbr.org/2018/01/podcast-dear-hbr [https://hbr.org/2018/01/podcast-dear-hbr] * Code Sw!tch [https://www.npr.org/podcasts/510312/codeswitch] - https://www.npr.org/podcasts/510312/codeswitch [https://www.npr.org/podcasts/510312/codeswitch] * WorkLife w/ Adam Grant [https://www.ted.com/podcasts/worklife] - https://www.ted.com/podcasts/worklife [https://www.ted.com/podcasts/worklife] * Maxwell Leadership Podcast [https://johnmaxwellleadershippodcast.com/] - https://johnmaxwellleadershippodcast.com/ [https://johnmaxwellleadershippodcast.com/] * Leading with Empathy & Allyship [https://empovia.co/podcast/] - https://empovia.co/podcast/ [https://empovia.co/podcast/] Music credits: * The opening music is Like a Prism by Miyagisama [https://pixabay.com/users/miyagisama-491779/] . * The closing song is Something About You by Marilyn Ford [https://pixabay.com/users/marilynford-32952032/] . Thanks for listening. Please rate, subscribe, and share. Join the conversation in the Practical Leadership Cast Discord server: https://discord.gg/ewhPY6akRF [https://discord.gg/ewhPY6akRF] This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.eastcoastgames.com/subscribe [https://www.eastcoastgames.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_2]

Guest Cast: Sean Ilenrey on LinkedIn, Executive Leadership, and Humble Beginnings.

Forest interviews Sean Ilenrey, the VP of Support at Dutchie, about his leadership experience and his humble beginnings. He gets into some details about what it's like to be an executive and how to make the role sustainable. He gives us a preview of his upcoming book LinkedIn Professional Brand Guide and Planner. The two swap stories about Sean leading a team in Mexico and Forest leading a team in Egypt. In the conversation Sean also discusses his family and his website.   Sean Recommends: * Rich Dad Poor Dad by Robert T. Kiyosaki and Sharon Lechter * Uncompromising by Steve White * His website, Corporate Dad: https://www.corpdad.com/ [https://www.corpdad.com/] * His Upcoming book: LinkedIn Professional Brand Guide and Planner * That we interview McKenzie Robuck Walsh ( https://www.linkedin.com/in/mackenzieroebuckwalsh/ [https://www.linkedin.com/in/mackenzieroebuckwalsh/] ) Music credits: * The opening music is Like a Prism by Miyagisama [https://pixabay.com/users/miyagisama-491779/] . * The closing song is Something About You by Marilyn Ford [https://pixabay.com/users/marilynford-32952032/] . Thanks for listening. Please rate, subscribe, and share. Join the conversation in the Practical Leadership Cast Discord server: https://discord.gg/ewhPY6akRF [https://discord.gg/ewhPY6akRF] This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.eastcoastgames.com/subscribe [https://www.eastcoastgames.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_2]

Book Club: The Coaching Habit

In this episode Forest Handford discusses her notes on Michael Bungay Stanier's book, The Coaching Habit. The book details a list of questions that have evidence showing to be successful in coaching.  Some relevant links: * The Coaching Habit's website: https://boxofcrayons.com/the-coaching-habit-book/ [https://boxofcrayons.com/the-coaching-habit-book/]   * Box of Crayons - The learning and development company that Micheal works at: https://boxofcrayons.com/ [https://boxofcrayons.com/]  * Barry Schwartz's TED Talk based on his book, The Paradox of Choice: https://www.ted.com/talks/barry_schwartz_the_paradox_of_choice [https://www.ted.com/talks/barry_schwartz_the_paradox_of_choice] * i done this - the app I mention in the episode: https://www.idonethis.com/ [https://www.idonethis.com/] Music credits: * The opening music is Like a Prism by Miyagisama [https://pixabay.com/users/miyagisama-491779/] . * The closing song is Something About You by Marilyn Ford [https://pixabay.com/users/marilynford-32952032/] . Thanks for listening. Please rate, subscribe, and share. Join the conversation in the Practical Leadership Cast Discord server: https://discord.gg/ewhPY6akRF [https://discord.gg/ewhPY6akRF] This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.eastcoastgames.com/subscribe [https://www.eastcoastgames.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_2]

Guest Cast: Dana Ross on Recruiting, Leadership as a Trans Person, and Star Trek!

Forest interviews Dana Ross, a Senior Engineering Manager at Grindr, about her insights as a leader. We chat about how to successfully interview candidates. There is a discussion about how gender impacts empathy and leadership. During the gender discussion Forest mentions Abby Wambach and We Can Do Hard Things ( http://wecandohardthingspodcast.com/ [http://wecandohardthingspodcast.com/] ). When asked what a 10 out of 10 leader looks like Dana gave Lee Cockerell (former EVP of Disney Resorts https://www.leecockerell.com/ [https://www.leecockerell.com/] ) as an example. We also geek out for a bit about Star Trek. Dana Recommends:  * Grindr is hiring and will be launching it's internship program shortly: https://www.grindr.com/careers/ [https://www.grindr.com/careers/]   You can learn more about Dana at her LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dana-rose-ross/ [https://www.linkedin.com/in/dana-rose-ross/] Dana suggests we interview Megha Bambra ( https://www.linkedin.com/in/meghadhall/ [https://www.linkedin.com/in/meghadhall/] ) and Joel Keating ( https://www.linkedin.com/in/joel-keating-286a043/ [https://www.linkedin.com/in/joel-keating-286a043/] ). Music credits: * The opening music is Like a Prism by Miyagisama [https://pixabay.com/users/miyagisama-491779/] . * The closing song is Something About You by Marilyn Ford [https://pixabay.com/users/marilynford-32952032/] . Thanks for listening. Please rate, subscribe, and share. Join the conversation in the Practical Leadership Cast Discord server: https://discord.gg/ewhPY6akRF [https://discord.gg/ewhPY6akRF] This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.eastcoastgames.com/subscribe [https://www.eastcoastgames.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_2]