When Everyone Wins with Judy Ryan: Shifting Power-Over & Under to Power Within & Between: From Coercion and Compliance to Connection and Commitment with guests Alfie Kohn and Christen Schweizer

In this episode, we explore how the use of power can be used to control and dominate or to encourage, guide and support. Control tactics (some of which are not considered to be so, or critically challenged) are widely promoted and endorsed as conventionally acceptable in many homes, schools, and organizations - but at what cost? The hits to internal motivation, wellbeing, exploration, discovery, trust, and joy in living are often overlooked. Perceptual blindness about honoring alternatives locks many people into behaviors that lack faith and positive beliefs in the potential and possibilities within all living beings. Today’s guests provide such honoring and effective alternatives and share exceptional outcomes accomplished when bringing connection, respect and trust to the table that increasing the internal drive to live from purposeful intention and to operate from values, as is only possible through caring influence and support.

Questions asked during this interview may include:

1. What conventionally accepted ways of influencing behavior are harmful and why?

2. What beliefs underlie current use of control tactics and support required compliance?

3. What are alternatives to the status quo and the positive impacts that come from them?

4. Describe success stories you have experienced and seen occur when people make the shift to supportive connection in which the result is internal motivation and collaboration?

Watch: https://youtu.be/6kSfGcgrLSE