Dr. Stephen Barden is a renowned management consultant specializing in strategic alignment, helping organizations harmonize their culture, processes.
Dr. Stephen Barden
Corporate Strategic Alignment Specialist, Author, and Podcaster
Dr. Stephen Barden is a renowned management consultant specializing in strategic alignment, helping organizations harmonize their culture, processes, and leadership practices to achieve sustainable success. With a focus on refining organizational purpose and aligning behaviors, Stephen’s work addresses the challenges of modern leadership and corporate strategy. He is also the author of How Successful Leaders Do Business With Their World and the host of the podcast The Power of Balance.
About this Episode
In this follow-up episode, Dr. Stephen Barden sits down with host Hilmarie Hutchison to dive deeper into his insights on leadership, corporate strategy, and organizational purpose. Stephen shares updates on his work, including the rebranding of his company to reflect a broader focus on organizational alignment.
He discusses the importance of rediscovering and refining an organization’s purpose, aligning culture with strategy, and the necessity of cultivating forensic thinking within leadership teams. Drawing on examples from the automotive and electric vehicle industries, Stephen explains how organizations can overcome internal distractions, such as echo chambers and misaligned priorities, to achieve their strategic goals.
Stephen also touches on the future of organizational strategy, forecasting trends like localized production, shifting global markets, and the increasing influence of large investment firms on business practices.
The episode concludes with Stephen’s perspective on how leaders should approach events and challenges, emphasizing the importance of making thoughtful decisions and taking responsibility for outcomes.
“One of the things that is very important, that one needs to work with organizations profit and nonprofit holistically.”
Dr. Stephen Barden
“Don’t let life events change you.”
Dr. Stephen Barden
Show highlights
“You, as part of a culture, have got to be really again forensic, analytical, curious about your own progress or about your lack of progress.”
Dr. Stephen Barden
“Your biggest feedback is going to be from clients and what they’re saying about you.”
Dr. Stephen Barden
Useful Links
Website: https://www.stephenbarden.org
LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephenbarden
The Matrix Green Pill Podcast: https://thematrixgreenpill.com/
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