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 belongi…

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/…

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 lea…

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 com…

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/…

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…

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 spac…

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 . …

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 volu…