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...
by Farah Harris | Jun 5, 2023 | Leadership, Leveraging Psychological Safety, Wellness/Well-being
An employee cried during one of my facilitated 𝑷𝒓𝒐𝒄𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑺𝒑𝒂𝒄𝒆𝒔. They shared how there was extreme pressure to come to the office several days a week, and if they were working from home, they were made to be on camera. These mandated days included a long commute on...
by Farah Harris | May 22, 2023 | Elevating Emotional Intelligence, Leadership, Leveraging Psychological Safety
You may not know you’re micromanaging, but you are. You may consider yourself a hands-on leader who rolls up your sleeves and works in the trenches with your team. You may feel that your consistent check-ins are merely following up with team members in the name of...
by Farah Harris | May 7, 2023 | Leadership, Leveraging Psychological Safety
Even during layoffs, leaders must leverage psychological safety. Layoffs don’t bolster a sense of security for anyone – especially when the layoffs seem random. 4 questions a leader should consider before a layoff to ensure a sense of safety: 1. ARE WE ABRUPTLY LAYING...
by Farah Harris | Nov 10, 2022 | Leadership, Leveraging Psychological Safety
Do you smell something sour? It may be the toxic behaviors you’re tolerating within your team and workplace. Address it quickly before it ruins the healthy culture you aim to have. This might require you to “clean house”. Emotionally intelligent leaders work to keep...
