Laila shares about her grief, growth, and personal transformation through the intense experiences she writes about in her moving new memoir, Strong Like Water™.  Mike and Laila talk about her book, her journey, and how we can all find the courage to lead with vulnerability in business and in life.
Zibby is joined by Chief People Officer for Allbirds Laila Tarraf to discuss how three significant losses made her reconcile the tenderness of her personal life with the strength she had acquired in the business world. Laila shares the most valuable lessons she's learned from her bosses through the years, and how combining courage and compassion may be the most advantageous thing you can do for both your personal and professional personas.
Watermark Book Spotlight Webinar Discussion - Strong Like Water™
Laila speaks with Lesley Jane Seymour about the need to break down so you can break through. In this podcast she describes how you have to go through the valley and break down to come out the other side. “If you don’t there is no healing or transformation.
For years, even as Laila Tarraf continued to feel disconnected from others, her belief that any vulnerability would make her soft dictated her personal life and her work as an HR leader. Laila discusses with Ronit how a series of life events and personal losses became the catalyst for her to reconnect with her feelings and show up more vulnerably and authentically.
In this conversation with Laurel, Laila shares how she learned to lead with love through heartbreaks and successes ultimately (after a lot of work) landing in a place that is honest, integrated, and powerful. Her story is soul food for anyone w…
Laila joins Mitch Simmons and Ginny Bianco-Mathis on the Team Anywhere Podcast to discuss how leadership is an inside out job. This is what we mean when we say authenticity in leadership - that the insides and the outsides match up. Doing the work to get our insides right - our beliefs and our feelings is what will ultimately shine through in our leadership. 
Laila Tarraf joins host William Tincup to discuss why leading with compassion has never been more important.
Laila Tarraf is interviewed by Jodi Bricker on the choices made along the path in their careers.
Laila and Janet discuss her struggle with emotional trauma, a central theme of her new book, Strong Like Water™ where she tells her story with both brutal honesty and tender vulnerability. Her eventual transformation comes when she learns to strengthen her heart while giving it “equal playing time” alongside her head. Connecting the two becomes the key to unlocking both personal and professional growth.
Join Kathy Oneto, founder of Sustainable Ambition and Laila Tarraf, Chief People Officer of Allbirds and the author of Strong Like Water™ : How I found the Courage to Lead with Love in Business and in Life,” for a conversation on becoming a heart-based leader, leaning into discomfort, and the power of being vulnerable, soft but strong, firm yet kind.
Valeria Teles interviews Laila Tarraf About true strength — the author of “Strong Like Water: How I Found the Courage to Lead with Love in Business and in Life.”
Watermark Women of the C-Suite with Peggy Northrop & Nicole Ward-Parr have Laila Tarraf join them as they discuss career paths, pivots (both personal and professional), how they’re leading in crisis, and what they wish they’d known in their journeys to the top.
Laila joins Janice McDonald on the Fearless Women Podcast to talk about breaking the mindset of “just keep going” as a coping mechanism for not allowing yourself to really deal with what’s going on.
Laila joins Stephen Kohler from Audira Labs, a leadership firm that focuses on “listening-infused” coaching as a way for leaders to build their resiliency and ability to connect more deeply. Laila talks a little about her personal experience traversing this road.
Today, we need a leadership model that embraces vulnerability, along with service, humility, kindness, and love. Laila speaks with Shane and David about her new book on leading with love in business and in life.
Laila joins Anne and Sherri to discuss her amazing journey of self discovery that not only led to personal transformation but also transformed the way she leads at work.  This podcast is full of insight and deeply moving reflection and fully embodies the flow between eastern and western philosophies.
A discussion with She Writes Press publisher Brooke Warner and three SWP authors about why we write and how we publish. In this panel, authors Amy S. Peele, Laila Tarraf, and Linda Kass represent different genres (mystery, memoir, and historical fiction) will speak about writing and publishing in a competitive publishing landscape, the highs and lows of authorship, and what drives them to keep writing.
Laila Tarraf joins Bryan Adams and Graeme Johnson at the People-First Community virtual summit on April 15 where we will debate "how to create a HUMAN employer brand". The conversation on creating a human brand with Laila Tarraf begins at 01:25:45.
Laila Tarraf- New Rules of Leadership Live Podcast. Out now!
Laila shares openly with Jessie how for so long, she simply didn’t see how hard she was working to be strong and in control of her emotions until she tragically lost her husband. This loss made her realize she needed to change so she could help her daughter experience grief in a healthy way. As she reconnected with her heart, she was able to forge a path to a healthier relationship with herself and those around her.
Laila and host of the Books That Make You Podcast, Desiree discuss the deeper topics in Strong Like Water™.
In this HR Chat Podcast, Laila Tarraf talks about learning leadership lessons through adversity and how to tap into your “firm yet kind” side.
Laila Tarraf joins Meredith Atwood on her podcast, The Same 24 Hours, to discuss having the courage to write and tell your own story.
Laila and Regina O’Connell engage in a freewheeling fireside chat, we’ll be talking about her new book, Strong Like Water, a primary theme of which is reconciling seemingly irreconcilable dualities. We’ll talk about growing up cross culturally and what it’s like to move to America as a child; connecting impact with business; and the biggie: marrying vulnerability with leadership.
Laila and Tom discuss the hero’s journey and how it showed up in her life as she captured it in her book, Strong Like Water™.
Laila shares her experiences growing and learning how to gain balance in her life. She discusses sustainability, balancing your personal and work life, what she learned during the time she was writing her book, and dealing with grief.
Laila Tarraf joins host Sara Troy of the Choose Positive Living Podcast
Laila's husband died of an accidental overdose, within a few weeks her father died, and shortly after her mother. In this discussion we talk about compound loss, avoiding feelings and what it looks and feels like to honor them.

