(Your Apology Audit)

What do your apologies say about you?

Find out your apology skill level
— in under 5 minutes

The Apology Audit is a free, private self-assessment that helps you understand your current apology skill level and where small shifts could make a meaningful difference.

No pressure. No performance. Just clarity.

(Your Apology Audit)

What do your apologies say about you?

Find out your apology skill level — in under 5 minutes

You already care about how you communicate.
What’s harder to see is how your apologies actually come across, especially in emotional moments.

The Apology Audit is a free, private self-assessment that helps you understand your current apology skill level and where small shifts could make a meaningful difference.

No pressure. No performance. Just clarity.

In just a few minutes, you’ll learn:

Your current apology skill level

Where things quietly break down

What to focus on next

Your current apology skill level

Where things quietly break down

What to focus on next

Who Is This For?

This audit is for thoughtful adults who:

This audit is for thoughtful adults who:

  • Replay conversations afterward

  • Want to repair without over-explaining or sounding defensive

  • Freeze, soften, or rush when emotions are high

  • Value responsibility and self-respect

  • Want a clearer way to say, “I was wrong,” and mean it

  • Replay conversations afterward

  • Want to repair without over-explaining or sounding defensive

  • Freeze, soften, or rush when emotions are high

  • Value responsibility and self-respect

  • Want a clearer way to say, “I was wrong,” and mean it

LESLIE FARIAS

M.A. Speech Communication
M.Ed. in Adult Education — University of Nevada
B.A. in Business Administration: Secondary Education Certification — University of Nevada

Hi! I'm Leslie Farias, a communication strategist and founder of Farias Business Communications. I help individuals and organizations navigate human connection with empathy and honesty through interpersonal and written communication, performance coaching, and team building.

Using my SORRIE™ Framework, I guide people in offering sincere apologies that restore trust and resolve conflict, in boardrooms or at home. With decades of experience across courts, corporations, and communities in North America, I'm on a mission to simplify communication and empower anyone to speak, repair relationships, and lead with heart.

LESLIE FARIAS

M.A. Speech Communication

M.Ed. in Adult Education — University of Nevada

B.A. in Business Administration: Secondary Education Certification — University of Nevada

Hi! I'm Leslie Farias, a communication strategist and founder of Farias Business Communications. I help individuals and organizations navigate human connection with empathy and honesty through interpersonal and written communication, performance coaching, and team building.

Using my SORRIE™ Framework, I guide people in offering sincere apologies that restore trust and resolve conflict, in boardrooms or at home. With decades of experience across courts, corporations, and communities in North America, I'm on a mission to simplify communication and empower anyone to speak, repair relationships, and lead with heart.

What our clients say about Leslie...

What our clients say about Leslie...

"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

"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

"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

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