LEARN, CHANGE, & TRANSFORM
Helping Established and Aspiring Leaders Communicate With Clarity
Repair Trust and Lead High-Risk Conversations With Credibility.
LEARN, CHANGE, & TRANSFORM
Helping Established and Aspiring Leaders Communicate With Clarity
Repair Trust and Lead High-Risk Conversations With Credibility.
Confidential Coaching for High-Risk Leadership Moments
When leadership is tested, the issue is rarely just one conversation. It is how you think, communicate, respond, and conduct yourself in the moment and in every moment that follows.
Together, we focus on building the communication habits, emotional steadiness, and leadership presence needed to navigate high-stakes situations with clarity and credibility.
If this describes your situation, we will guide you with practical tools, thoughtful reflection, and a grounded path forward so you can lead hard moments well, repair trust where needed, and move forward with integrity and confidence.
We work with leaders whose words, decisions, and conduct have real consequences for people, organizations, and outcomes.
Whom we work with:
Organization Leaders AND Directors
Managers AND Team Leaders
Leaders on Their Way UP
Nonprofit and community leaders
Government and public sector officials
Physicians and healthcare leaders
Confidential Coaching for High-Risk Leadership Moments
When leadership is tested, the issue is rarely just one conversation. It is how you think, communicate, respond, and conduct yourself in the moment and in every moment that follows.
Together, we focus on building the communication habits, emotional steadiness, and leadership presence needed to navigate high-stakes situations with clarity and credibility.
If this describes your situation, we will guide you with practical tools, thoughtful reflection, and a grounded path forward so you can lead hard moments well, repair trust where needed, and move forward with integrity and confidence.
We work with leaders whose words, decisions, and conduct have real consequences for people, organizations, and outcomes.
Whom we work with:
Organization Leaders AND Directors
Managers AND Team Leaders
Leaders on Their Way UP
Nonprofit and community leaders
Government and public sector officials
Physicians and healthcare leaders
Interpersonal Communication: Coaching for High-Risk Leadership Moments
We bring structure, candor, and accountability to the process.
Whether you are navigating the aftermath of a difficult decision, addressing a strained relationship with stakeholders or teams, or trying to lead through a crisis without losing your credibility, we provide a structured coaching process that helps you respond with clarity and strength.
Our program guides leaders to map what is happening, decide how they want to lead it, and build the communication habits and consistency necessary to move forward with integrity. We will not simply affirm your instincts. We will challenge your thinking, sharpen your responses, and push you to follow through all the way to the finish line with high-performance results.
Our work develops the mindset, situational awareness, and communication discipline required to lead difficult situations well. This is not about polished talking points or dependency on outside advice. It is about becoming a self-aware leader who can face what is hard, communicate with facts and steadiness, and generate better options.
A Clear Process for Learning High-Risk Leadership Communication
Core Elements of Our Program:
Clarify what is really happening
Identify the pressures, trust dynamics, relational strain, and what is most at stake.
Determine how to lead the response
Shape your words, conduct, and decisions around your responsibilities, values, and long-term vision.
Build deliberate communication habits
Strengthen the interpersonal, intrapersonal, verbal, and written habits required in high-stakes leadership.
Lead with steadiness and follow-through
Communicate credibly, respond wisely, and reinforce your message through action.
Program Structure:
A confidential, 12-week coaching experience for leaders navigating difficult decisions, strained trust, organizational tension, and/or career leadership moments.
12 weeks: Weekly confidential coaching; individualized, weekly learning sessions
Access to extensive intra- and interpersonal communication resources
Leadership, communication, and emotional intelligence assessments
Communication pattern and habit review
Strategic guidance and communication plan
Message preparation and rehearsal when needed
Between-session support during office hours
Roadmap for continued leadership execution
Access to resources
Key Performance Outcomes:
More powerful, deliberate
communication habits
Credible leadership presence (non-verbal focus) in high-pressure moments
Responses that create movement, not avoidance
More internal confidence to lead what is DIFFICULT
CAREER AND INCOME ACCELERATION
A Clear Process for Learning High-Risk Leadership Communication
Core Elements of Our Program:
Clarify what is really happening
Identify the pressures, trust dynamics, relational strain, and what is most at stake.
