Why Leadership Needs More Heart: A Holistic Approach to Leading with Karl Martin

In this introspective episode of the Arable Leader podcast, host Karl Martin dives into the urgent need for effective and ethical leadership in today's volatile world. He critiques the current state of leadership, emphasizing two key mistakes: the lack of formal leadership education and the focus on skills over character. He champions a holistic approach, intertwining competencies with qualities like integrity, courage, kindness, and curiosity.

Karl introduces the core principles behind Arable, a system designed to foster authentic leadership. He explores these concepts through the framework of his book, "The Cave, the Road, the Table, and the Fire," advocating for personal responsibility and growth as the bedrock of effective leadership. This episode serves as a call to action for a paradigm shift in how we cultivate leaders, aiming to inspire listeners to join the conversation and embrace a journey of self-discovery and societal impact.

00:00 Introduction
00:30 Leadership's moment
02:00 Mistakes in leadership
08:39 Self-discovery and introspection
09:52 Kindess as a leadership concept
12:00 Assertions to leave with
18:00 Leadership determines success or failure

The Arable Leader Podcast features conversations with incredible leaders. We discuss what it really takes to lead from your soul...to be True, Brave, Kind, and Curious. In a world where leadership is, at best, untrusted, and, at worst, in abject crisis, we're working to equip people with the greatest of human skills: leadership. This is leadership of a different kind.

Host Karl Martin is the Founder and CEO of Arable, a Leadership house that coaches top-tier leaders, specializing in cultural health. He has 25 years of experience leading teams to new levels of growth and coaching individuals to break through personal obstacles, enabling them to lead in a healthy way. Blending ancient wisdom and cutting-edge behavioral science in coaching and leadership development, Arable is changing the way global businesses and individuals develop through their True, Brave, Kind, and Curious model of healthy growth.

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[jon]

I love this message. I've been C-staff in a number of companies, and they always fail by focusing on IQ without EQ... It's such an inability to ee the forest for the trees. Thank you for making this vid!