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...
by Farah Harris | Aug 25, 2022 | Elevating Emotional Intelligence, Leadership, Leveraging Psychological Safety, Wellness/Well-being
Let’s face it. The workplace can cause stress. Some stressors are inevitable; however, managers and supervisors can miss opportunities to help minimize and/or prevent stress within their team. Those in leadership are in a key position to create a healthy work...
by Farah Harris | Mar 9, 2022 | Leadership, Leveraging Psychological Safety, Wellness/Well-being
They’re all going to laugh at you! That was one of the famous lines from the movie Carrie. Although Carrie was a horror film of the late 1970s, we’ve seen elements of its plot in many teen movies where the unpopular kid is asked to the dance or a party, just to be...
by Farah Harris | Jun 26, 2019 | Elevating Emotional Intelligence, Leadership
Self-awareness is a characteristic that those in positions of leadership should have. It is the foundation upon which Emotional Intelligence (EI) is built. You cannot elevate your emotional quotient (EQ) if you are unwilling to be self-aware and practice this...