Add Heart to Leadership

Guest: Marilyn Tam, former president of Reebok/CCM, former CEO of Aveda Corp.

What does it mean to be a leader with heart? Heart-centered leadership means to lead others with authenticity, transparency, and humility.

Our leadership reflects who we are inside and needs to include the heart’s intelligence in order to successfully support, guide, and encourage others. 

In today’s world, we are all having to learn and adapt continuously. As leaders, we need to care for individuals and respond in new ways to the changes and emotional challenges people are experiencing with more presence, flow, flexibility, and connection.

Deborah Rozman, Ph.D., our Add Heart^® Podcast host, and her guest Marilyn Tam discuss why, in our present environment, the heart needs to be part of a leadership role—whether we’re leading a company, a team or group, or a community. Marilyn Tam, former president of Reebok/CCM, former CEO of Aveda Corp. and voted one of the Top 100 Leadership Speakers in the world by Inc. Magazine, discusses with Deborah the vital importance of adding heart to leadership. 

Our world has changed, and people are far more inclined to do business with companies that, first and foremost, do good for their own people, their customers, clients, vendors, and the world. Deborah and Marilyn talk about why caring for people first needs to be a priority in all roles of leadership. 

Anyone can be a heart-centered leader if they have the commitment to practice heart-based principles. Hear about some of the practical and evidence-based ways organizations are creating collaborative and innovative work environments that support and encourage coherent teams.

Deborah closes the discussion with a heart-focused meditation that we can each practice to lift our personal commitment to lead from the heart. 

More about our guest:
Marilyn Tam, Ph.D., is a humanitarian, business leader, and author of the best-selling book The Happiness Choice, which was the 3rd most read book by businesses according to 800 CEO Read. She was formerly the CEO of Aveda Corp., President of Reebok Apparel and Retail Group, Vice President of Nike Inc., and voted one of the Top 100 Leadership Speakers in the world by Inc. Magazine. Marilyn was honored with the Tara Bodhisattva Award in 2017, conferred by the Living Saint of Thailand Venerable Mae Chee Sansanee, at the Sathira Dhammasathan in Bangkok for her compassion and humanitarian work.