Here's to all Heartfelt Leaders. The Mandela's (we need some more). The smart, yet kind. The tough, yet warm-hearted. You can make fun of them, call them hopelessly naive, even put them down and hurt them. And yet, they will forgive you because they truly believe that you know not what you do. They push the human race into fulfilling what is possible as a human being. They don't act vindictively, retaliate against those who have hurt their world, nor abandon those who are hurting in it. And while some may see them as Pollyannas, we see them as the heart and soul of this planet. Because the people who are daring enough to care, in a world that calls them a fool for doing so, are the ones who just might heal it.
To view the video interviews of these heartfelt leaders, click on their respective images.
IN MEMORIAM Teresa Laraba You will be remembered...with LUV.
Donald Stamets Area Managing Director Omni Hotels
Todd Wilcox Chairman Patriot Defense Group
Howard Behar Former President Starbucks Coffee
Colleen Barrett President Emeritus Southwest Airlines
The late Teresa Laraba Senior VP, Customers Southwest Airlines
Ellen Torbert VP, Diversity & Inclusion Southwest Airlines
Tim Hindes CEO Stay Metrics
Alan Brown COO Lebermuth
Mike Wargo COO Hospice Foundation
Garry Ridge President & CEO WD-40 Company
Mike Wall Acting President and CEO St. John's Hospital
Britt Berrett, President Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas (Part 1)
Britt Berrett, President Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas (Part 2)
Tony Maione President & CEO United Way RI
Dr. David Feinberg President UCLA Health
Frank Bliss Owner Bliss Manufacturing
Jeff Klein CEO Working for Good
Nancy Carriuolo President Rhode Island College
Cheryl Merchant President & CEO Hope Global
Paul Spiegelman CCO, Stericycle
Erick Oberholtzer Co-founder Tender Greens
Lawrence Koh CEO, IDP
Col. Deb Lewis US Army (Retired)
Lt. General Martin Steele US Marine Corps (Retired)
Dr. Larry Senn Founder & Chairman Senn Delaney
Tony Hutti, CEO/Owner EXECUTIVE FORUMS - Northern Indiana
From the Inaugural Heartfelt Leadership Conference:
Graciela Meibar, Vice President, Global Sales Training and Global Diversity for Mattel Joan Lynch, co-founder & owner, WagTree
Susan Dost, President and CEO, Sheridan In-Home Health Care Pat Burns, Director of Communications and Investor Relations, SocialWhirled
Peter Samuelson, “serial pro-social entrepreneur” Pete Linnett, Founder and CEO, Life Adjustment Team
Inspiring Videos
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