Elise Smith

Elise Marie Smith (born 1991) also known as Elise Smith is a tech entrepreneur known for being one of the few Black women in the United States to raise more than $1 million in venture capital funding for the company Praxis Labs. Quotes I’ve learned so much about leadership and how I show up as a leader. My most important work is to build stronger self-skills – to manage my emotions, be adaptive, and take accountability. I believe luck shouldn’t be the main contributing factor in one’s outcomes. I also believe that learning and development can be a tool to help everyone lead more inclusively, support more equitable outcomes, and drive more value for us all. It’s incredibly hard to be a people leader right now. The expectations of what leaders must navigate are higher–from navigating the socio-political conversations entering the workplace to the technological advances transforming how we work–it can feel like the goalposts keep changing and there are fewer resources to achieve more aggressive goals. Elise Smith on leadership skills, building teams, and their significant impact on organizations striving for excellence. June 8, 2024 It’s how do we use technology to help us become even better humans, to help us be able to give feedback across differences, to navigate difficult conversations, to provide performance feedback and expectations with accountability and care in a way that actually serves us all better, that creates more value for everyone, doesn’t cause harm. Meet Visionary Founder Elise Smith, CEO And Co-Founder Of Praxis Labs, An Immersive Practice-Based Platform July 3, 2024 You can't play basketball by just watching a video in theory about passing and shooting—you have to do it. Learning these critical human skills is very similar. You have to do it in a simulated, experiential way that will truly translate to your ability in the moment when it matters. We have to connect at a real, personal level, beyond the transactional trust that I think we so often find in workplaces. We are so divided, and yet we have to learn to work with people who think differently than us and believe in different things than us, to achieve outcomes that hopefully better all of us. Elise Smith Defends DEI as Good Business February 6, 2025 External links Category:Businesswomen from the United States Category:1991 births Category:Living people Category:21st-century African-American women Category:African-American women in business Category:21st-century African-American businesspeople Category:Dartmouth College alumni Category:Stanford University alumni