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...
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...
