Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
Hi – my name is Omar L. Harris. I currently live in Charlotte, NC and I have written 4 books – 3 non-fiction and 1 fiction title. I spent over twenty years working as part of the global pharmaceutical industry in the US, Middle East, Asia, and South America. I believe my life’s purpose is to help each person I touch to discover their unique strengths that they can use to create their best life.
My books are One Blood (fiction under the pseudonym Qwantu Amaru) – 2011
From Authors to Entrepreneurs – 2015
Leader Board: The DNA of High Performance Teams – 2019
The Servant Leader’s Manifesto – 2020
What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
The Servant Leader’s Manifesto was born out of crisis. The global employee engagement crisis to be exact. Nearly every business book I read points inadvertently to the culprit for this crisis but unfortunately they haven’t moved the needle. And the people who do the good work keep suffering. Well, no more. With this manifesto, we declare that toxic, ego-driven leadership is dead. In its wake shall rise the era of Servant Leadership – where the people who create value for customers have more than a seat at the table, they are actively heard and leaders respond to their needs. All you have to do to join us is to read the manifesto and pass it on. This revolution is hand to hand and word of mouth driven.
Do you have any unusual writing habits?
As long as I have my music and my coffee I am ready to roll. I still do write freehand though most of the time and then type up the pages as I go,
What authors, or books have influenced you?
Patrick Lencioni’s The Five Dysfunctions of a Team
Stephen R. Covey’s The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People
Jim Collin’s Good to Great and Great by Choice
Simon Sinek’s Start With Why and The Infinite Game
What are you working on now?
The sequel to Leader Board called Halo: The Mission of High Performance Teams
What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
Promoting on LinkedIn, Instagram, and advertising on Amazon. Also, running giveaways on Amazon and Goodreads.
Do you have any advice for new authors?
Yes – use Reedsy to find qualified professionals to create your book cover, edit your work, and make it as professional as possible.
What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Write the first draft with the heart and the subsequent drafts with your head – Stephen King
What are you reading now?
If It Bleeds by Stephen King
Fair Warning by Michael Connelly
I Can’t Make This Up by Kevin Hart
What’s next for you as a writer?
Finishing Halo and then getting back into fiction with a book inspired by my recently deceased mother’s life.
If you were going to be stranded on a desert island and allowed to take 3 or 4 books with you what books would you bring?
Lord of the Rings – combined volume
The Dark Tower – combined volume
The Chronicles of Narnia – combined volume
The Alchemist
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