Laila shares about her grief, growth, and personal transformation through the intense experiences she writes about in her moving new memoir, Strong Like Water'. Mike and Laila talk about her book, her journey, and how we can all find the courage to lead with vulnerability in business and in life.

Today, we need a leadership model that embraces vulnerability, along with service, humility, kindness, and love. Laila speaks with Shane and David about her new book on leading with love in business and in life.

Zibby is joined by Chief People Officer for Allbirds Laila Tarraf to discuss how three significant losses made her reconcile the tenderness of her personal life with the strength she had acquired in the business world. Laila shares the most valuable lessons she's learned from her bosses through the years, and how combining courage and compassion may be the most advantageous thing you can do for both your personal and professional personas.

Andy Dunn is joined by Laila Tarraf to discuss his new book where he shares his diagnosis of bipolar disorder with so much raw honesty and vulnerability. The discussion lands at the intersection of entrepreneurship and mental health.

Watermark Book Spotlight Webinar Discussion - Strong Like Water

Laila joins Anne and Sherri to discuss her amazing journey of self discovery that not only led to personal transformation but also transformed the way she leads at work. This podcast is full of insight and deeply moving reflection and fully embodies the flow between eastern and western philosophies.

Laila speaks with Lesley Jane Seymour about the need to break down so you can break through. In this podcast she describes how you have to go through the valley and break down to come out the other side. "If you don't there is no healing or transformation.”

A discussion with She Writes Press publisher Brooke Warner and three SWP authors about why we write and how we publish. In this panel, authors Amy S. Peele, Laila Tarraf, and Linda Kass represent different genres (mystery, memoir, and historical fiction) will speak about writing and publishing in a competitive publishing landscape, the highs and lows of authorship, and what drives them to keep writing.

For years, even as Laila Tarraf continued to feel disconnected from others, her belief that any vulnerability would make her soft dictated her personal life and her work as an HR leader. Laila discusses with Ronit how a series of life events and personal losses became the catalyst for her to reconnect with her feelings and show up more vulnerably and authentically.

Laila Tarraf joins Bryan Adams and Graeme Johnson at the People-First Community virtual summit on April 15 where we will debate "how to create a HUMAN employer brand". The conversation on creating a human brand with Laila Tarraf begins at 01:25:45.

In this conversation with Laurel, Laila shares how she learned to lead with love through heartbreaks and successes ultimately (after a lot of work) landing in a place that is honest, integrated, and powerful. Her story is soul food for anyone who believes in the power of love and compassionate leadership.

Laila Tarraf - New Rules of Leadership Live Podcast. Out now!

Listen to this episode as Sean and Laila exchange inspiring thoughts on recruitment and its changes from the industrial to the information age, holistic leadership, and emotional resilience.

