Barry Bales, Small Moves

About this episode

Barry Bales discusses the significance of small, consistent actions in leadership and their potential for creating impactful change.

"In addition to it being small moves, I would say consistent moves. What are those consistent practices help that create the conditions for impact?" CL colleague Barry Bales thinks of leadership as an action rather than a title, and he knows that sometimes the most effective actions are small ones. He and Wendy discuss the importance of connection and engagement, as well as the small moves they've seen have big impact. Mentioned in this episode: Matthew Lieberman Adam Kahane

People in this episode

Host: Wendy Bittner

Guest: Barry Bales

Topics covered

• leadership
• small actions
• impact
• connection
• engagement

Keywords

• leadership
• small moves
• impact
• connection
• engagement

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