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 | 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 28, 2024 | Leadership
Dear Leader, Layoff survivors experience a 20% decline in job performance. Being aware of this gap, you will avoid three collateral downsides of a layoff. 1. 𝐃𝐞𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐂𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐫 𝐋𝐨𝐲𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐲 News of the layoff can signal that your company is going through difficulties....
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 | Jul 3, 2023 | Leadership, Learning Self-care, Wellness/Well-being
“I can’t understand you.” This is what a leader’s boss said to her as she mumbled through a mouth full of gauze. She was recovering from a root canal and had the flu but thought it would be a good idea to jump on the conference call 🤦🏽♀️. Her boss, in utter disbelief,...
