Speaker & Trainer

Tamara Schwab

Hand on heart - life is change

Tamara Schwab, a heart-transplanted business psychologist and sought-after keynote speaker on resilience, change management, and change leadership, survived two cardiac arrests at the age of 24 and has become an expert in real transformation. With a powerful blend of personal story, business experience, and psychological expertise, she inspires companies, executives, and teams on how to actively develop inner strength, readiness for change, and leadership in times of crisis. As a bestselling author and ambassador for the German Heart Foundation, she combines lived change experience with deep business relevance. Book Tamara Schwab for your event and experience how change becomes possible - with a speaker who uniquely combines heart, mind, and transformation. Tamara Schwab not only leaves an impression - she moves.

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Vita

When Life Starts Again – Resilience as the Key to Change

Tamara Schwab is a heart transplant recipient, business psychologist, and sought-after keynote speaker on resilience, change competence, and change leadership. At the age of 24, she survived two sudden cardiac arrests and fought through an extreme medical and mental situation. Four years later, a life-saving heart transplant became a turning point, making her an expert in real change: both in life and in business.

Heartbeat for Transformation – From Extreme Experience to Inspirational Speaker

Today, Tamara Schwab inspires businesses, leaders, and teams with a powerful mix of personal history, business experience, and psychological expertise. Her talks compellingly demonstrate how inner strength, willingness to change, and leadership in times of crisis can be actively developed. She combines her story with change processes, transformational strategies, and leadership competence.

Two Books, One Mission – Making Change Tangible

Her first book, "Mein Speed-Dating mit dem Tod", gained significant attention in 2020. In 2024, her second book "Dein Herz, mein Herz" hit the SPIEGEL bestseller list shortly after its release. In the same year, Tamara Schwab was crowned Vice Miss Germany and became the official ambassador for the German Heart Foundation for her commitment to organ donation and awareness.

Why Tamara Schwab is the Right Speaker for Your Event

• Keynote speaker with a moving life story & solid business psychology background
• Expert in resilience, change competence & change leadership
• SPIEGEL bestselling author & ambassador of the German Heart Foundation
• Lived change experience with deep business relevance
• Trusted by companies like Telefonica, AOK, Europapark, Payone, Cisco & IKK

Book Tamara Schwab for Your Event!

Experience how change becomes possible – with a speaker who uniquely combines heart, mind, and transformation. Tamara Schwab not only leaves a lasting impression – she moves people.

Topics

Leadership with heart - leading in uncertain times

What happens when change becomes part of everyday life
How to convey security in uncertain times
The manager as coach: developing people and strengthening teams
How to increase employee motivation with emotional leadership - whether hybrid, digital or face-to-face

In step with life - mastering change with courage

How to embrace change as an opportunity, turn setbacks into progress and build sustainable resilience
How to overcome fears with inner stability, make courageous decisions and act consistently
How to bring control, security and satisfaction back into your life

Hand on heart - you always have a choice!

Choose your perspective
Find the values that drive your heart
Go your way successfully with flexibility, courage and a large portion of perseverance

Further topic:
Heart and humanity - The real gold in the AI age

References & Press

Extract of company references:
Telefonica, AOK, Europapark, Payone, Cisco, IKK, Nürnberger Versicherung, Bavarian State Ministry of Health and Care

“We invited Tamara Schwab to our Customer Service & Sales kick-off with around 380 guests. She managed in a remarkable way to translate the personal experiences from her moving life story to the current and future challenges of our teams - in an entertaining, intense and authentic way. In a constantly changing world with a multitude of challenges and crises, this lecture offered an opportunity to gain simple methods and food for thought for coping with complex situations.”
Ulf Michaelis , Direktor Kundenservice & Vertrieb bei O2 Telefónica

“Ms. Schwab is a professional and human force. She doesn't just show people the way to new ways of thinking, no. With her manner, her story and her charisma, she accompanies everyone on this path for quite a while.”
Samantha Herrenknecht, HR Development Europapark

“Very touching presentation! Tears in my eyes despite almost 30 years of professional experience, what an impressive young woman. One of the best presentations of my life: style, content, charisma.”
Stefan Ullrich Participant of the 18th DSO Annual Congress

What a goosebump story
BILD TV

Tamara Schwab fights for more organ donors in Germany, no one is more credible than her.
Bunte

Sympathetic, humorous and very touching.
Talk with Thees, SWR 3

Tips for dealing with seemingly hopeless situations.
F.F. in the process

Moving fate
FOCUS ONLINE

Tamara Schwab is remarkably open and honest in describing her moving fate [...]. Even more impressive is how she was able to remain so optimistic.
Anonym

TV references:

RTL SternTV, ARD Tagesschau, ZDF 13 Fragen, ProSieben taff, Bild TV, SAT.1 Frühstücksfernsehen, ARD Brisant,

ARD MOMA, BR Wir in Bayern, RBB, VOX Doc Caro - jedes Leben zählt, ZDF neo

Print references:

Bild, stern, Focus online, Freundin, Bunte, Der Standard, woman, Lisa, Gala