by Farah Harris | Jul 17, 2023 | Elevating Emotional Intelligence, Leadership
How you lead contributes to company culture. How you lead impacts employee well-being. Here are 5 questions to ask yourself to assess your contribution to your employees’ well-being this past year: 1. 𝐃𝐢𝐝 𝐈 𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐞𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧? Don’t simply say you have an...
by Farah Harris | May 22, 2023 | Elevating Emotional Intelligence, Leadership, Leveraging Psychological Safety
You may not know you’re micromanaging, but you are. You may consider yourself a hands-on leader who rolls up your sleeves and works in the trenches with your team. You may feel that your consistent check-ins are merely following up with team members in the name of...
by Farah Harris | Oct 27, 2022 | Elevating Emotional Intelligence
Names are important Yet somehow in this country, names are devalued, mocked, butchered, and replaced. I have my own story around what #mynameis that I often share during my talks. My name is Farah. It’s pronounced with a French accent — “Fah-rah”, not “Feh-ruh” (like...
by Farah Harris | Oct 13, 2022 | Elevating Emotional Intelligence, Wellness/Well-being
I consider it an honor to hold safe spaces for my clients in private practice and the corporate sector. In these therapeutic and psychoeducational sessions, I do my best to affirm, teach and challenge my listeners. I not only want them to learn from the content but...
by Farah Harris | Aug 25, 2022 | Elevating Emotional Intelligence, Leadership, Leveraging Psychological Safety, Wellness/Well-being
Let’s face it. The workplace can cause stress. Some stressors are inevitable; however, managers and supervisors can miss opportunities to help minimize and/or prevent stress within their team. Those in leadership are in a key position to create a healthy work...
by Farah Harris | May 5, 2022 | Elevating Emotional Intelligence, Leveraging Psychological Safety
I told my new hire to let me know when she’s having a bad day. Why? Because I know what it’s like to have a bad day and how it impacts your work. I recently shared that I’m currently managing burnout and doing my best to practice emotionally intelligent...
