Ep #195: Maria Brinck: Power Without Balance: The Cost of Unchecked Masculinity
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Business Growth Architect Show: Founders of the Future
27 min
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8 chapters
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Why are we drawn to loud leaders instead of the most capable ones?
We are not being led. By the greatest asset of humanity today, not even close. Our survival truly depends on that we get this right. We are subconsciously drawn to these leaders, loud, confident instead of the truly capable to lead. It's easier to go to something familiar, even though we know it's not good for us. We can do so much better than we're seeing today in the world. We need to balance the feminine and the masculine equally. You need to be bold and humble, decisive and inclusive.
Hello Maria, welcome. What makes your blood boil? when it comes to today's leadership.
Wow, Bia, thank you for having me. What makes my blood boil is the fact that we are not being led by the greatest asset of humanity today, not even close. And that is sad because humanity has so much more to offer. Uh we are falling short of our human potential and it hurts. And it's I'm sure it hurts a lot of people right
now. It certainly is hurting a lot of people's. So I'm gonna have to like jump right in sort of the sensitive issue here because we know that there's a massive onslaught and dismantling of what, you know, has been called up until now the diversity, equity and inclusion DEI. Is this another DEI conversation that we're having?
No This is so much honestly it's it's actually much bigger than that. If you think about it, this is not just about doing the right thing, which I think DI was um trying to do. Yeah, at this point in human history Our survival truly depends on that we get this right. And what I mean by that specifically is we need our diversity of thought more now than ever. And we are not meeting this moment in human history. And the consequences could not be larger. There's so much at stake.
Yes, uh thank you. And sorry for interrupting you here. So so you talk about in your book about the wisdom of leadership. So How could have the wisdom, the combined wisdom is what I'm hearing you say of women, indigenous people, old people, young people, people of all colors, shapes and sizes? How could this combined wisdom have been able to been classified as a diversity, equity, inclusion as if it was a bad thing? W what happened? So what was your trigger event?
Yeah, so my trigger event and really the reason why I wrote The Leadership We Need. the book is that I unfortunately had to experience this myself in my own family. I'd seen it playing out for years, even decades in corporate America, being a part of that leadership environment myself. It was a job or it was kind of expected. It was no surprises and working very much in sales, this was a part of what I signed up for. That's how I felt. But when I saw it play out, I With the dynamic of my own family. And just seeing this
What personal trigger led Maria to write *The Leadership We Need*?
kind of need for status and and coming out of from greed. I I just couldn't take it anymore to be honest. It hit too close to home. And then also it um was a second reason as well. And that was because at the time I'd actually experienced a very different type of leadership. Having had a great opportunity to live and work and observe the indigenous population in a remote part In the Congo Basin rainforest in Cameroon. And just seeing how things could actually be so different and why are we not bringing in some of this wisdom in in into our leadership across the globe.
What is it that there is a discounting on these principles that, you know, have been around for thousands of years. What is it about that?
Exactly. You would think it would be common sense, right? To have a full representation of all of us would be what would make the most sense because then you know that the wisdom that we have, all of us are smarter than any one of us. Uh if we have different experiences, grow up at different places. Uh we went to different schools or different thoughts of all kind of things that we'd be stronger together and having that diversity because we're living in such a complex world. But what we're seeing is in my opinion, and I write about this in the book. is that I believe we are subconsciously drawn to these leaders when we feel that is that th there is a some kind of crisis, we tend, just like we tend to crave sweetened sugar, we start craving these alpha male, over masculine type of characters in our leaders.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
Why are we drawn to loud leaders instead of the most capable ones?
0:00–3:35
2
What personal trigger led Maria to write *The Leadership We Need*?
3:35–6:58
3
How does unchecked masculinity affect diversity, equity, and inclusion?
6:58–9:53
4
Why do we vote for confident but unqualified leaders in crises?
9:53–13:01
5
Why does modern business still favor masculine leadership traits?
13:01–17:34
6
How can leaders balance boldness with humility and empathy?
17:34–20:54
7
What inner work should founders do to build future‑ready leadership?
20:54–24:25
8
What is the single most important takeaway for conscious leadership?
24:25–27:30