Cathy Harris

Cathy Harris specializes in diversity, leadership and dialogue skill building for corporations, associations, and government organizations, including Chevron, Shell, Monsanto, LSU, and others. She guides them in improving morale, performance, team and personal effectiveness. Cathy is masterful at helping people deal easily with sensitive issues. Her impact is positive and long lasting.

Cathy appeared live at the 2006 Soar Higher Leadership Conference Click here for more details.

Contact Soar with Eagles for more information on Cathy at 479.636.SOAR or carrie@soarhigher.com

Holiday Peace

The Holidays We Celebrate and How We Celebrate Them Can Unite Us or Further Estrange Us

“Peace on Earth; Goodwill Toward Men.” This is one of the primary themes symbolizing the birth of Christ. This is a time of the year when most of us celebrate some sort of holiday. As Christians prepare for the upcoming holidays, Jews reflect on the recent Rosh Hashanah and consider the upcoming Hanukkah celebrations, Muslims consider the recent Ramadan, some Africans and African Americans (of all faiths) prepare for Kwanzaa, and Hispanics prepare for LaNoche Buena, the Holy Kings, or the Epiphany. Many of these holidays are symbolized by gift giving and partaking of favorite and traditional food. The holidays we celebrate and the way we celebrate them can unite us or further estrange us from those who practice different ways of worship and celebrating.

Since the tragedies of 9/11 and the instabilities in the Middle East, not only have we had a heightened concern for our safety, but we have also been nervously focused on global politics.

The holidays provide an opportunity for us to pause for inner reflection and to reconnect with those we love and others with whom we are in contact.

With so much focus on other parts of the world, understanding the celebrations of other cultures can be one small way of understanding and accepting each other — especially those who are different from us. Believe it or not, we don’t have to go halfway around the world to learn how and why other people’s celebrations are important to them.

Creating peace on earth could easily begin in our own back yard. A great place to start is with co-workers, neighbors, and even members of your local civic organizations. How much do you know about how and why they celebrate? Why not use the holidays as an opportunity to gain a better understanding of one another? However you celebrate, and even if you don’t celebrate at all, take the time to be kind to your fellow human beings that share space on this ever-shrinking planet of ours.

To read the first article by Kyle Eastham titled “Be A Rock Climber — Succeed One Step at a Time,” click here.

To read the second article by Vicki Anderson titled “Feedback: The Fuel for Great Performance,” click here.

To read the third article by John Storm titled “Seven Deadly Innovation Mistakes Many Executives Make,” click here.

To read the fourth article by Kerry Robertson son titled “How to Thrive and Survive at Work,” click here.

To read the fifth article by Cathy Harris titled “Leadership: Lessons Learned from the Superdome,” click here.

To read the sixth article by John Irvin titled “Who’s The Jerk, Now?!,” click here.

To read the seventh article by Scott Huse titled “Child, Spouse, Parent, Leader, Difference Maker (Life is All About People),” click here.

To read the eighth article by Stan Tyra titled “Building a Mont Blanc Team – God’s Way,” click here.