by Farah Harris | Feb 24, 2025 | Elevating Emotional Intelligence, Leadership
Practicing high emotional intelligence isn’t always easy. There can be several barriers that can make connection and communication a challenge. What are some of those barriers? Our emotions.Our traumas.Our disabilities.Our biases. For example, when angry, we...
by Farah Harris | Feb 10, 2025 | Elevating Emotional Intelligence, Leadership
I’m raising future leaders. Daily, I am working to elevate my children’s EQ and critical thinking skills. Why? To prepare them for a world that will try to conjure fear in their hearts and minds. When my clients process their anxiety with me, my first question for...
by Farah Harris | Jan 27, 2025 | Elevating Emotional Intelligence, Learning Self-care, Wellness/Well-being
I never encourage people to stay where they are being harmed. So if you can leave, make that move! However, if you can’t immediately do so, or you’re in the hallway waiting for the next door to open, here’s what you can do: 1. Elevate your emotional intelligence...
by Farah Harris | Mar 27, 2024 | Elevating Emotional Intelligence, Wellness/Well-being
“We work with plenty of autistic kids!” is not the same as “We know how to serve autistic children.”The dentist told me this after I asked for a referral to a service provider who knows how to serve autistic children.This was after she stated that since our 4-year-old...
by Farah Harris | Mar 13, 2024 | Elevating Emotional Intelligence, Leadership
Feedback is a two-way street. As a leader, you can’t give feedback and not expect to receive it in return. The question is, how do you receive it? Are you only open to feedback from those you report to but not from those who directly report to you? To foster...
by Farah Harris | Feb 14, 2024 | Elevating Emotional Intelligence, Leadership, Leveraging Psychological Safety
Good leaders know how to self-regulate. Feeling angry is okay. What’s not okay: 𝘉𝘭𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘐𝘯𝘴𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘕𝘰𝘵 𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘎𝘢𝘴𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘈𝘴𝘴𝘢𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 The actions and reactions made out of anger contribute to bad leadership more than the feeling itself. To positively influence your...
