Ministry of Testing Cambridge - Shey Crompton and Open Mic Night

Right. Meetup. Yes. Let's get started...

SHEY CROMPTON - LEADERSHIP: A PARENTS HANDBOOK
Believe it or not, leadership and parenting are very similar. I’m not sure if it was while getting my daughter to stop cutting the cat’s whiskers while it slept, or attempting to get a junior team member to engage in learning a new skill that I noticed a crossover in many of the techniques I was using from five years as a parent and 20 years as a leader. However, once I started to pay attention I noticed similarities between parenting and leadership everywhere! It was then I started to actively apply some parenting techniques to my work life and vice versa in areas such as communication, personnel management, team engagement, and personal mindset. The results were quite positive for my team and my family. Although, I haven't managed to get the family to use a Kanban board yet!

This talk is about my learnings from using leadership techniques with my children and using parenting techniques with my teams.

Takeaways

• I will share my learnings and stories around:
• Growth mindset and how using this can generate grit and determination in a team
• Communication from the area of Gentle Parenting and how this can help strengthen understanding with team members
• Gamification of tasks which help keep teams focused and engaged, even when the pressure is on

OPEN MIC NIGHT - 99 SECONDS OF FAME
This is the perfect opportunity for someone who…

• Has always wanted to stand up and talk, but hasn't been brave enough so far
• Has never wanted to stand up and talk, but gets caught up in the excitement and wants to join in
• Has a little idea that they think might be interesting, but hasn't had time to come up with a full talk
• Is literally any person ever

Dozens of well known speakers took their first faltering steps into public speaking with a 99 seconds talk - we'll be taking volunteers on the night so there's never been a better time to take the plunge!

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Venue: Event will be hosted at Displaylink's new office on Cambridge Science Park (don't go to the old one, they wont let you in!)
Food: Food of some description and refreshments will be provided

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