Giving feedback upwards

A senior leader made a big announcement to the company—but it’s gone down badly: how do you tell them?

Jelena Voss
People Operations Lead
Jelena is an experienced People Leader who’s spent years working closely with executives in fast-paced start-ups and scale-ups, including Trivago, TravelPerk, and Tribe.xyz. 
Jelena has helped steer companies through very challenging times by coaching leaders on best practices, and overseeing organisational change with empathy.

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Oliva is the UK & Europe's #1 rated employee mental wellbeing benefit. We help companies respond to the pivotal moments that impact mental wellbeing at work and beyond—driving employee retention and exceptional effort.

We do this by:

- Empowering individuals to take control of their mental wellbeing
- Developing manager emotional intelligence
- Helping HR teams create org-wide psychological safety

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