053: Rebekah Harvey - The Human Side of Leadership

Rebekah Harvey is currently the Head of Talent Enablement for Clearwater Analytics. Rebekah has held executive level positions in Learning and Development and Talent Enablement at Microsoft, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, and Hewlett Packard. Rebekah has led teams as small as three and as large as 300.  Rebekah earned a Ph.D. in Education with a specialization in Training and Performance Improvement in 2007 and has a number of professional passions including diversity, equity, and inclusion, the future of work, and the ever-evolving role of leaders in the context of those things.On this Episode:Rebekah talks about how she grew up in sales and how she changed from product management to people managementRebekah talks about the importance of neurodiversity not just physical diversity.Rebekah and Denis discuss lessons learned from Rebekah’s favorite historical figure in leadershipRebekah talks about standing up for your team as a leader and what that entails.Denis and Rebekah talk about the one thing they’d like to see change in leadership todayKey Takeaways:Push yourself as a leader to have diverse teams in all areasKnow your team and their strengths, and know others outside of your team and how their strengths could benefit your team.Start with vision and connect every decision you make to create credibility as a leader.Tweetable Quotes:“It always feels like the work is harder, but the outcome is better.” - Rebekah about diversity“I think to be an authentic leader, you have to be transparent.” - Rebekah“You don’t want to be the smartest in the room. You want to be in a room whereby you are challenged and stretched and grown.” - DenisRebekah Harvey:Connect with Rebekah on LinkedIn @ rebekahharvey1Denis Gianoutsos:Email: [email protected] Is Changing FaceBook Group https://www.facebook.com/groups/LeadershipIsChanging/