What’s In Our Name, by Dr. Cedar Barstow
POWER. It’s everywhere. Some seek or measure themselves by it, and some avoid or downplay it. Seldom do we pay attention to how having more…
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Episode 1: Dr. Cedar Barstow & Succession Planning with Power
Welcome to the first episode of the Power Dynamic podcast! Our guest for this episode is Dr. Cedar Barstow. She is the Founder of the Right…
Power Dynamics Intro
With this introduction of The Power Dynamic Podcast you’ll learn about the host, the foundational ideas of Right Use of Power and what you can…
The Power of Slothness, by Dr. Cedar Barstow
Hanging in my mind’s eye is an image of a sloth sloooowly crossing a wire stretched from our hotel to the restaurant with a coconut…
On Concealment, by Nora Alwah.
Concealment. When someone withholds information from others. Usually, information that needs to be known. It breaks my heart. It’s a form of lying that no one…
On the Underuse of Our Powers, by Dr. Cedar Barstow
Last week, a workshop participant wrote me: “I just took a right use of power workshop, and it changed my life! I had somehow never considered that…
Why is self-care an ethical imperative, not just a luxury?
This might be quite obvious when we stop to think about it, but often the need to get things done and take care of the…
Power: Misuses and Abuses
Here’s another continuum: I call this the misuse/abuse continuum. In our trainings we sometimes refer to harmful actions as misuses of power and sometimes abuses…
“Vulnerability” by David Whyte
Note: In conversation with some RUP students, we were talking about vulnerability and humility as too powerful and yet under-rated or even unacknowledged leadership qualities. …
October 28th—BePowerPositive Day in the United States
For Immediate Release. The nonprofit Right Use of Power Institute (RUPI) in Boulder, Colorado, is proud to announce October 28, 2021, as the third National…