Kathy Hadizadeh is the founder of Heart Mind Tuning a leadership consultancy in Los Angeles that focuses on human-centered leadership. Drawing on her own background in corporate America and her immigrant experience, Kathy explores the growing need for heartful presence, inner alignment, and authenticity in leadership roles today.

00:00Intro & Kathy’s Worldview from LA

00:56Who Is Kathy? The Corporate Awakening

03:00Human-Centered Leadership: Starting from Within

06:25Corporate Mindfulness: Benefits and Misuses

08:50Why Apps Aren’t Enough: Presence vs. Productivity

10:35Burnout: Environment vs. Inner Capacity

13:25Guiding Leaders Through Difficult Decisions

16:00Laying Off Humanely: Systems, Support, and Connection

20:25Value Systems: Personal vs. Corporate Misalignment

24:00Building Mini-Ecosystems of Integrity Inside Big Systems

28:30Authenticity, Burnout & Career Crossroads

31:00“Are You Happy?” – A Wake-Up Moment

33:00What’s Going on in LA & Kathy’s Message to Listeners

34:50Kathy’s Book Pause to Rise & How to Connect

36:13Closing Blessing & Gratitude

The discussion covers:

What truly makes leadership human-centered

Why wellness programs often fail without human connection

The unseen emotional toll of layoffs on decision-makers

Aligning personal values with corporate values

Burnout, resilience, and the myth of "success = fulfillment"

How leaders can create micro-environments of integrity in rigid systems

Kathy’s upcoming book, Pause to Rise, and the importance of operationalizing pause

💼 Whether you're a leader, team member, or solo entrepreneur, this conversation offers grounded insights into rehumanizing work, one pause at a time.

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From the Sunday July 20, 2025 live event of the same name https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dg2BXRT1aX8 on my other channel integratingpresence.com

Not exactly a confessional—this live session plans to explore some recent life lessons, expanding them into how to make the most of our mistakes including: discerning if, when and how to quickly correct without making things worse; perception and perspective scrutinization and adjustments; and generally learning about to abandoning, avoiding, preventing, counteracting, transforming, transmuting and transcending certain flubs

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