by Farah Harris | Mar 13, 2024 | Elevating Emotional Intelligence, Leadership
Feedback is a two-way street. As a leader, you can’t give feedback and not expect to receive it in return. The question is, how do you receive it? Are you only open to feedback from those you report to but not from those who directly report to you? To foster...
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.ย ๐๐๐๐ซ๐๐๐ฌ๐๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ฆ๐๐ซ ๐๐จ๐ฒ๐๐ฅ๐ญ๐ฒ 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. Whatโs not okay: ๐๐ญ๐ข๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐๐ฏ๐ด๐ถ๐ญ๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐๐ฐ๐ต ๐ญ๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐๐ข๐ด๐ญ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐๐ด๐ด๐ข๐ถ๐ญ๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ 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 employeesโ well-being this past year: 1. ๐๐ข๐ ๐ ๐๐ง๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง? Donโt simply say you have an...
by Farah Harris | Jul 3, 2023 | Leadership, Learning Self-care, Wellness/Well-being
โI canโt understand you.โ This is what a leaderโs 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 ๐คฆ๐ฝโ๏ธ. Her boss, in utter disbelief,...
by Farah Harris | Jun 19, 2023 | Leadership, Leveraging Psychological Safety, Wellness/Well-being
As a leader, letโs have an honest conversation about what returning to the office looks like. ๐๐๐, ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐.๐ฉ Before we cross over into the new year Iโd like you to ask yourself two questions: 1. Is it necessary for employees to come in...
