Carla Harris, senior client advisor, Morgan Stanley, talks about the value of mentors and the power of authenticity in one's career. She also discusses strategies for healthcare leaders to demonstrate agility in the evolving work environment and the influence of music on leadership style.
Adapting to changes in the world of work requires agility and authenticity.
Having mentors who understand the context of one's work and provide tailored advice is crucial for career growth.
Leaders in healthcare organizations should support multi-generational teams through transparency, inclusivity, feedback, and addressing mental wellness.
Deep dives
Carla Harris's Journey to Leadership
Carla Harris shares her 37-year career on Wall Street, starting at Morgan Stanley, and how she became a leader through various roles in investment banking. She also highlights her opportunity to create the multicultural innovation lab, an award-winning accelerator at Morgan Stanley, which supports tech-enabled companies founded by women and people of color. Harris emphasizes the importance of authenticity and realizing one's own competitive advantage as a leader.
Lessons Learned from Mentors and Authenticity
Harris discusses the significance of mentors throughout her career, particularly one mentor who has consistently provided honest and tailored advice. She emphasizes the value of mentors who understand the context of one's work and help solve career-related problems. Harris also reflects on the importance of authenticity and embracing one's uniqueness as a competitive advantage, rather than trying to emulate others.
Creating an Inclusive Culture and Leading Agile Teams
Harris highlights the responsibility of leaders to support and engage with multi-generational teams in healthcare organizations. She emphasizes the importance of transparency, inclusivity, and feedback, which are demands of millennials and ziers. Harris advises leaders to adapt their approaches to effectively engage and get the best out of their workforce. Additionally, she suggests leaders solicit innovative ideas from their teams, ensure adequate training and development, and proactively address mental wellness in the workplace.
Leadership Insights from the Music Industry
Drawing from her experience as a performer and singer, Harris shares insights on leadership. She emphasizes the importance of being attuned to one's audience and environment, and how that awareness can be applied during client meetings. Harris also highlights the value of leaving room for input and collaboration, allowing team members to contribute their ideas and make the final outcome even better.
Preview of Carla Harris's Session on Intentional Leadership
Harris provides a sneak preview of her forthcoming session at the Congress on Healthcare Leadership. Her session will focus on intentional leadership and will cover eight pearls of intentional leadership, including authenticity, trust-building, clarity, creating other leaders, diversity, innovation, inclusivity, and voice. Attendees can expect prescriptive guidance on employing these pearls to maximize their success as intentional leaders.
Carla Harris, senior client advisor, Morgan Stanley, shares how healthcare leaders can show agility and authenticity as they adapt to changes in the world of work.
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