The Power of Balance
stephen barden
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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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S1E19 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…
S1E18 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…
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…
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…
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…
S1E14 Fearful Power
Contact me hereFor more information about Stephen Barden and his work please visit:www. stephenbarden.orgor https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephenbarden/ Please subscribe to, review or comment on this…
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…
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…
S1E11 Wherefore Art Thou - not the why but the wherefore
Stephen Barden suggests that before we ask ourselves why? - to give us purpose - we could be asking "wherefore?" What is that place where we and our world value one another at the deepest level? And…
There's no going back to normal
Stephen Barden follows up on the previous episode's theme of refletingContact me hereFor more information about Stephen Barden and his work please visit:www. stephenbarden.orgor…
Living at work
Despite the fact that flexible and hybrid working has been widely welcomed, there is disturbing evidence that it is leaving many people exhausted and overwhelmed. Equally worrying is that it may be …
S1E8 Who Moved My World?
Stephen Barden's central theme in this series on power is that those who believe they have a balanced, manageable relationship with their world are the most effective and healthy members of our…
S1E7 The Great Divide
As a species we are probably the most aggressive, destructive and divisive that have ever walked this earth. We have destroyed countless other species, including human species. We have enslaved -…
S1E6 Lessons from a working-class, female leader: why diversity isn't enough
In this episode, I sat down with financial sector leader Jenny Knott to discuss how deceptive the drive to diversity can be. How can we ensure that diversity really means inclusivity and does not…
S1E4 A conversation with Manfred Kets De Vries, Professor of leadership development and organizational change at INSEAD,
I recently sat down with the author of the“CEO Whisperer” and Insead distinguished professor Manfred F.R Kets De Vries whose fascinating work focuses on leaders, leadership and the dynamics of…
S1E5 David Lane Interviews Stephen Barden About Leadership
David Lane of the Professional Development Foundation interviews Stephen Barden about the research for his new book How Successful Leaders Do Business with Their World: The Navigational…
S1E3 The myths and nonsense of leadership traits
Leadership coaches inundate us with advice on "What great leaders do" or "The 6 characteristics of a good leader" or "The 14 leadership Traits" or, pick a number, "The 5 habits of great leaders."…
S1E2 Battles, Balance and the Fastest Kid in Florida
In episode 2 of the series, Stephen Barden talks to Lieutenant General (Ret) Ben Hodges, Pershing Chair in Strategic Studies at the Centre for European Policy Analysis, to find out whether the US…
S1E1 Let's talk about power
Coach mentor and author Stephen Barden introduces this podcast series,"The Power of Balance". In this first episode he argues that the childhood assumption we form about the power balance we hold…
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The Power of Balance has published 19 episodes since September 2020, covering topics in Business, Entrepreneurship.
The Power of Balance is currently highly active with new episodes every 2 months. Average episode length is 30m.
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