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Ready for a candid and edgy conversation about power relationships between women and men in the workplace?

Then you’ll want to download this episode and listen on your next car ride, walk, or flight.

Hilary Bradbury joins me to discuss her provocative and inspiring new book, Eros/Power: Love In The Spirit of Inquiry, which you can purchase here. In this book, Hilary and her coauthor, Bill Torbert, a previous guest on the podcast, use their own autobiographical stories to reveal important yet often hidden dynamics that trip up leaders at work and in the rest of life.

Join me as I talk with this trailblazing leadership coach, organizational consultant, and professor.

Highlights

First, second, and third person conversations (7:55)
The day Hilary got fired, then met Bill Torbert (18:00)
The “odd duality” women have about telling the truth (22:00)
Being an “eros bomb”, evoking confusion in Bill, and not realizing it (26:30)
Having crushes at work is different from acting them out (32:30)
Hilary and Bill’s most painful conflict with each other (38:50)
How Hilary’s Enneagram type–The Challenger–shows up in her work (48:30)
Bill’s great advice for Hilary on handling sexual harassment from a senior colleague of hers (55:10)
Hilary’s heartfelt apology and Bill’s graceful response (1:01.00)
Hilary’s angrily tells her life partner “I’m not your junior partner” (1:05.00)
Hilary and her partner’s weekly relationship-enhancing practice (1:11.00)