Faye Howard
Faye has a master’s degree in training and development and has held multiple roles in training, curriculum design, customer service and marketing throughout her 25+ year career. As a trainer and facilitator for Your Clear Next Step, you’ll see her energy come through as she teaches people the skills to be a better version of themselves, motivating them to leave a positive, lasting impact on others. Faye has made her home in Pella, IA with her husband, Seth, and their 3 boys since 2005. Faye is an encourager and intentional about influencing those around her. Therefore, in her free time, you’ll find her in the stands cheering on her boys in various activities, enjoying a walk or cup of coffee with a friend or immersed in a good book pulling out nuggets of wisdom.
One of the best ways to improve is through feedback. At Your Clear Next Step, we teach that we should consider all feedback a gift!
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Topics:
Communication & Collaboration
There’s no coat rack for emotions at the door, so let’s look at three common barriers that prevent people from being comfortable sharing them.
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Topics:
Communication & Collaboration,
Emotional Intelligence
Becoming emotionally intelligent is a process through which we become acutely aware of our responses and how we show up in any given situation.
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Topics:
Sinikka Waugh,
Emotional Intelligence
Demonstrating Emotional Intelligence, especially in the workplace, is an advantage. And if you’ve been following our blogs on it, you’ll know that there
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Topics:
Sinikka Waugh,
Emotional Intelligence
“Emotions don’t belong at work.” “Check your emotions at the door.” “Leave home at home and work at work.” Have you heard these phrases or something like
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Topics:
Sinikka Waugh,
Emotional Intelligence
Have you ever made the mistake of buying someone a gift that you’d like, instead of considering what the other person really wanted? Several years ago I
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Topics:
Sinikka Waugh,
Emotional Intelligence
In a recent Emotional Intelligence class, we were talking about how receiving the “gift” of feedback can be used to increase our self-awareness. I posed
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Topics:
Sinikka Waugh,
Emotional Intelligence
In the last emotional intelligence blog, How Do I Know If I'm "Doing" Emotional Intelligence Well?, we reviewed the areas of emotional intelligence for the
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Topics:
Sinikka Waugh,
Emotional Intelligence
A common myth about emotional intelligence, is that being aware of our own strengths and shortcomings is enough. However, the truth is that being aware is
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Topics:
Sinikka Waugh,
Emotional Intelligence
Over the past several years, coffee shops have become more than just a place to grab a drink to jumpstart your day. Most coffee shops have become a remote
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Topics:
Sinikka Waugh,
Communication & Collaboration,
Growth,
Emotional Intelligence
