Mel Butcher
Salary versus Investing in Employees
Salary is the bare minimum monetary "investment" a business makes in humans to get them to show up in service of the business. But you and y
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Mel Butcher
- May 30
- 7 min
Book Club Guide: Reinventing Organizations by Frederic Laloux
Every time I host a book discussion, I'm committed to sharing the facilitation questions I develop. I hope you'll use these to journal...
Mel Butcher
- Jan 6
- 6 min
A Teamwork Presentation
Recently, I was asked to prepare and deliver a presentation on teamwork. The context is that this group within a company decided on...
Mel Butcher
- Apr 21, 2021
- 4 min
Envisioning Equitable Urban Design
A while ago, I got to interview one of the designers at Punt6, an urban design collective seeking to update cities to accomodate the...
Mel Butcher
- Mar 26, 2021
- 2 min
Paying Attention to Your Presentation
When you present to a live group, whether on a webinar or some other format, you want people to pay attention. Or at least, I hope you...
Mel Butcher
- Mar 8, 2021
- 3 min
Who are you celebrating on IWD?
First, I thought about how I wanted to tip my hat to all women in various aspects of the water industry. And then, I thought about one...
Mel Butcher
- Feb 22, 2021
- 6 min
Book Club Guide: No Ceiling, No Walls by Susan Colantuono
...This book is ideal for ambitious women who want to advance to any level in their careers. This is also a good book for male allies...
Mel Butcher
- Feb 16, 2021
- 2 min
You can't manage your way to initiative.
When you think about working for a boss that motivated you, what do you remember? How did they treat you?
What sort of things did they em
Mel Butcher
- Feb 11, 2021
- 2 min
What is Lead to Soar?
...However it went down, Lead to Soar was born, and I think credit goes to Michelle for coming up with the fantastic name!
Mel Butcher
- Feb 9, 2021
- 3 min
The Community Choice
What do you and I have in common? If we were standing side by side, would an outsider see anything more than, “they’re both human”?...
Mel Butcher
- Feb 8, 2021
- 3 min
The Book I Wish I'd Read Sooner
I only just read this book last year. The observations and predictions of the book were far ahead of its time. Though, I can imagine how...
Mel Butcher
- Feb 4, 2021
- 1 min
A Tale of Two C-Suite Execs
We've had two C-Suite guests on the Lead to Soar podcast that echoed some similar perspective/advice. Can you guess where they aligned?...
Mel Butcher
- Jan 29, 2021
- 2 min
A Challenge for Engineers
A mentor is someone who will share knowledge with you. It doesn't necessarily mean they are older or more experienced. It does mean they...
Mel Butcher
- Jan 22, 2021
- 2 min
A New Definition of Leadership
"Leadership is using the greatness in you to achieve and sustain extraordinary outcomes by engaging the greatness in others."