Elena is a consultant at Blue Beyond with expertise in organizational development, leadership development, and talent management. She holds a PhD in Industrial Organizational Psychology and has contributed to published research entitled “Managers’ and Diversity Experts’ Perceptions of Multiculturalism and Internationalism in Organizations."
When your company is in the midst of transformative change, one of the most important pieces of change leadership is engaging the hearts and minds of your people through consistent and effective communication. What you say matters, and you have a responsibility to each member of your team to support them in understanding and processing…
Your role as a leader in times of transformative change is to identify what stage of the change your employees are in and do everything you can to support them through it. One of the most important components of change leadership — and the most effective way to drive adoption of the change taking place…
As a leader, it’s your job to help employees navigate times of uncertainty and change. While changes are often external events — such as mergers, re-orgs, and culture transformations — changes spark an internal process for employees that is both emotional and psychological. As a leader, you can’t control how your team will react to…
It’s that time of year when many managers and leaders are gearing up for performance reviews – and when the idea of giving or receiving anything less than positive feedback can send both participants into a pit of anxiety. While feedback conversations are intended to improve performance, research by Columbia University neuroscientist Kevin Ochsner shows…