Determine how to lead the response
Shape your words, conduct, and decisions around your responsibilities, values, and long-term vision.
Build deliberate communication habits
Strengthen the interpersonal, intrapersonal, verbal, and written habits required in high-stakes leadership.
Lead with steadiness and follow-through
Communicate credibly, respond wisely, and reinforce your message through action.
Program Structure:
A confidential, 12-week coaching experience for leaders navigating difficult decisions, strained trust, organizational tension, and/or career leadership moments.
12 weeks: Weekly confidential coaching; individualized, weekly learning sessions
Access to extensive intra- and interpersonal communication resources
Leadership, communication, and emotional intelligence assessments
Communication pattern and habit review
Strategic guidance and communication plan
Message preparation and rehearsal when needed
Between-session support during office hours
Roadmap for continued leadership execution
Access to resources
Key Performance Outcomes:
More powerful, deliberate
communication habits
Credible leadership presence (non-verbal focus) in high-pressure moments
Responses that create movement, not avoidance
More internal confidence to lead what is DIFFICULT
CAREER AND INCOME ACCELERATION
Meet Leslie Farias
A nationally recognized communication coach with advanced degrees in Speech Communication and Adult Education from the University of Nevada.
Experience Highlights:
- Forte Institute Certified Provider and Trainer
- National Judicial College Faculty
- University of Nevada-Reno Adjunct Faculty, Business Communications
- National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges, Director of Development
- Project C.A.R.E., Washoe County Diversion Court, Executive Director
- Reno High School, College-Prep English Teacher
She founded Farias Business Communications in Dallas, Texas, in 1988 and has worked with executives, judges, attorneys, physicians, nonprofit leaders, and corporate professionals across North America and Canada.
Her career includes serving as a keynote and conference presenter, Adjunct Faculty at the National Judicial College, and Adjunct Faculty at the University of Nevada, and as a certified Provider and Trainer with the Forte Institute.
Across these settings, Leslie has built a reputation for guiding leaders through moments of pressure, conflict, consequence, and scrutiny.
Her work is grounded in a simple but demanding belief: communication is the most crucial expression of leadership. The way a person thinks, speaks, listens, responds, and follows through shapes trust, credibility, and culture.
She works with her clients to teach new methods, introduce change strategies, and transform their organization and themselves.
Leslie’s coaching is direct, thoughtful, confidential, and deeply human. She brings structure, candor, and accountability to leaders who need to face what is hard, respond wisely, and carry difficult responsibilities through to resolution.
Meet Leslie Farias
A nationally recognized communication coach with advanced degrees in Speech Communication and Adult Education from the University of Nevada.
Experience Highlights:
- Forte Institute Certified Provider and Trainer
- National Judicial College Faculty
- University of Nevada-Reno Adjunct Faculty, Business Communications
- National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges, Director of Development
- Project C.A.R.E., Washoe County Diversion Court, Executive Director
- Reno High School, College-Prep English Teacher
She founded Farias Business Communications in Dallas, Texas, in 1988 and has worked with executives, judges, attorneys, physicians, nonprofit leaders, and corporate professionals across North America and Canada.
Her career includes serving as a keynote and conference presenter, Adjunct Faculty at the National Judicial College, and Adjunct Faculty at the University of Nevada, and as a certified Provider and Trainer with the Forte Institute.
Across these settings, Leslie has built a reputation for guiding leaders through moments of pressure, conflict, consequence, and scrutiny.
Her work is grounded in a simple but demanding belief: communication is the most crucial expression of leadership. The way a person thinks, speaks, listens, responds, and follows through shapes trust, credibility, and culture.
She works with her clients to teach new methods, introduce change strategies, and transform their organization and themselves.
