
Melissa Thompson
Host of the "Becoming Her" podcast; Latina CEO, believer, and founder of a multimillion-dollar beauty brand affiliated with Cypress Creek EMS.
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Aug 12, 2026
The Four Forces™ of Resilient Leadership: People & Problem Solving (Part 2)
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Melissa ThompsonGUEST
sharing more, asking more questions, letting them lead, taking a step back.

Melissa ThompsonGUEST
But yeah, I think it's also creating that psychological safety for them to be able to fail and fail and teaching them how to fail fast and It's also making sure that you're creating a learning environment for the team.
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And so if you take the time to go and listen to your team, you're going to find that up and down the organization, there's the opportunity.
AI for TA Leaders
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Johnny CampbellHOST
I'm going to maybe ask you to start with a story, and this is probably the only piece we'll stick to our plan on, but Project Bengal, tell me about that.

Melissa ThompsonGUEST
Well, first, it's a play on a Bengal tiger because we built a tiger team to help with a specific challenge that we had.

Melissa ThompsonGUEST
I have said I love working at Ford, but one of our honest challenges is that we don't have a workforce plan.

Melissa ThompsonGUEST
So sometimes I will wake up on a Monday and hundreds of new words over the weekend.
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