Better Trust. Better Leadership.
Better Culture.
Insights on Trust and Leadership from Jason O. Harris
Blog Posts
Why Trust Is the Real Safety Metric
I recently joined Safety+Health magazine's "On the Safe Side" podcast (Episode 74) to talk about something most safety programs never put on a scorecard: trust. Not morale. Not culture in the vague, poster-on-the-wall sense. Trust, measured the same way you'd measure a near-miss or a lagging indicator - as something...
Why Manufacturing Leaders Like Caterpillar Keep Bringing Jason Harris Back
Ask a plant manager how someone gets promoted to supervisor, and you'll hear the same answer almost every time. They were the best on the line. Everyone could see it. So when a slot opened up, they got the job — and nobody stopped to ask whether “excellent at the work”...
How Avoiding Hard Conversations Kills Trust: A 3-Step Fix
I've seen more teams destroyed by avoidance than by conflict. When one of your people is not performing and no one says anything, the whole team will notice it. It quietly tells everyone that the standards don't matter, and that is both a culture problem and a leadership problem. This...
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Lt Col (ret) Jason O. Harris Cockpit Conversation/Cockpit Convo "It's OK to be Afraid"
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As an aviation and safety expert, Jason has hosted or starred in several shows on the History Channel and PBS/Nova. He is also a creative producer for History Channel’s hit show, The Bermuda Triangle: Into Cursed Waters.
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A Journey Through Military Aviation Leadership
Our military is known for cultivating leaders who make life-and-death decisions with limited information on accelerated timelines. Mentorship is their key secret to consistent and accelerated military leadership development.
Five combat-proven senior military leaders share insights into their military aviation leadership journey as they challenge one another and empower both themselves and others to achieve their true potential.
