You know people.
So why is it still hard to ask for help?
Bond helps entrepreneurs and leaders make more of the relationships already around them by building trust, making clearer asks, and creating more mutual support.
A daily practice for building the trust that opens doors.
Five practices.
One outcome: Shared Opportunity.
Bond helps entrepreneurs and leaders grow the kind of trust that makes support, information, and opportunity flow.
What may be getting in the way?
You may not be clear about what you need. People may not know what you are working on. You may be unsure who to ask, or more comfortable giving support than receiving it.
Take the free 5-minute quiz to identify your main barrier and choose one clear next step.
Find Your Next StepVisibility
Show up consistently in spaces that matter.
Visibility is the foundation. Before anyone can trust you, they must know you exist and understand what you stand for. It is the disciplined practice of showing up, contributing, and being recognizable in the communities and conversations that align with your work and values.
Curiosity
Invest genuine interest in who others are and what they need.
Curiosity transforms connection from transactional to relational. It is the practice of asking better questions, listening without agenda, and caring about the answer. Curiosity signals to others that they are worth understanding.
Generosity
Give help, ideas, and resources without keeping score.
Generosity is the engine of Bond. It is the unconditional act of offering value without expectation of direct return. Sharing an introduction, a resource, a piece of feedback, or an opportunity compounds over time. Those who give freely become the connectors others seek out and champion.
Participation
Share experiences that create lasting memory and meaning.
Participation is the principle of showing up in the moments that matter. It is about creating and participating in shared experiences that become the connective tissue of a relationship. Presence distinguishes acquaintances from allies.
Amplification
Speak others' good name in rooms they are not in.
Amplification is perhaps the most undervalued practice in professional culture. It is the practice of actively promoting others in their absence: recommending someone for an opportunity, attributing an idea to its origin, vouching for someone's character when it matters most.
Opportunity
People build deeper relationships, make clearer asks, gain more access to information and opportunity, and feel the fulfillment that comes from contributing with intention.
What you gain
from Bond.
When you engage with Bond, you build more than a network. You build the practice, clarity, and courage to make relationships work for you and the people around you.
Ask for what you need, clearly.
Name the support, introduction, or opportunity you are looking for so others can actually help.
Identify who can help.
See your relationships with fresh eyes and recognize the people positioned to open a door.
Share information, introductions, and opportunities.
Move resources through your network with intention and generosity.
Participate more fully in your communities.
Show up in the moments that matter and become someone others seek out.
Turn relationships into collaboration and follow-through.
Convert trust into shared work, real outcomes, and lasting partnerships.
A manual for mobilization.
The Bond Journal is a daily companion that guides you through the continuous cycle of building the relationships that sustain you. Rooted in the PDSA method, it helps you reflect, act with intention, and grow relationshps that create real support and opportunity.
The Method: Plan → Do → Study → Act
Plan
Set your relationship intentions. Identify who you want to nurture and what support you need.
Do
Practice the five Bond principles. Show up, give generously, ask courageously.
Study
Reflect on what happened. What trust did you build? What shifted in your network?
Act
Use what you learned to deepen your practice and mobilize your relationships with intention.
Your relationship practice starts here.
Connection is cultivated through consistent, generous presence over time. The Bond Journal gives you the structure to make that cultivation a daily practice.
Get the JournalPractice connection
in real time.
Bond workshops are live, interactive spaces where you practice the five principles alongside others, while building the skills and courage to mobilize your relationships intentionally. Available both virtually and in-person.
For Individuals
Bond 101
Introduction to the Five Practices
An interactive session that introduces the Bond Framework and the five practices that build trust over time. You will leave with a clear understanding of how to apply each practice immediately.
2 Hours
Bond 102
Making the Ask: Advanced Practice
For those ready to go deeper. Practice making intentional asks, giving support, and mobilizing your relationships for real growth. A safe space to rehearse vulnerability and courage.
2 Hours
For Organizations
Bring Bond to your community.
Bond workshops are available for accelerators, nonprofits, universities, foundations, and economic mobility organizations. License the framework and bring a proven trust-building practice to the entrepreneurs and communities you serve.
Custom workshop facilitation for your cohort
The Bond Framework adapted for your community's context
Guided practice for individuals and teams
Institutional licensing and materials
"The timing of this workshop was perfect. The materials provided a practical framework for assessing my current professional connections and generating actionable strategies for network growth. I left empowered and with a clear path forward."
Lanna Minor
Bond Workshop Participant
A truth-teller.
A connector.
Dr. LaShawnna Harris is a strategist, educator, and the creator of Bond, a trust-building framework for social capital mobilization and economic mobility. She brings 20+ years of experience designing systems, improving organizations, and helping leaders move from chaos to clarity.
She founded sharEDtalent to create tools and practices that help people strengthen their networks, make courageous asks, and build the collective power that comes from genuine, sustained connection.
"...we are each other's business: we are each other's magnitude and bond."-Gwendolyn Brooks (excerpt from Paul Roberson)
Academic Credentials
EdD, Executive Leadership — St. John Fisher University
MS, School Building Leadership — Mercy University
MS, Teaching — Fordham University
BS, Management — Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Build trust
at scale.
If your organization helps entrepreneurs, educators, or communities grow, Bond gives you a proven framework for the thing that matters most and is hardest to teach: how to build trust, create social capital, and access opportunity through relationships.
We work with
"When trust grows, people are more likely to participate, collaborate, and remain connected to the mission."
— Bond Framework for Institutions
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Your trust practice, in your pocket.
The Bond app is your digital companion for practicing the framework, tracking trust-building actions, planning intentional asks, and nurturing the relationships that matter most.