The Dr. John Bedker Leadership Podcast

#034: Compassionate Leadership

In this episode, Dr. Bedker addresses an important leadership core competency in our often turbulent world: compassion.  Compassion is described as a “soft skill,” but is really quite an important and challenging skill for leaders to bring to their leadership practice.  Compassion requires bringing empathy with action to those you serve, with authenticity and altruism.  Compassionate leadership research, detailed in this episode, pays significant benefits to leaders, those they serve, and their organizations.

#033: Southern Baptist Leadership Failure

In this 4th of July 2023 episode, Dr. John Bedker addresses the “first freedoms” of the Declaration of Independence.  Specifically, John addresses the first freedom, the freedom of religion.  John showcases the actions of the delegates of the Southern Baptist Convention to remove women as Pastors from Southern Baptist churches.  The case is made that this is a political move and not a moral, ethical, or biblically founded move.  Women have every right to lead, every capability to lead and represent some of our nation's most capable faith leaders.  Removing women from leadership in the Southern Baptist Church is another example of religious institutional leadership failure.

#032: LIV(PIF) Takeover of Golf

In this episode, Dr. John Bedker showcases the Saudi Wealth Fund takeover of professional golf.  Sportwashing is highlighted as the means for the leader of Saudi Arabia and his associates to “paint lipstick on a pig.”  The numerous civil rights and human rights violations of Saudi Arabia are meant to be placated with the many sports and entertainment investments by the Saudi Personal Investment Fund (PIF). This is sportwashing.  This episode demonstrates a leader doing the wrong thing and others accepting their moral bankruptcy.  This episode is a case of money versus morality and money won. An example of leadership failure.

#031: Judgment and Decision Making

In this episode on judgment and decision making, two critical leadership core competencies, Dr. John Bedker showcases former Congresswoman Liz Cheney’s removal from leadership in the U.S. Congress and her unsuccessful run for reelection to the congressional seat from Wyoming, as an exemplar of both sound judgment and sound decision making.  Doing the right thing may have consequences, consequences of significance, but those consequences are far nobler than siding with misinformation, disinformation, and lying.  Liz Cheney’s remarks as the commencement speaker at her alma mater, Colorado College are offered.

#030: The Leadership Case Pt.3

In this third installment of the Dr. John Bedker Leadership Podcast, The Leadership Case for a New Civil Rights Movement, John advances a call to action for leaders.  The need to speak up, speak out, and to vote.  So many issues are in need of transformative change and this episode raises a number of them.  What is needed is for leaders to lead.  Not be passive, not be quiet, and not be slow to act.  It is a time for clear and timely action, for legislation, and for a change in our elected officials who choose not to represent the majority of Americans.  The leadership case is made for a new civil rights movement.  One we all must lead.

 

 

 

 

 

#029: The Leadership Case Pt.2

In Part 2 of The Leadership Case for a New Civil Rights Movement, Dr. John Bedker raises the case for leaders to engage, speak out, speak up and Vote. Elected officials are not representing the people they are charged to represent. The clear majority of Americans have voices in favor of legislative change. In Part 2 of the Dr. John Bedker Leadership Podcast the case is advanced for both gun legislation and reproductive rights legislation. Two key civil rights that the majority of Americans agree and want their voices to be heard. Each of us, is called to speak up, speak out and Vote. This is the responsibility of each and every one of us.  We all must lead.

#028: The Leadership Case for a New Civil Rights Movement

This episode of the Dr. John Bedker Leadership Podcast kicks off a series of podcasts making a case for leaders to engage and support the new civil rights movement in the United States.  The foundation is laid in this opening episode for a grassroots movement for leaders to “do the right thing.”  We should not have to wonder when dropping off a child at school in the morning if they will be safe and sound each day; or if they will come home at all.  The gun culture and ensuing gun violence in America are just one of the many critical issues for which leaders need to lead.

#027: Donald Trump

In this episode, Dr. Bedker sheds light on several leadership axioms.  Leadership axions on this day of indictment for the former President of the United States, Donald J. Trump.  Things we, as leaders, need to be mindful of and aware of in this age of misinformation, disinformation, and lies.  Leaders are called to do the right thing.  Today, the former President was indicted for failing to meet that bar. 

#026: Bill Russell - Exemplary Leader

Bill Russell is a basketball legend.  One of the greatest basketball players ever.  In this Episode Dr. John Bedker shares with you the life and times of this exemplary leader.  Bill Russell was an exemplary leader on and off the court. Through a history of racism and bigotry, Bill Russell literally and figuratively stood tall.  He stands for truth, honesty and character.  A model for us all.

#025: The Myth

In this episode, Dr. John Bedker reads an excerpt from the new book by Naomi Orestes and Erik Conway, The Big Myth: How American Business Taught Us to Loathe Government and Love the Free Market.  John highlights the critical role of leaders to embrace truth and to be factual.  As Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan stated, "everyone is entitled to their own point of view, they are not entitled to their own facts.”  This episode makes the case for leaders to not follow myths.