Meet Hiba,
The EQ Strategist
Hiba Tanvir is an EQ Strategist, keynote speaker, and co-author of The Career Breakthrough Playbook—a four-time award-winning book and #1 New Amazon Release in Career Growth. Her work sits at the intersection of Emotional Intelligence, performance, and humanity in the age of AI.
Creator of the highly distinctive Play & Pause™ Methodology, Hiba brings Emotional Intelligence out of theory and into lived, embodied practice. With an MBA and advanced resilience education from Harvard University and the Gottman Institute, she helps people stop performing emotions and start responding with intention. Using unexpected, out of the box tools , Hiba guides leaders, educators, and teams to play intentionally, pause purposefully, and perform at their best—without emotional depletion, disconnection, or reactivity.
Hiba’s work and thought leadership have been featured on NBC5, where she shares the power of the Pause and the real-world impact of her Play & Pause™ Methodology. .
Her impact spans boardrooms and communities worldwide. She leads global initiatives such as the Man Up program for African youth and founded Hope Kitchen to create dignified work for women facing economic hardship—bringing Emotional Intelligence to life across generations and continents.
In her free time, she can usually be found playing and pausing with her two sons or reading.
Hiba Tanvir's impressive educational background includes Harvard University coursework in Building Personal Resilience, a Master's degree, Early Childhood Certification, and specialized accreditations in Emotional Intelligence and Emotion Coaching from the Gottman Institute.
Hiba developed the innovative "Man Up" program specifically designed to
teach Emotional Intelligence to youth
in Nigeria, demonstrating her commitment to global EI education and development.
Her impact extends beyond corporate consulting through Hope Kitchen, a social enterprise she founded that provides dignified work opportunities to struggling women through a home-based catering business, which has gained recognition in major media outlets.
