#152 An Unconventional Approach to Leadership: Stephen Barden

The Matrix Green Pill

About Dr. Stephan Barden

Dr. Stephan is a Coach, Mentor & Author specializing in recognizing, evaluating, and generating top-level leaders and corporate cultures.

With his comprehensive background as a coach, mentor, author, and CEO in the media and technology sectors, Dr. Barden has a wealth of insights on leadership, power, and success to share!

About this Episode

Get ready for a bewitching chat with Dr. Stephen Barden, a seasoned leader with an incredible story to share. From his early broadcasting days in South Africa to his rise in British media technology ranks, and ultimately his pivot towards a fulfilling role as a mentor and coach, Stephen's story is one that inspires and challenges. His honest reflections on how his career influenced his values and ethics, and the importance he places on introspection, self-awareness, and realignment, will leave you reflecting on your own path.

In our conversation, Stephen turns the conventional leadership playbook on its head. Stephen believes in leading from the center, understanding the organization, and capitalizing on the existing team's strengths.

If you’re looking for a fresh perspective on leadership, join us as Stephen shares his wisdom and experience and reveals his three words that describe a good leader: alert, context, and partner.

Quotes

6:03 – Go and work with people who are leaders and share some of my experience

6:10 – Start learning from other leaders as well

6:35 – Think about how successful leaders really work. What they are like under fire?

8:24 – They saw their childhood as a direct threat to where they were now

9:08 – The world is so much for powerful than me that I can do nothing

10:03 – The basic assumption I called The Navigational Stance, the stance you take, people take as they approach their world

10:58 – What you’ve learned that early stance, that you take as to learn as a child is learned. It’s not genetic or anything like that. It’s learned.

12:19 – Power is never over

14:07 – Lead from the center make sure that you stop thinking of yourself as the top of the pinnacle

14:52 – Ensure that you have a sense of reality about what’s going on in the organization

15:42 – Look at the linkages. Make sure that you have a very wide level of doing

16:06 – Go in and work with the people that you have, and then you can hire new people that you like

18:50 – Be ware of the world around you. Beware of the opportunities and people around you so that you can be a true leader.

19:07 – Don’t just look at the text… understand the context.

Useful Links

Website:https://www.stephenbarden.org

LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephenbarden

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