Leslie’s coaching is direct, thoughtful, confidential, and deeply human. She brings structure, candor, and accountability to leaders who need to face what is hard, respond wisely, and carry difficult responsibilities through to resolution.
She founded Farias Business Communications in Dallas, Texas, in 1988 and has worked with executives, judges, attorneys, physicians, nonprofit leaders, and corporate professionals across North America and Canada.
Her career includes serving as a keynote and conference presenter, Adjunct Faculty at the National Judicial College, and Adjunct Faculty at the University of Nevada, and as a certified Provider and Trainer with the Forte Institute.
Across these settings, Leslie has built a reputation for guiding leaders through moments of pressure, conflict, consequence, and scrutiny.
Her work is grounded in a simple but demanding belief: communication is the most crucial expression of leadership. The way a person thinks, speaks, listens, responds, and follows through shapes trust, credibility, and culture.
She works with her clients to teach new methods, introduce change strategies, and transform their organization and themselves.
Leslie’s coaching is direct, thoughtful, confidential, and deeply human. She brings structure, candor, and accountability to leaders who need to face what is hard, respond wisely, and carry difficult responsibilities through to resolution.
Trusted by Leaders Across Industries
What our clients say about Leslie...
“I was so impressed with the quality of your work and concepts. Your approach to these communication issues will be a standard for the future.
I personally will be utilizing your program as I develop my business...many others will too."
— Douglas S. Damon, President, Damon Industries
“She is a real 'peach. Loved her presentation and ideas.
One of the best presentations I’ve heard. I wish I could take her whole course.”
— The Honorable Allan H. Wachowich, Chief Justice
Canadian Supreme Court
“Leslie opened my eyes to new and effective ways to communicate my ideas.
She is a master in her field, and through her expert and patient coaching, I have learned to recognize and address the different types of communications.”
— Sheila Lyons, Certified Court Reporter
“The training she provided to my employees was invaluable.
She didn't just give them food, she taught them how to fish.”
— Richard A. Gammick, Washoe County District Attorney
"Normally I do not write testimonial letters, but in this case I am going to make an exception because I was so impressed with the quality of your work and concepts...
Your approach to these communications issues will be a standard for the future.
I personally will be utilizing your program as I develop my business, and from what I have heard from others in attendance at the convention, many others will too."
Douglas S. Damon, President Damon
Industries, Reno, NV
"During the past few months, Leslie Farias has opened my eyes to new and effective ways to communicate my ideas.
She is a master in her field, and through her expert and patient coaching I have learned to recognize and address the different types of communications-or perhaps better said the miscommunications-in order to break down the barriers that had limited my ability to move forward in my profession..
Sheila Lyons, Certified Court Reporter
Segewick County, Kansas
"Boy, what an impact she had. The training she provided to my employees was invaluable...
she trained a few key people to continue training the skills she had taught.
She didn't just give them food, she taught them how to fish."
Richard A. Gammick
Washoe County District Attorney, Reno, NV
"She is a real 'peach. Loved her presentation and ideas.
Best of several I've heard before. I wish I could take her whole course."
The Honorable Chief Justice
Allan H. Wachowich, Canadian Supreme Court Justice
Alberta, CA
Trusted by Leaders Across Industries
Trusted by Leaders Across Industries
“I was so impressed with the quality of your work and concepts. Your approach to these communication issues will be a standard for the future.
I personally will be utilizing your program as I develop my business...many others will too."
— Douglas S. Damon, President, Damon Industries
“She is a real 'peach. Loved her presentation and ideas.
One of the best presentations I’ve heard. I wish I could take her whole course.”
— The Honorable Allan H. Wachowich, Chief Justice
Canadian Supreme Court
“Leslie opened my eyes to new and effective ways to communicate my ideas.
She is a master in her field, and through her expert and patient coaching, I have learned to recognize and address the different types of communications.”
— Sheila Lyons, Certified Court Reporter
“The training she provided to my employees was invaluable.
She didn't just give them food, she taught them how to fish.”
— Richard A. Gammick, Washoe County District Attorney
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