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by stephen barden
We have been sold a myth: that good, successful leaders are fiercely competitive battlers. The aggressive combative leaders we have been taught to admire actually hold a deep seated anxiety that they and their world have a profoundly unbalanced power relationship. That their world is an actual or potential threat. Drawing from his book “How successful leaders do business with their world”, as well as conversations with top leaders, author and coach-mentor Stephen Barden argues that truly successful leaders, those who act on behalf of their entire constituencies, have learned that they and their worlds are partners with a manageable power balance. That their power lies in that balance. (Theme music: "Celtic Spirit" by Julius H. from Pixabay)
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- Dec 28, 202528 min
The Power of Tenderness
Surely this is an absurd idea: that tenderness can be - is ,in fact - powerful? In this episode Stephen Barden dives into the even more absurd idea that tenderness in the workplace is an extraordinary powerful tool for building strong and thriving organizations. Please subscribe to, follow, review or comment on, this podcast. Contact me here For more information about Stephen Barden and his work please visit: www. stephenbarden.org or https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephenbard...
- Sep 19, 202536 min
HOW WE OUTSOURCE OUR POWER
Host Stephen Barden asks: How do we make sure that we don’t shrink ourselves when we outsource to others – to technology or to other people? How do we keep a reasonable balance between making sure we maintain our own power of learning from experience – on the one hand- and being agile and quick off the mark on the other? Contact me here For more information about Stephen Barden and his work please visit: www. stephenbarden.org or https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephenbarden/ P...
- Aug 12, 202555 min
Speakers of Truth to Power: Lt. General (retired) Ben Hodges
The third guest in this special series is not someone you would immediately think of as speaking truth to power. Yet retired Lieutenant General Ben Hodges has consistently done just that — especially when reminding the U.S. military of its core values and allegiance to the Constitution, rather than to the interests of politicians. His worry is that the unwillingness of some of the most senior military echelons to speak out against the growing demands of the current administr...
- Jun 25, 202545 min
Speakers of Truth to Power: Razan
Stephen Barden speaks to a post graduate student in Norway who, by speaking truth to power, managed to get her university in Stavanger to change a core policy. What has this to do with business and management? Everything. Listen carefully and it becomes clear what leaders and managers need to learn about the generation that will be running things in the next decade or so. Contact me here For more information about Stephen Barden and his work please visit: www. stephen...
- May 18, 202521 min
Speakers of Truth to Power: Harold Strachan
In this first episode of a new season of the Power of Balance - focusing on Speakers of Truth to Power - Stephen Barden tells the story of Harold Strachan, a man who sacrificed all but his life when he spoke truth to the power of the Apartheid regime in South Africa. Stephen also invites listeners to submit their own suggestions of Truth Speakers - ordinary people who spoke up to power for the greater good. Contact me here For more information about Stephen Barden and his work please vi...
- Apr 8, 202523 min
Fearful Power
Contact me here For more information about Stephen Barden and his work please visit: www. stephenbarden.org or https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephenbarden/ Please subscribe to, review or comment on this podcast on all platforms, including: Apple, Podchaser, Buzzsprout and Spotify
- Feb 23, 202525 min
Wherefore Art Thou - The EU
Stephen Barden turns his "Wherefore" spotlight on the European Union to ask: Where does the EU see its highest value in its world? Can that "Wherefore" carry it through the inevitable turmoil of next decade - or is it time to change, before it does it and its members real damage? Contact me here For more information about Stephen Barden and his work please visit: www. stephenbarden.org or https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephenbarden/ Please subscribe to, review or comment on this podcast on a...
- Jan 13, 202522 min
Wherefore Art Thou - the Organization
In the second in the series "Wherefore Art Thou", Stephen Barden argues that if human beings need to have a balance of meaning and value with their world, then organizations certainly do. Contact me here For more information about Stephen Barden and his work please visit: www. stephenbarden.org or https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephenbarden/ Please subscribe to, review or comment on this podcast on all platforms, including: Apple, Podchaser, Buzzsprout and Spotify ...
About The Power of Balance
We have been sold a myth: that good, successful leaders are fiercely competitive battlers. The aggressive combative leaders we have been taught to admire actually hold a deep seated anxiety that they and their world have a profoundly unbalanced power relationship. That their world is an actual or potential threat. Drawing from his book “How successful leaders do business with their world”, as well as conversations with top leaders, author and coach-mentor Stephen Barden argues that truly successful leaders, those who act on behalf of their entire constituencies, have learned that they and their worlds are partners with a manageable power balance. That their power lies in that balance. (Theme music: "Celtic Spirit" by Julius H. from Pixabay)
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