Laila shares openly with Jessie how for so long, she simply didn't see how hard she was working to be strong and in control of her emotions until she tragically lost her husband. This loss made her realize she needed to change so she could help her daughter experience grief in a healthy way. As she reconnected with her heart, she was able to forge a path to a healthier relationship with herself and those around her.

Laila joins Mitch Simmons and Ginny Bianco Mathis on the Team Anywhere Podcast to discuss how leadership is an inside out job. This is what we mean when we say authenticity in leadership - that the insides and the outsides match up. Doing the work to get our insides right - our beliefs and our feelings is what will ultimately shine through in our leadership.

Laila and host of the Books That Make You Podcast, Desiree discuss the deeper topics in Strong Like Water™

Laila Tarraf joins host William Tincup to discuss why leading with compassion has never been more important.

In this HR Chat Podcast, Laila Tarraf talks about learning leadership lessons through adversity and how to tap into your "firm yet kind" side.

Laila Tarraf is interviewed by Jodi Bricker on the choices made along the path in their careers.

Laila Tarraf joins Meredith Atwood on her podcast, The Same 24 Hours, to discuss having the courage to write and tell your own story.

Laila and Janet discuss her struggle with emotional trauma, a central theme of her new book, Strong Like Water™' where she tells her story with both brutal honesty and tender vulnerability. Her eventual transformation comes when she learns to strengthen her heart while giving it "equal playing time" alongside her head. Connecting the two becomes the key to unlocking both personal and professional growth

Regina O'Connell from The Joss Collective and Laila engage in a freewheeling fireside chat, talking about some of the major themes in her new book, Strong Like Water - from reconciling seemingly irreconcilable dualities while growing up cross culturallv to what it's like to move to America as a child, connecting impact with business; and the biggie: marrying vulnerability with leadership.

Join Kathy Oneto, founder of Sustainable Ambition and Laila Tarraf, Chief People Officer of Allbirds and the author of Strong Like Water™ : How I found the Courage to Lead with Love in Business and in Life,” for a conversation on becoming a heart-based leader, leaning into discomfort, and the power of being vulnerable, soft but strong, firm yet kind.

Laila and Tom discuss the hero’s journey and how it showed up in her life as she captured it in her book, Strong Like Water™.

Valeria Teles interviews Laila Tarraf About true strength — the author of “Strong Like Water: How I Found the Courage to Lead with Love in Business and in Life.”

Laila shares her experiences growing and learning how to gain balance in her life. She discusses sustainability, balancing your personal and work life, what she learned during the time she was writing her book, and dealing with grief.

Watermark Women of the C-Suite with Peggy Northrop & Nicole Ward-Parr have Laila Tarraf join them as they discuss career paths, pivots (both personal and professional), how they’re leading in crisis, and what they wish they’d known in their journeys to the top.

Laila joins Janice McDonald on the Fearless Women Podcast to talk about breaking the mindset of “just keep going” as a coping mechanism for not allowing yourself to really deal with what’s going on.

Laila Tarraf joins host Sara Troy of the Choose Positive Living Podcast

Laila joins Stephen Kohler from Audira Labs, a leadership firm that focuses on “listening-infused” coaching as a way for leaders to build their resiliency and ability to connect more deeply. Laila talks a little about her personal experience traversing this road.

Laila's husband died of an accidental overdose, within a few weeks her father died, and shortly after her mother. In this discussion we talk about compound loss, avoiding feelings and what it looks and feels like to honor them.

Manifesting with Meg & Laila Tarraf, Chief People Officer and author of Strong Like Water™. Theme: you are exactly where you are meant to be!

All of are living in a story of our own creation. Join Laila and Lisa as they discuss how to recognize the limiting beliefs behind our stories and how we can unhook ourselves from them so we can grow!

Laila joins May Empson in her podcast Own Your Best LIfe.

Stating company values is easy. Living them is where the hard work comes in. Join Laila Tarraf and Amanda Berry in an honest conversation about values, culture and walking the talk.

Todd Anthony and I had a blast talking about the role business leaders play in creating the conditions for brave, out-of-the-box thinking. Hint: it has a lot to do with psychological safety, a growth mindset, and celebrating experiments.