# Carla Harris

Carla Harris (Born: October 28, 1962, Port Arthur, Texas, United States) is Vice Chairman of Wealth Management and Senior Client Advisor at Morgan Stanley. She was Chair of the Morgan Stanley Foundation from 2005 to 2014 and sits on the boards of several community organizations. Carla was appointed by President Barack Obama to chair the National Women's Business Council.

## Quotes

* As senior women in your organizations, every single one of you in this room has influence,
** Carla Harris Urges Women to Use Their Power to Advance Themselves and Others SHRM (November 15, 2023)
* "You need to understand that you have it, and that you can use it. Because what you do not use, you will definitely lose. You got here because you earned that seat at that table. Don't give away your power by ignoring that fact."
** Carla Harris Urges Women to Use Their Power to Advance Themselves and Others SHRM (November 15, 2023)
* "Make sure your voice is in the room. "Then you can use silence as power and convey messages by the look on your face—the way the boys do."
** Carla Harris Urges Women to Use Their Power to Advance Themselves and Others SHRM (November 15, 2023)
* "One of the most valuable things you can do as an influential leader is to listen,"because people will always tell you what they value and what they want. When you know that, you can deliver—and then you can make the sale."
** Carla Harris Urges Women to Use Their Power to Advance Themselves and Others SHRM (November 15, 2023)
* "I know those boys in Birmingham can't handle the Full Frontal Carla that I am in New York City,"
** Carla Harris Urges Women to Use Their Power to Advance Themselves and Others SHRM (November 15, 2023)
* "I'm self-aware enough that when I walk into that Birmingham board room, I know I have to be able to connect with those men so they will hear me," she said. "It's about speaking and showing up in a way that your listeners will hear you, embrace you and act upon what you say."
** Carla Harris Urges Women to Use Their Power to Advance Themselves and Others SHRM (November 15, 2023)
* "Give your influence away," she urged her listeners. "Amplify your impact by creating other leaders. Think of yourself as a kingmaker, a queenmaker." Invest in the success of the people in whom you see potential, she continued, because building one another up goes both ways. "You won't be successful if your people don't believe in you, so you have to invest in their success as well."
** Carla Harris Urges Women to Use Their Power to Advance Themselves and Others SHRM (November 15, 2023)
* "Leaders, hear me clearly. "If you don't trust them, they won't trust you."
** Carla Harris Urges Women to Use Their Power to Advance Themselves and Others SHRM (November 15, 2023)
* Say 'I see you,' and invite them to join the conversation. Everyone values being heard."
** Carla Harris Urges Women to Use Their Power to Advance Themselves and Others SHRM (November 15, 2023)
* "Everybody Is Somebody's Child." "No matter how different we seem, we need to identify what we have in common," Harris said. "And one of those things is that everyone is somebody's child."
** Carla Harris Urges Women to Use Their Power to Advance Themselves and Others SHRM (November 15, 2023)
* “Lead to Win”
** Why Go Back? Carla Harris Book Offers Bosses Timely Self-Reflection The Washington Informer (March 16, 2023)
* There is a measure of creating the culture that happens with proximity,” Harris told The Informer,” proximity breeds familiarity, and familiarity fosters mentorship.”
** Why Go Back? Carla Harris Book Offers Bosses Timely Self-Reflection The Washington Informer (March 16, 2023)
* It’s not an either-or type of thing,
** Why Go Back? Carla Harris Book Offers Bosses Timely Self-Reflection The Washington Informer (March 16, 2023)
* Leadership has transformed from oversight to insight,”
** Why Go Back? Carla Harris Book Offers Bosses Timely Self-Reflection The Washington Informer (March 16, 2023)
* People who are in the seats of leadership are boomers and beyond, and they grew up in a very different leadership context.” The ‘my way or the highway’ attitude does not work for millennials and they, “demand, as table stakes, transparency, inclusivity and feedback.”
** Why Go Back? Carla Harris Book Offers Bosses Timely Self-Reflection The Washington Informer (March 16, 2023)
* Lead to Win,” is a concise and charismatic effort that promotes leadership reflection.
** Why Go Back? Carla Harris Book Offers Bosses Timely Self-Reflection The Washington Informer (March 16, 2023)
* Never count yourself out.
** Why Go Back? Carla Harris Book Offers Bosses Timely Self-Reflection The Washington Informer (March 16, 2023)
* We are blessed so that we may be a blessing to others."
** Why Go Back? Carla Harris Book Offers Bosses Timely Self-Reflection The Washington Informer (March 16, 2023)
* “Expect to Win” and “Strategize to Win,

## External links

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