Truth, Lies & Work

# empowerment

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1:03Introducing Dr. Rosenna BakariAl Elliott: Our guest today is Dr. Rosenna Bakari. She's a psychologist, an author, and an empowerment expert, and her argument is uncomfortable. The skills that made you exceptional in academia— being right, working aloEP 301 · 14 May 2026·intro· 1:03–3:1649:04Creating space for someone to shine — and why that's leadership, not charityChristian Laing: Did tell me about that. I had the same conversation with a, a young— I was at a party and one of my mates brought me over to a couple and it was like they were saying that your— their daughter's leaving EP 253 · 27 Nov 2025·interview· 49:04–57:0021:23Jump balls — risk-managed empowermentLeanne Elliott: So basically what Tim's saying is it's risk-managed empowerment. So you're creating these safe-to-fail experiments where people can practice leadership skills, and the evidence on that is actually really EP 215 · 17 Jul 2025·interview· 21:23–24:1352:53'Finally, I'm in charge' — building the culture you wantLeanne Elliott: Mm-hmm Al Elliott: You have to let people just fly. And I think that lifting the lid off, um, anyone can do anything if they really put their mind to it and they're blessed with the physical and mental caEP 33 · 5 Apr 2023·other· 52:53–58:39

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