Melanie Parish, MCC

  The show’s guest in this episode is Paul Reed. He is an internationally recognized consultant and speaker on operational socio-technical complexity challenges and opportunities, Resilience Engineering, and DevOps/SRE. He’s worked with such organizations as VMware, Mozilla, Symantec, and Netflix. And he holds a Masters of Science in Human Factors & Systems Safety from Lund University. —     Listen to the podcast here Experimenting with Retrospective with Paul Reed Hello, I’m super excited to be here live with you today we have a great show planned for you. And I’m always thinking about my own leadership, my own life....... Read More

As a long time executive coach (over 20 years), I have clients in a variety of organizations--many in technology. I have noticed some changes in my coaching calls over the last 7 weeks. I am seeing my clients challenged in ways that I haven’t seen before. Parents are challenged by having children at home. Families are challenged by having to share a Wi-Fi connection. Single people living alone are feeling stressed and I am seeing signs of depression I don’t usually see in my work. Organizations have been faced with furloughs and lay-offs and the work has been difficult, emotional, and exhausting. It is also important to consider those who are still working and the challenges they face. ... Read More

As a leader, during COVID-19 (or any crisis) it can be hard to find your feet and to feel confident in your path. You may feel inadequate, unsure and out of your depth. That is to be expected. This is leadership like we have never seen before. So many businesses are closed or trying to find new ways of doing things. I believe almost every organization feels like a start-up right now. Uncertain times need new kinds of leadership. We don’t have the answers, only questions, and still, we are asked to be leaders. Being experimental in your leadership approach will help you try things, learn from them, and figure out your next experiment.... Read More

As a leader, during COVID-19 (or any crisis) it can be hard to find your feet and to feel confident in your path. You may feel inadequate, unsure and out of your depth. That is to be expected. This is leadership like we have never seen before. So many businesses are closed or trying to find new ways of doing things. I believe almost every organization feels like a start-up right now. Uncertain times need new kinds of leadership. We don’t have the answers, only questions, and still, we are asked to be leaders. Being experimental in your leadership approach will help you try things, learn from them, and figure out your next experiment.... Read More

As a long time executive coach (over 20 years), I have clients in a variety of organizations–many in technology. I have noticed some changes in my coaching calls over the last seven weeks. I am seeing my clients challenged in ways that I haven’t seen before. Parents are challenged by having children at home. Families are challenged by having to share a wi-fi connection. Single people living alone are feeling stressed, and I am seeing signs of depression I don’t usually see in my work. Organizations have been faced with furloughs and lay-offs, and the work has been difficult, emotional, and exhausting. It is also important to consider those who are still working and the challenges they face.... Read More

These are crazy times we are living in. As a leader, during COVID 19 (or any crisis) it can be hard to find your feet and to feel confident in your path. You may feel inadequate, unsure and out of your depth. That is to be expected. This is leadership like we have never seen before. So many businesses are closed or trying to find new ways of doing things. I believe almost every organization feels like a start-up right now. Uncertain times need new kinds of leadership. We don’t have the answers, only questions, and still, we are asked to be leaders.... Read More

As someone who may need to lead during COVID-19 (or any crisis) it can be hard to find your feet and to feel confident in your path. You may feel inadequate, unsure, and out of your depth. That is to be expected. This is leadership like we have never seen before. So many businesses are closed or trying to find new ways of doing things. I believe almost every organization feels like a startup right now. Uncertain times need new kinds of leadership. We don’t have the answers, only questions, and still we are asked to be leaders.As someone who may need to lead during COVID-19 (or any crisis) it can be hard to find your feet and to feel confident in your path. You may feel inadequate, unsure, and out of your depth. That is to be expected. This is leadership like we have never seen before. So many businesses are closed or trying to find new ways of doing things. I believe almost every organization feels like a startup right now. Uncertain times need new kinds of leadership. We don’t have the answers, only questions, and still we are asked to be leaders.... Read More

As a leader, during COVID-19 (or any crisis) it can be hard to find your feet and to feel confident in your path. You may feel inadequate, unsure, and out of your depth. That is to be expected. This is leadership like we have never seen before. So many businesses are closed or trying to find new ways of doing things. I believe almost every organization feels like a startup right now. Uncertain times need new kinds of leadership. We don’t have the answers, only questions, and still we are asked to be leaders. Being experimental in your leadership approach will help you try things, learn from them, and figure out your next steps.... Read More

As a leader, during COVID-19 (or any crisis) it can be hard to find your feet and to feel confident in your path. You may feel inadequate, unsure and out of your depth. That is to be expected. This is leadership like we have never seen before. So many businesses are closed or trying to find new ways of doing things. I believe almost every organization feels like a start-up right now. Uncertain times need new kinds of leadership. We don’t have the answers, only questions, and still, we are asked to be leaders. Being experimental in your leadership approach will help you try things, learn from them, and figure out your next experiment.... Read More

As a leader, during COVID-19 (or any crisis) it can be hard to find one’s feet and to feel confident in one’s path. It’s common to feel inadequate, unsure and out of one’s depth. That is to be expected. This is leadership like we have never seen before. So many businesses are closed or trying to find new ways of doing things. I believe almost every organization feels like a startup right now. Uncertain times need new kinds of leadership. We don’t have the answers, only questions, and still we are asked to be leaders. Being experimental in one’s leadership approach will help in trying things, learning from them, and figuring out the next experiment.... Read More