by Farah Harris | Feb 28, 2024 | Leadership
Dear Leader, Layoff survivors experience a 20% decline in job performance. Being aware of this gap, you will avoid three collateral downsides of a layoff. 1. 𝐃𝐞𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐂𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐫 𝐋𝐨𝐲𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐲 News of the layoff can signal that your company is going through difficulties....
by Farah Harris | Feb 14, 2024 | Elevating Emotional Intelligence, Leadership, Leveraging Psychological Safety
Good leaders know how to self-regulate. Feeling angry is okay. What’s not okay: 𝘉𝘭𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘐𝘯𝘴𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘕𝘰𝘵 𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘎𝘢𝘴𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘈𝘴𝘴𝘢𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 The actions and reactions made out of anger contribute to bad leadership more than the feeling itself. To positively influence your...
by Farah Harris | Jul 17, 2023 | Elevating Emotional Intelligence, Leadership
How you lead contributes to company culture. How you lead impacts employee well-being. Here are 5 questions to ask yourself to assess your contribution to your employees’ well-being this past year: 1. 𝐃𝐢𝐝 𝐈 𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐞𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧? Don’t simply say you have an...
by Farah Harris | Jul 3, 2023 | Leadership, Learning Self-care, Wellness/Well-being
“I can’t understand you.” This is what a leader’s boss said to her as she mumbled through a mouth full of gauze. She was recovering from a root canal and had the flu but thought it would be a good idea to jump on the conference call 🤦🏽♀️. Her boss, in utter disbelief,...
by Farah Harris | Jun 19, 2023 | Leadership, Leveraging Psychological Safety, Wellness/Well-being
As a leader, let’s have an honest conversation about what returning to the office looks like. 𝒀𝒆𝒔, 𝒘𝒆 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏.😩 Before we cross over into the new year I’d like you to ask yourself two questions: 1. Is it necessary for employees to come in...
