Navigating Change: Insights for Family Business Leaders with Dr. Barrett C. Brown

Secret Thoughts of CEOS Ep. 134

Navigating Change: Insights for Family Business Leaders with Dr. Barrett C. Brown

 

In this powerful episode, Chris Yonker is joined by global executive advisor and developmental strategist, Dr. Barrett Brown, for a profound and eye-opening conversation about what it really takes to lead in today’s ever-accelerating world. With experience working across six continents and coaching C-suite executives through high-stakes transformation, Dr. Brown brings hard-earned wisdom about the inner capacities required for high-impact, conscious leadership.

Together, Chris and Barrett explore:

 

Timestamps

 

·       08:21 Navigating Complex Leadership Challenges

·       20:58 Decision Making in Complex Environments

·       39:50 Balancing Work and Life in Family Businesses

·       46:42 Navigating Succession with Competing Visions

·       49:46 The Empowerment Dynamic and Low Drama Culture

·       52:34 Masculine Compassion in the Workplace

·       54:07 Coaching and Developing the Younger Generation

 

Quotes

·       "Life is like a grindstone—it either grinds you into dust or polishes you into a diamond."[13:45]

·       "The world is never going to be a psychologically safe environment where we can just fully show up without any threat… The superpower is to be deeply at peace in the midst of intensity.” [24:12]

·       "Every time I get triggered or frustrated or irritated or judgmental—that is 100% my own inner game. That’s where I have the greatest power."[1:16:35]

  

Websites:

fambizforum.com.

www.chrisyonker.com. 

 

Resources & Links:

• Dr. Barrett Brown’s Work: https://apheno.com
• Recommended Reading: The Future of Leadership for Conscious Capitalism by Barrett Brown 

Dr. Barrett C. Brown Bio

 

Dr. Barrett C. Brown is a global expert on how to develop leaders to successfully navigate complex challenges and rapid change. Barrett works across six continents with C-suite executives and teams from Fortune 500 companies and international non-profits. He has lived in The Netherlands, Brazil and throughout the US, and has worked and traveled in nearly 40 countries.

 

Barrett is a regular advisor and senior faculty for a global tech company as well as the largest environmental NGO in the world. With them, he focuses on how leaders can better manage complexity and drive transformational change. He also serves as the executive coach for a select group of senior leaders. He has delivered dozens of keynotes and leadership programs for 5000+ CEOs, organizational leaders, and government officials. He has co-designed and delivered executive development, team development and/or strategic alignment programs for some of the largest technology, engineering, healthcare, sportswear, and consumer goods companies in the world - as well as for major environmental and social NGOs.

Barrett holds a PhD in Human and Organizational Systems and also has over a decade experience advising on and leading strategic visioning, execution, and change initiatives for US, Dutch, British, and Brazilian companies and institutions.

 

Barrett’s award-winning research on the future of leadership has been used in executive education programs worldwide, including the Yale MBA. He produced an award-winning business case study on a large-scale market transformation program he helped lead - in partnership with Unilever and Rainforest Alliance - that is used in business schools globally.

Barrett’s writings on leadership and sustainability have been translated into 6 languages, have been used in the United Nations system, and have been included in half a dozen mainstream leadership books.

 

Barrett served on the selection committee of the Katerva Awards - considered the Nobel Prize for sustainability - and has held consultancy status to the United Nations. He has delivered leadership briefings and presentations at global tech companies, the Conscious Capitalism CEO Summit, the Society for Organizational Learning European Summit, Esalen Institute, the National Bioneers Conference, the United Nations World Summit on Sustainable Development, the US Department of State, the Inter-American Development Bank and UNDP headquarters.

Originally from the Green Mountains of Vermont, Barrett lives near a 300,000 year old volcanic crater in Hawaii.