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Forest Handford

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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 .
  • The closing song is Something About You by Marilyn Ford .

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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
  • Coaching Real Leaders w/ Muriel Wilkins - https://hbr.org/2020/12/podcast-coaching-real-leaders

  • Code - https://www.greaterthancode.com/

  • Dear HBR - https://hbr.org/2018/01/podcast-dear-hbr
  • Code Sw!tch - https://www.npr.org/podcasts/510312/codeswitch
  • WorkLife w/ Adam Grant - https://www.ted.com/podcasts/worklife
  • Maxwell Leadership Podcast - https://johnmaxwellleadershippodcast.com/
  • Leading with Empathy & Allyship - https://empovia.co/podcast/

Music credits:

  • The opening music is Like a Prism by Miyagisama .
  • The closing song is Something About You by Marilyn Ford .

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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/
  • His Upcoming book: LinkedIn Professional Brand Guide and Planner
  • That we interview McKenzie Robuck Walsh ( https://www.linkedin.com/in/mackenzieroebuckwalsh/ )

Music credits:

  • The opening music is Like a Prism by Miyagisama .
  • The closing song is Something About You by Marilyn Ford .

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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/
  • Box of Crayons - The learning and development company that Micheal works at: 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
  • i done this - the app I mention in the episode: https://www.idonethis.com/

Music credits:

  • The opening music is Like a Prism by Miyagisama .
  • The closing song is Something About You by Marilyn Ford .

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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/ ). When asked what a 10 out of 10 leader looks like Dana gave Lee Cockerell (former EVP of Disney Resorts 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/

You can learn more about Dana at her LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dana-rose-ross/

Dana suggests we interview Megha Bambra ( https://www.linkedin.com/in/meghadhall/ ) and Joel Keating ( https://www.linkedin.com/in/joel-keating-286a043/ ).

Music credits:

  • The opening music is Like a Prism by Miyagisama .
  • The closing song is Something About You by Marilyn Ford .

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This episode is a reading of the chapter Larry from Forest's memoir, A Trans Feminist's Past. The chapter is about how to be a good ally. As a leader, it's important to be able to be an advocate for people who have less privileged identities.  If you are trans, you may find the content of this episode traumatic and should skip it.

To get a copy of A Trans Feminist's Past visit the publisher's website ( https://transgenderpublishing.ca/a-trans-feminists-past/ ), your local bookstore, or your library.

Music credits:

  • The opening music is Like a Prism by Miyagisama .
  • The closing song is Something About You by Marilyn Ford .

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Forest interviews Ray about his leadership experience as a senior manager for a support team. As support teams are often metrics driven the discussion gets into how to responsibly use metrics as a leader. They also discuss how to give bad news. Ray also talks to her about leadership of employee resource groups, including how to make them safer spaces.

Ray Recommends:

  • Connecting with Ray on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/raymondcmartinez/
  • Speaker, coach, and author Simon Sinek: https://simonsinek.com/
  • Gifford Thomas’s leadership first writings: https://www.leadershipfirst.net/

Ray suggests we interview speaker and workshop facilitator Sean Ilenrey ( https://www.corpdad.com/ ).

Music credits:

  • The opening music is Like a Prism by Miyagisama .
  • The closing song is Something About You by Marilyn Ford .

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Forest interviews Lance Wilkinson, an experienced support and implementation manager. He’s also a personal finance coach. In this episode we learn from his experience as a leader.

Lance Recommend reading Radical Candor by Kim Scott, a book about giving feedback. For Lance’s newsletter on managing personal finances please visit lancewilkinson.com . Lance suggested we interview Izzy Piyale-Sheard.

Music credits:

  • The opening music is Like a Prism by Miyagisama .
  • The closing song is Something About You by Marilyn Ford .

Thanks for listening. Please rate, subscribe, and share. Join the conversation in the Practical Leadership Cast Discord server: https://discord.gg/ewhPY6akRF

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Hello and welcome to the practical leadership cast. This is our very first episode in which Forest Handford uses the time to tell you what the podcast is about and what to expect from future episodes.

  • Forest Handford
    • Is the author of A Trans Feminist's Past and she wrote some novels including Flipping.
    • Forest has over a decade of corporate and volunteer leadership in which she's learned a lot and hopes to share those lessons with listeners.
    • She's currently looking for a new leadership role. If you have one in mind, please message her on LinkedIn or Discord. Once she starts a new role the timing of episode releases may change.
  • What is Practical Leadership Cast?
    • For at least the first few episodes the format will use an interview style with Forest as your hostess. After that we might change up the format and potentially have multiple hosts.
    • Practical Leadership Cast is about practical leadership topics like mentoring, coaching, recruiting, and DEIB.
    • The initial episodes will interview friends and former colleagues.
    • We have a Discord server, please join to be part of the conversation.
    • Want to get involved? Let us know on our Discord!
    • For the moment we are not monetizing. This may change, possibly with a Patreon.
  • Music credits
    • The opening music is Like a Prism by Miyagisama .
    • The closing song is Something About You by Marilyn Ford .

Thanks for listening. Please rate, subscribe, and share. Join the conversation in the Practical Leadership Cast Discord server.