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)

The Power of Balance is a business podcast hosted by stephen barden, with 20 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

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  The Power of Balance

  EP.20 The Balancing Act

  Jul 14, 202626 min

  Should organizations be able to mark their own homework - or should performance evaluation be done entirely independently? Does it make any sense for companies to be good corporate citizens? Does delegated leadership really work - or is it a recipe for distorted information? Just three of the questions that Stephen Barden asks in this episode. Whether you agree with his answers or not - they're central to the future of good management and leadership. 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

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  Episode #19

  The Power of Tenderness

  Dec 28, 202528 minS1

  <p>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. </p><p>Please subscribe to, follow, review or comment on, this podcast.</p><p><br/></p><p><br/></p><p><br/></p><p>Contact me here</p><p>For more information about Stephen Barden and his work please visit:<br/>www. stephenbarden.org<br/>or <br/>https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephenbarden/</p> <p><br/></p>...

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  Episode #18

  HOW WE OUTSOURCE OUR POWER

  Sep 18, 202536 minS1

  <p>Host Stephen Barden asks: </p><p>How do we make sure that we don’t shrink ourselves when we outsource to others – to technology or to other people? </p><p>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?</p><p><br/></p><p><br/></p><p>Contact me here</p><p>For more information about Stephen Barden and his work please visit:<br/>www. stephenbarden.org<br/>or <br/>https://www.linkedin.com/in/steph...

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  The Power of Balance

  Speakers of Truth to Power: Lt. General (retired) Ben Hodges

  Aug 12, 202556 minS0

  <p>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 administration is either because they are fearful of something....or they agree.</p><p>Contact me here</p><p>For more infor...

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  Episode #16

  Speakers of Truth to Power: Razan

  Jun 25, 202546 minS0

  <p>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. </p><p>What has this to do with business and management? </p><p>Everything. </p><p>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.  </p><p>Contact me here</p><p>For more information about Stephen Barden and his work please visit:<br/>www. stephenbarden.org<br/>or <br/>https://www.linkedin.com...

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